Shayitaka, Śayitaka: 1 definition

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Shayitaka 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 Śayitaka can be transliterated into English as Sayitaka or Shayitaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Shayitaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śayitaka (शयितक).—f. °ikā, adj. (= °ta plus specifying -ka, § 22.39), one who has been asleep or gone to sleep: yathā °ko puruṣo buddhyeyā, tathā vijṛmbhanto utthito Mahāvastu ii.219.2; perhaps also, sa teṣāṃ śayitakānāṃ (who had gone to sleep ?) taṃ vihāram (mss. vicāram) antarhāpayitvā mahāsamudraṃ praviṣṭaḥ, te vālukāsthale śayitakās (the ones that had…) tiṣṭhanti Divyāvadāna 329.12 f.; agramahiṣī °tikā Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.99.21.

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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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