Alternative spellings of this word include Sansarik.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)

Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक) refers to a “worldly man”, according to the Amṛtasiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Haṭhayoga textual tradition.—Accordingly, “Even a Buddha, as long as [he remains] unperfected [by means of the practice taught in the Amṛtasiddhi ], is considered a worldly man (sāṃsārika)”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

saṃsārīka (संसारीक).—a (saṃsāra) That is wise and prudent, or smart and clever, in worldly matters. 2 Relating to worldly affairs; as saṃsārīka cintā Worldly cares. 3 Engaged in public life.

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sāṃsārika (सांसारिक).—a S Secular, worldly, relating to worldly or public life.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

saṃsārīka (संसारीक).—a That is wise and prudent in worldly matters. Relating to world- ly affairs.

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sāṃsārika (सांसारिक).—a Secular, worldly. Domestic.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक).—a. (-kī f.) Worldly, mundane; सांसारिकेषु च सुखेषु वयं रसज्ञाः (sāṃsārikeṣu ca sukheṣu vayaṃ rasajñāḥ) Uttararāmacarita 2.22.

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

Saṃsārika (संसारिक).—adj. (= AMg. saṃsāriya: MIndic, or possibly error, for Sanskrit sāṃ°), relating to the round of rebirths: -°ka-citta- Gaṇḍavyūha 466.19 (prose).

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

Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Worldly, of or belonging to the world. E. saṃsāra, and ṭhak aff.

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

Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक).—i. e. saṃsāra + ika, adj. Worldly, Utt. Rāmac, 45, 12.

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

Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक).—[adjective] worldly, mundane.

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

1) Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक):—mfn. ([from] saṃ-sāra) connected with or dependent on mundane existence, worldly, [Kāvya literature; Śaṃkarācārya; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) being still subject to mundane existence, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]

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

Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Worldly.

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

Saṃsārika (संसारिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃsāriya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samsarika 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sāṃsārika (सांसारिक) [Also spelled sansarik]:—(a) worldly, mundane, mortal, earthly; secular; ~[tā] worldliness; secularity; —[buddhi] worldly wisdom.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃsārika (ಸಂಸಾರಿಕ):—[adjective] = ಸಂಸಾರಕ [samsaraka].

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Saṃsārika (ಸಂಸಾರಿಕ):—[noun] = ಸಂಸಾರಾತ್ಮ [samsaratma].

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Sāṃsārika (ಸಾಂಸಾರಿಕ):—

1) [adjective] of or for a family.

2) [adjective] of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly; mundane.

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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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