Shucika, Sūcikā, Śucikā, Sucika, Sūcika: 19 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śucikā can be transliterated into English as Sucika or Shucika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shuchika.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Śucikā (शुचिका).—An Apsaras. She had participated in Arjuna’s birth festival. (Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 122, Verse 62).
2) Sūcikā (सूचिका).—A figure of the giantess Karkkaṭī. (See under Brahmā, Para 12).
Śucikā (शुचिका).—An Apsaras.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 6.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Sūcika (सूचिक) refers to “weavers”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 10), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the course of Saturn (śanaiścara) should lie through the constellation of Hasta, barbers, mill-men, thieves, physicians, weavers [i.e., sūcika], elephant deepers (keepers?), prostitutes, the Kośalas and garland makers will suffer. If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Citrā, women, writers, painters, various utensils will suffer; if through Svāti, the people of Magadha, reporters, messengers, charioteers, sailors, dancers and the like will suffer miseries”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
sūcikā : (f.) a bolt; a table of contents.
Sūcikā, (f.) (fr. sūci) 1. a needle; (fig.) hunger Pv. II, 83; PvA. 107.—2. a small bolt to a door Vin. II, 120, 148. ‹-› sūcik’aṭṭha whose bones are like needles (?) Pv III, 23; PvA. 180 (sūcigātā ti vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthena sūcikā ti laddhanāmāya khuppipāsāya ajjhāpīḷitā. Sūcikaṇṭhā ti keci paṭhanti. Sūcichiddasadisā mukhadvārā ti attho). (Page 721)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
sūcikā (सूचिका) [or सूची, sūcī].—f S A needle. Pr. sūcī pravēśē musalapravēśaḥ 2 A table of contents, an index: also a catalogue or list. 3 Introductory statements or notices; any preamble or preface. 4 In astronomy. The earth's disc in computing eclipses. 5 A cone; a pyramid; an elephant's trunk; a wedge-form phalanx or column; any body or any figure converging to a point or an edge.
sūcikā (सूचिका).—f A needle. An index; a list. A preamble. A cone.
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
Sūcika (सूचिक).—A tailor.
Derivable forms: sūcikaḥ (सूचिकः).
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Sūcikā (सूचिका).—[sūci svārthe ka]
1) A needle.
2) An elephant's trunk.
Śucika (शुचिक).—adj. (= AMg. suiga; Sanskrit śuci), clean: saṃkāra-dhānaṃ śucikaṃ (m.c. ?) karoti Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 114.4 (verse).
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Sūcika (सूचिक).—(-sūcika), ifc. [bahuvrīhi] (Sanskrit sūci plus -ka [bahuvrīhi]), having [Page604-b+ 71] …needles: kuryād vajraṃ triśūcikam (so text) (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 140.15 (verse).
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Sūcikā (सूचिका).—(= sūcī, and compare sūcaka 1), lit. needle, = trans- verse bar of a railing or balustrade: Mahāvyutpatti 5590 = Tibetan śar bu, śar ba; sauvarṇasya pādakasya (q.v., 2) rūpyamayī °kā ālambanam adhiṣṭhānakaṃ cābhūṣi Mahāvastu i.194.20, similarly 195.1, 4; iii.227.7 ff.; Senart's note i.529 seems not quite right; each upright pillar (pāda, pādaka) in the railing had a crossbar (sūcikā) of a particular material as its ‘support and prop’ (ālambana 3, adhiṣṭhāna 4, °naka).
Sūcika (सूचिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A tailor. f.
(-kā) 1. An elephant’s trunk. 2. A needle. E. sūci a needle, ṭhak aff., or kan added to the last.
Sūcika (सूचिक).—[sūci + ka], I. m. A tailor. Ii. f. kā. 1. A needle. 2. An elephant’s trunk.
Sūcīka (सूचीक).—[masculine] a stinging insect.
1) Śucikā (शुचिका):—[from śuc] f. Name of an Apsaras, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
2) Sūcika (सूचिक):—[from sūc] m. one who lives by his needle, a tailor etc. (cf. saucika), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
3) Sūcikā (सूचिका):—[from sūcika > sūc] a f. See next.
4) [v.s. ...] b f. a needle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] an elephant’s trunk or proboscis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] Pandanus Odoratissimus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of an Apsaras (cf. śūcikā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Sūcīka (सूचीक):—[from sūc] m. a stinging insect, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Sūcika (सूचिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A tailor. 1. f. Elephant’s trunk; a needle.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sūcika (सूचिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sūia.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Sūcikā (सूचिका) [Also spelled suchika]:—(nf) a needle; feminine form of [sūcaka].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Sūcika (ಸೂಚಿಕ):—[noun] a man whose profession is stitching of new clothes and repairing of old ones; a tailor.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Sūcikā (सूचिका):—n. 1. a small or fine needle; 2. a short list; 3. fem. an informer;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Shucikama, Shucikarna, Shucikarnika.
Full-text (+11): Visucika, Sucikadhara, Sucikamukha, Sucikabharana, Shatasamvatsarakalasucika, Bhagavatapuranasucika, Sucaka, Saucikya, Ardha-sucika, Cancusucika, Urdhvasucika, Cucikai, Sucikakshepana, Cucikan, Vivaranasucika, Kaliyasucika, Sucikasukha, Cancusuci, Suia, Cucikapattiram.
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