The Sanskrit term Śinika can be transliterated into English as Sinika or Shinika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śinika (शिनिक).—(Samika: Wilson), heard the Viṣṇu Purāṇa at the end of the Kali age from Maitreya.^*

• * Viṣṇu-purāṇa VI. 8. 51.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śiṇīka (शिणीक).—f A shooting pain (in the trunk or limbs). v uṭha, nigha.

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śinīka (शिनीक).—f (Properly śilaka) Rheumatic shooting. v nigha, yē, hō, bhara, māra.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śiṇīka (शिणीक).—f A shooting or piercing pain.

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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

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

Śinīka (शिनीक):—[from śina] m. Name of a preceptor, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

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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

Sinika (ಸಿನಿಕ):—[noun] a man who doubts the people’s sincerity or motives in all their actions or denies the value of living; a cynic.

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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)

Ends with: Arthakarshinika, Bhashinika, Bhushinika, Budhyakarshinika, Dakshinika, Mushinika, Pishinika.

Full-text: Sanaka, Saubhashanika.

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