Sikthaka: 10 definitions
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Sikthaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Sikthaka (सिक्थक) refers to “collyrium” (applied to the eyelids, as part of the traditional morning-routine-duties of the householder), according to chapter 1.4 of Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra: a Sanskrit text from the 2nd century dealing with eroticism, sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life belonging to Kāmaśāstra (the ancient Indian science of love-making).—Accordingly [while describing the morning routine of a citizen]: “Now the householder, having got up in the morning and performed his necessary duties, should wash his teeth, apply a limited quantity of ointments and perfumes to his body, put some ornaments on his person and collyrium (sikthaka) on his eyelids and below his eyes, colour his lips with alacktaka, and look at himself in the glass. Having then eaten betel leaves, with other things that give fragrance to the mouth, he should perform his usual business. [...]”.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Sikthaka (सिक्थक) [=Siktha?] refers to “wax” (e.g., ‘a Nāga-image made of wax’), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering manual of the root-heart] “[...] As for the Nāga made of wax (sikthaka-maya), by which Nāga king it is named after and in whose name the spell is recited, it becomes that Nāga. It appears before him with its retinue. What he commands from the one in the form of a Brahmin he does that all”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—Bees'-wax; वृकधूपं सर्जरसं शिलाजतु च सिक्थकम् (vṛkadhūpaṃ sarjarasaṃ śilājatu ca sikthakam) Śiva B.3.18.
Derivable forms: sikthakam (सिक्थकम्).
Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—nt. (= Sanskrit Lex. id., Pali sitthaka; Sanskrit siktha), beeswax: Mahāvyutpatti 7115 = Tibetan (s)bra tshil (according to Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary) and [Tibetan-English Dictionary] spra tshil, wax).
Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—n.
(-kaṃ) Bee's-wax. E. kan added to the last.
Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—[siktha + ka], n. Beeswax.
1) Sikthaka (सिक्थक):—[from sic] mn. (ifc. f(akā or ikā). ) = [preceding] [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
2) [v.s. ...] n. beeswax, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Sikthaka (सिक्थक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. Bee’s wax.
Sikthaka (सिक्थक):—
1) = siktha
1) am Ende eines adj. comp.: a [MAD. 11, 9.] ghanasikthikā 8. —
2) bhakta = siktha
2) [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 1, 5.] —
3) n. Wachs [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 108.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1214.] [Halāyudha 2, 400.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa 13, 77.] [BALA] im Comm. zu [Naiṣadhacarita 3, 123.] [Suśruta 2, 153, 1.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 26, 8.] — Vgl. madhu .
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
Sikthaka (ಸಿಕ್ಥಕ):—[noun] = ಸಿಕ್ಥ - [siktha -] 1, 2 & 3.
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)
Starts with (+0): Sikthakamaya, Sikthakarandaka.
Full-text (+0): Madhusikthaka, Bhaktasikthaka, Sitthaka, Shiktha, Bhaktasiktha, Sarjarasa, Sarjaniryasaka, Sarjamani, Vrikadhupa, Cittakam, Madhusiktha, Sikthakamaya.
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Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences) (by Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi)
4. Use, aim and Function of Art < [Chapter 4 - Fine arts in Manasollassa]
Critical analysis of kasisadi ghrita in parikartika (fissure-in-ano) < [Volume 3, issue 3: May- June 2016]
Importance of Madhu in Classical Ayurvedic Text < [Volume 10, Suppl 2: March-April 2023]
Gommatsara by Acharya Nemichandra (by Bai Bahadur J. L. Jaini)
Chapter 2 - Soul Classes (Jiva Samasa) < [Volume 1 - Jiva-kanda (the soul)]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Comparative pharmaceutical and analytical study of Kasisadi Ghrita prepared... < [Vol. 7 No. 10 (2022)]