Riktaka: 10 definitions

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Riktaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Riktaka (रिक्तक).—a. See रिक्त (rikta); Manusmṛti 8.44.

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

Riktaka (रिक्तक).—f. °ikā, adj. (= Pali rittaka; once in Sanskrit, Manu 8.404, where perhaps m.c.), empty (= Sanskrit rikta, usually perhaps with pejorative -ka): Mahāvastu i.29.8 (verse), read with mss. nadīm upeti tṛṣitā riktikā parivartati (= Pali Pv. iii.6.5, with rittakā),…it (the river) turns empty; Mahāvastu ii.145.19, and Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 346.9, see s.v. asāraka; hardly pejorative in Divyāvadāna 123.20 (prose) sa yadi riktakāni koṣa- (read kośa-)-koṣṭhāgārāṇi paśyati, sahadarśanād eva pūr- yante.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Riktaka (रिक्तक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Void, empty. 2. Unladen, unburthened. E. kan added to the preceding.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Riktaka (रिक्तक).—[rikta + ka] (vb. ric), adj. 1. Void, empty. 2. Unloaded, unburthened, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 404.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Riktaka (रिक्तक).—[adjective] empty, void, unladen.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Riktaka (रिक्तक):—[from ric] mfn. empty, void, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] unladen, unburdened, [Manu-smṛti viii, 404.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Riktaka (रिक्तक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Void; unladen.

[Sanskrit to German]

Riktaka in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Riktaka (ರಿಕ್ತಕ):—[noun] = ರಿಕ್ತ [rikta]2 - 1.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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