Shikya, Śikya, Śikyā: 13 definitions
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Shikya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 terms Śikya and Śikyā can be transliterated into English as Sikya or Shikya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Śikya (शिक्य) refers to a “moveable rope” (employed during the festival of the suspended pot), as discussed in chapter 42 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.—[Cf. the chapter kṛṣṇotsava-ādi-śikyotsava-anta-vidhi]: [...] The Kṛṣṇa icon is again charged with divine power, and taken to a maṇḍapa placed at an intersection of the village where many people will vie for the opportunity to break a pot with butter suspended on a moveable rope (śikya) (53-68).
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śikya (शिक्य) refers to “slings” (used for suspending pots), according to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa chapter 10.8 (“Kṛṣṇa’s Sports—Display of Viśvarūpa”).—Accordingly, as the cowherd-women spoke within the hearing of Kṛṣṇa’s mother: “[...] If the jar (of milk, curds or butter) is (kept hanging) beyond the reach of his hands, he constructs contrivance with the help of wooden seats and mortars. Knowing the contents of the pots suspended in slings (śikya-bhāṇḍa), he strikes holes into the pots. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Śikya (शिक्य) in the Atharvaveda and later seems to mean a carrying ‘sling’ of rope.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
śikya (शिक्य).—n S Bees' wax.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Śikya (शिक्य) or Śikyā (शिक्या).—
1) A loop or swing (made of rope); छिद्रं ह्यन्तर्निहितवयुनः शिक्यभाण्डेषु तद्वित् (chidraṃ hyantarnihitavayunaḥ śikyabhāṇḍeṣu tadvit) Bhāgavata 1.8.3.
2) A burden or load carried in a sling.
3) The strings of a balance.
Derivable forms: śikyam (शिक्यम्).
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Sikya (सिक्य).—See शिक्य (śikya).
Derivable forms: sikyam (सिक्यम्).
Śikya (शिक्य).—nf.
(-kyaṃ-kyā) 1. The string or loop suspended from either end of a pole or yoke to receive the burthen. 2. The burthen so carried. 3. The strings of a balance. E. śraṃs to fall, Unadi aff. yat; śi substituted for the root, and kuṭ augment.
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Sikya (सिक्य).—n.
(-kyaṃ) A sling made of ropes. E. sika-yat aff. “sike itibhāṣā” .
Śikya (शिक्य).—n., and f. yā, 1. The string suspended from either end of a pole to receive a burthen. 2. The burthen so carried. 3. The strings of a balance.
Śikya (शिक्य).—[neuter] strap, carrying-girth; a balance suspended by strings.
1) Śikya (शिक्य):—n. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] also f(ā). ) a kind of loop or swing made of rope and suspended from either end of a pole or yoke to receive a load, carrying swing (also applied to the load so carried), [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
2) the string of a balance, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) = vajra-vikāra (?), [Vopadeva]
Śikya (शिक्य):—[(kyaṃ-kyā)] 1. n. f. String or loop at the end of a pole for carrying burdens; a burden so carried; string of a balance.
Śikya (शिक्य):—[Uṇādisūtra 5, 16] (parox.). [Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 4, 8.] n. Schlinge, an welcher getragen wird, Tragband; an Schnüren hängendes Gefäss, - Wagschale (geflochten oder von Zeug) [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 30. 3, 4, 5, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 364.] [Halāyudha 4, 73.] mauñja ved. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 151, Scholiast -] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9, 3, 6.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 2, 4, 2. 3. 6, 9, 1] [?(Comm. II, 27).] ṣaḍudyāma [1, 10, 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 5, 4, 28. 6, 7, 1, 16.] pāśa [2, 4. 3, 8.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 16, 5, 2.] sa [7. 17, 1, 21.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 1, 2.] [Harivaṃśa 3479. 15522. 15533.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 37, 5.] [Oxforder Handschriften 269], a, [33. 42.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 8, 30. 12, 5. 13, 7.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 26, 6.] yāmye śikye kāñcanaṃ saṃniveśyam [?7. Mitākṣarā 145, 20. fgg. (morgenländischen Gesellschaft 9, 666).] zur Aufbewahrung von Wasser [Suśruta 1, 171, 20.] śikyā f. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] śikya n. = vajravikāra (!) [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 20, v. l.] — Vgl. śaikya und śic .
Śikyā (शिक्या) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sikkiā.
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
Śikya (ಶಿಕ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] a network of cords or thin ropes hung from above, used to keep kitchen items from the reach of children, cats, etc.
2) [noun] similar network tied on either side of a small beam, used as a balance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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