Shabdacandrika, Śabdacandrikā, Shabda-candrika: 4 definitions
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Shabdacandrika 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.
The Sanskrit term Śabdacandrikā can be transliterated into English as Sabdacandrika or Shabdacandrika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shabdachandrika.
In Hinduism
Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)
Source: Shodhganga: Technical study of the dictionaries published in Sanskrit language since 1800 AD1) Śabdacandrikā (शब्दचन्द्रिका) is a small lexicon ascribed to Vāmanabhaṭṭbāṇa. It has around 100 verses, divided into five sections called adhikārās, viz. svargadilokapaladhikara, antariksadhikara, bhumyadhikara, samudradhikara and manusyadhikara.
2) Śabdacandrikā (शब्दचन्द्रिका) gives a list of vegetable and mineral substances. Authored by Cakrapanidatta (1060 C.A.D.), the dictionary also contains a section on compounds both in medicine and dietetics. The dictionary is classified into nine divisions called vargās.
Kosha (कोश, kośa) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Śabdacandrikā (शब्दचन्द्रिका) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a dictionary of materia medica, by Vaidya Cakrapāṇidatta. Io. 987. Oxf. 195^b. L. 562.
2) Śabdacandrikā (शब्दचन्द्रिका):—lexicon, by Bāṇa Kavi. Burnell. 49^a. He quotes Mādhavācārya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚabdacandrikā (शब्दचन्द्रिका):—[=śabda-candrikā] [from śabda > śabd] f. Name of a lexicon by Bāṇa-kavi and of a dictionary on materia medica by Vaidya Cakrapāṇi-datta.
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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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Partial matches: Shabda, Candrika.
Full-text (+1243): Khanjanakriti, Drita, Krishala, Jhunta, Pitasari, Kutheraja, Vijnabuddhi, Shakrasudha, Shimbiparni, Shukarakranta, Sushivika, Shigrubija, Trikha, Utpali, Vitsana, Sharalaka, Hijja, Rajavaha, Shukrabhuj, Surabhaga.
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