Shobhika, Śobhika: 1 definition
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Shobhika 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 Śobhika can be transliterated into English as Sobhika or Shobhika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚobhika (शोभिक).—(= Sanskrit śaubhika, on which see Lüders, SBAW 1916.698 ff.; Winternitz, ZDMG 74.118 ff.; and, most recently and conclusively, Meyer Kauṭ. Arth. p. 850; Pali sobhiya doubtless same meaning, Jātaka (Pali) vi.277.7, verse, māyā- kārā ca sobhiyā; commentary is wrong), shadow-playman; in lists of entertainers, Mahāvastu iii.113.3; 141.18; 255.12 (mss. here śobhita); 442.9; Śikṣāsamuccaya 330.16; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.242.16, 19 (text śobhita; is this hyper-Sanskrit for sobhiya ? in 16 ūru- can hardly be correct).
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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Ends with: Upashobhika.
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