The Sanskrit terms Śāktika and Śāktīka can be transliterated into English as Saktika or Shaktika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śāktika (शाक्तिक).—

1) A worshipper of Śakti.

2) A spearman, lancer.

Derivable forms: śāktikaḥ (शाक्तिकः).

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Śāktīka (शाक्तीक).—A spearman, lancer.

Derivable forms: śāktīkaḥ (शाक्तीकः).

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

Śāktīka (शाक्तीक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Speared, spearing, relating to or done with a spear. m.

(-kaḥ) A spearman, a lancer. E. śakti a spear, aff. īkak .

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

Śāktīka (शाक्तीक).—i. e. śakti + īka, m. A spearman.

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

Śāktīka (शाक्तीक).—[masculine] spearman.

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

1) Śāktika (शाक्तिक):—[from śākta] mf(ī)n. = śaktyā jīvati [gana] vetanādi

2) [v.s. ...] peculiar to the Śāktas, [Tantrasāra]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a worshipper of the Śakti (See śākta above), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) [v.s. ...] a spearman, [ib.]

5) Śāktīka (शाक्तीक):—[from śākta] mfn. belonging or relating to a spear, spearing, speared, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) [v.s. ...] m. a spearman, lancer, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

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

Śāktīka (शाक्तीक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A spearman, lancer. a. Of a spear.

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Shaktika 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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Starts with: Shaktikara.

Ends with: Dridhashaktika, Kshinashaktika, Mantratmashaktika, Sarvastambanashaktika, Sarvonmadanashaktika, Talashaktika, Vishaktika.

Full-text: Kasaktika, Dridhashaktika, Shakti.

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