Shailika, Śailika: 4 definitions

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Shailika 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 Śailika can be transliterated into English as Sailika or Shailika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śailika (शैलिक).—= शैलकम् (śailakam).

Derivable forms: śailikam (शैलिकम्).

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

Śailīka (शैलीक).—adj. (compare Whitney 1186c), (made) of stone: °kaṃ mṛnmayaṃ lohaṃ…(of a monk's bowl) Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 308.1 (verse, but metrical(ly) indifferent).

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

1) Śailika (शैलिक):—[from śaila] m. Name of a people, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] n. bitumen etc., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Shailika 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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