The Sanskrit terms Śakaṭikā and Śākaṭika can be transliterated into English as Sakatika or Shakatika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Śākaṭika (शाकटिक) refers to “carriage drivers”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 10), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the course of Saturn should lie through the first constellation of Aśviṇī, horses, horse-keepers, poets, physicians and ministers will perish. If it should lie through the constellation of Bharaṇi, dancers, players on musical instruments, vocal singers, low people and deceitful men will perish. If his course should lie through the constellation of Kṛttikā, persons that live by fire and commanders of armies will perish; and if through Rohiṇ, the people of Kośala, of Madra, Kāśī or Benares, of Pāñcāla and carriage drivers [i.e., śākaṭika] will suffer”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)

Śakaṭikā (शकटिका) refers to “carriages”.—Cf. Deśabhāṣāvijñāna which refers to “making flower carriages”, representing one of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of kalā are found in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Śaiva-Tantras, Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa etc.

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Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sākaṭika : (m.) a carter.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sākaṭika, (fr. sakaṭa¹) a carter S. I, 57; Th. 2, 443 (ThA. 271= senaka); J. III, 104; Miln. 66, 164. (Page 702)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śakaṭikā (शकटिका).—A small cart, a toy-cart; as in मृच्छकटिका (mṛcchakaṭikā).

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Śākaṭika (शाकटिक).—a. (-kī f.)

1) Belonging to a car.

2) Going in a car.

-kaḥ A carter.

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

Śakaṭikā (शकटिका).—(-śakaṭikā) (lit. little cart), in aṅgāra-sthāpana-°kā, a (probably movable) vessel for holding coals, for cooking: Mahāvyutpatti 9010 = Tibetan (g)zhugs (fire) gliṅ (?); [Tibetan-English Dictionary] records zhugs liṅ = śakaṭikā, aṅgārasthāpana (so!), burning embers.

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

Śakaṭikā (शकटिका).—f.

(-kā) A small cart, a toy-cart. E. kan added to śakaṭī .

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Śākaṭika (शाकटिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Going in or on a cart. E. śakaṭa a cart, ṭhañ aff.

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

Śakaṭikā (शकटिका).—i. e. śakaṭī + ka, f. A small cart.

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

Śakaṭikā (शकटिका).—[feminine] a small cart.

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

1) Śakaṭika (शकटिक):—[from śakaṭa] mfn. ([from] śākaṭa) [gana] kumudādi.

2) Śakaṭikā (शकटिका):—[from śakaṭa] f. a small cart, a child’s cart, toy-cart, [Mṛcchakaṭikā ix, 28/29] (cf. mṛc-chakaṭikā).

3) Śākaṭika (शाकटिक):—[from śākaṭa] mfn. belonging to a cart or going in a cart, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] m. a carter, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Pañcatantra]

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

1) Śakaṭikā (शकटिका):—(kā) 1. f. A toy cart.

2) Śākaṭika (शाकटिक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Going in or on a cart.

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

Śakaṭikā (शकटिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Sagaḍiyā, Sāgaḍia.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sakatika 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śākaṭika (ಶಾಕಟಿಕ):—[adjective] = ಶಾಕಟ [shakata]1.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Shakatikarna.

Ends with: Gaushakatika, Gramashakatika, Pushpashakatika, Suvarnashakatika.

Full-text: Pushpashakatika, Gramashakatika, Sagadia, Sagadiya, Suvarnashakatika, Senaka, Mricchakatika, Cakrika, Pushpasakatikanimittajnana, Kala.

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