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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nirmitaka (निर्मितक).—f. °ikā, subst. (nirmita plus specifying ka, § 22.39), one that has been created by magic: °kāv Kāśyapa Parivarta 142.4; 143.4 ff., the two that…; samyaksaṃbuddhena yo nirmitako nirmito Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 442.15, a magically-created individual that has been magically-created by a Buddha; sa nirmitako yasya kṛtyasya kṛtaso (= °śo) nirmitas, tat kṛtyaṃ karoti Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 443.1, that magically-created form does the act for the sake of which he was magically-created; same meaning Mūla-madhyamaka-kārikā 47.6; 330.2, 10; 338.7; nirmitikā Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 16a.4, a woman created by magic (not to be admitted to the order), so if text is right, mā (sc. asi) °kā; but this may correspond to Pali animittā, Vin. ii.271.17, 23, lacking the (female) characteristics; in which case the orig. reading would be mānimittikā instead of mā nirmitikā.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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