Shakkuli, Śakkuli, Sakkuli: 5 definitions

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Shakkuli means something in Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Śakkuli can be transliterated into English as Sakkuli or Shakkuli, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Sakkuli (सक्कुलि) (Prakrit; in Sanskrit: Śaṣkulī) refers to a “sesamum cake”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 158, l. 31]—The word ‘śaṣkulī’ occurs in Yājñavalkyasmṛti (1, 173), in Siddhāntakaumudī (p. 505) and in Hemacandra Sūri’s Dvyāśraya (V, 116). Its Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent ‘sakkuli’ is met with in Paṇhāvāgaraṇa (II, 5, s. 29; p. 148 a), Dasaveyāliya (V, i, 71), Kappa and Visesa (v, 299). ‘Śaṣkulī’ is a homonym. [...]

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śakkuli (शक्कुलि):—[probably] [wrong reading] for śaṣkuli, [Siddhānta-kaumudī]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shakkuli in German

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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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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Sakkuli (सक्कुलि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Śaṣkuli.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śakkuli (ಶಕ್ಕುಲಿ):—[noun] a kind of coiled, crisp cake made of the flours of rice, different pulses, spices by frying in oil or ghee.

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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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