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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sārthika (सार्थिक).—a. Travelling with; यदेव कर्म केवलं पुरा कृतं शुभाशुभम् । तदेव पुत्र सार्थिकं भवत्यमुत्र गच्छतः (yadeva karma kevalaṃ purā kṛtaṃ śubhāśubham | tadeva putra sārthikaṃ bhavatyamutra gacchataḥ) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.321. 51.

-kaḥ 1 A merchant, trader; हाहाकारं प्रमुञ्चन्तः सार्थिकाः शरणार्थिनः (hāhākāraṃ pramuñcantaḥ sārthikāḥ śaraṇārthinaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.65.11; Bhāgavata 5.13.2.

2) A companion on a journey.

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

Sārthika (सार्थिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A merchant, a trader. E. sārtha, and ṭhak aff.

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

Sārthika (सार्थिक).—i. e. sārtha + ika, m. A merchant, [Pañcatantra] 8, 20.

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

Sārthika (सार्थिक).—[adjective] travelling (with a caravan), accompanying ([genetive]); merchant, trader.

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

1) Sārthika (सार्थिक):—[from sārtha] mfn. travelling with a caravan

2) [v.s. ...] m. a companion on a journey, merchant, trader, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Sārthika (सार्थिक):—[sā+rthika] (kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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

Sārthika (सार्थिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Satthia.

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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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Starts with: Sarthikar.

Full-text: Satthia.

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