Prakashika, Prākaṣika: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prākaṣika can be transliterated into English as Prakasika or Prakashika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrākaṣika (प्राकषिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A catamite. 2. A dancer, but especially one who employs or hires the wives of others. 3. One who gets his livelihood by another man’s wife. E. pra and āṅ prefixed to kaṣ to go, Unadi aff. kikan .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrākaṣika (प्राकषिक).—i. e. pra-ā -kaṣ + ika, m. A dancer, one who gets his livelihood from the wives of others.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Prakāśikā (प्रकाशिका) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Tantravārttikaṭīkā by Kavindrācārya.
2) Prakāśikā (प्रकाशिका):—Tarkabhāṣāṭīkā by Kauṇḍinya Dīkṣita.
—by Cinnambhaṭṭa.
3) Prakāśikā (प्रकाशिका):—Mīmāṃsāsūtraṭīkā by Rāmakṛṣṇa.
4) Prakāśikā (प्रकाशिका):—[nyāya] by Narasiṃha Śāstrin. Oppert. 193. 440. 940. 1260. 2356. 3265. Ii, 1630. 3055. 3674.
—by Paṭṭābhirāma. Oppert. 455. 760. 1274. Ii, 10247.
1) Prakāśikā (प्रकाशिका):—[=pra-kāśikā] [from pra-kāśaka > pra-kāś] f. Name of sub voce Comms.
2) Prākaṣika (प्राकषिक):—[=prā-kaṣika] [from prā] m. ([from] -kaṣa; See, [Uṇādi-sūtra ii, 41 [Scholiast or Commentator]]) a dancer employed by a woman or one supported by another’s wives, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPrākaṣika (प्राकषिक):—[prā+kaṣika] (kaḥ) 1. m. A catamite; a dancer who hires others' wives.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPrākāśika (प्राकाशिक):—(a) optical, pertaining to light.
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Partial matches: Kashika, Pra.
Starts with: Prakashikar, Prakashikarana, Prakashikavritti.
Ends with (+113): Abhiprayaprakashika, Acaraprakashika, Antarbhavaprakashika, Anumanaprakashika, Anvayarthaprakashika, Aryabhedaprakashika, Bhashaprakashika, Bhashyaratnaprakashika, Bhataprakashika, Bhattabhashaprakashika, Bhattaparibhashaprakashika, Bhavaleshaprakashika, Bhavaprakashika, Bhavarthaprakashika, Bimbatattvaprakashika, Brahmaprakashika, Brahmasutrarthaprakashika, Brahmatattvaprakashika, Cintamaniprakashika, Darpanaprakashika.
Full-text (+95): Nrisimhaprakashika, Nilakanthaprakashika, Shrutaprakashikasamgraha, Vilakshanajanmaprakashika, Shrutaprakashikatatparyadipika, Shrutaprakashikakhandana, Bhavaprakashika, Karmaprakashika, Dipikaprakashika, Saraprakashika, Vaibhavaprakashika, Maniprakashika, Mitaprakashika, Bhavaleshaprakashika, Bhavarthaprakashika, Shrutiprakashika, Nayaprakashika, Dravyaprakashika, Kalaprakashika, Ramatmaikyaprakashika.
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