Stoka: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Stoka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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
Ayurveda (science of life)
Stoka (स्तोक):—[stokaṃ] Scanty
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Stoka (स्तोक) refers to a “measure of time”, and represents a technical term occurring in the Gaṇitasāra-saṅgraha—an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with ancient Indian algebra and mathematical problems written by Mahāvīra (Mahāvīrācārya) in the 9th century.—See note to II-53 and 54.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Stoka (स्तोक) refers to a unit of time according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 5.40.—What is the duration of one breathe (inhale and exhale)? It consists of numerable āvalis. What is the duration of one stoka? Seven breathes constitute one stoka. What is the duration of lava? It is seven stokas.
Stoka (स्तोक) refers to a “small (diminution)” (in shameful deeds), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Also when a corporeal [soul] who is complete, having consciousness, with five senses [and] possessing limbs thus comes into being among the plants and animals then it is not because of a very small diminution in shameful deeds [com.—stoka-pāpakarman-kṣaya—‘because of a small diminution in wicked deeds’]. When sentient beings attain here the human state endowed with attributes characterized by place, birth, etc. that is because of the insignificance of [their] actions, I think”.
Synonyms: Svalpa.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Stoka (स्तोक).—a. [stuc-ghañ]
1) Little, small; स्तोकेनोन्नतिमायाति स्तोकेनायात्यधोगतिम् (stokenonnatimāyāti stokenāyātyadhogatim) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.15; स्तोकं महद्वा धनम् (stokaṃ mahadvā dhanam) Bhartṛhari 2.49.
2) Short.
3) Few.
4) Low, abject.
-kaḥ 1 A small quantity, drop; घृतवन्तः पावक ते स्तोकाश्चोतन्ति (ghṛtavantaḥ pāvaka te stokāścotanti) Ait. Br.2. 12; अद्भ्यः स्तोका यान्ति यथा पृथक्त्वम् (adbhyaḥ stokā yānti yathā pṛthaktvam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.21.75.
2) The Chātaka bird.
3) A spark.
-kram ind. A little, less; पश्योदग्रप्लुतत्वाद्वियति बहुतरं स्तोकमुर्व्यां प्रयाति (paśyodagraplutatvādviyati bahutaraṃ stokamurvyāṃ prayāti) Ś.1.7.
Stoka (स्तोक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Little, small. 2. Low. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. The Chataka. (Cuculus melanoleucos.) 2. A drop of water. 3. A small portion. n. Adv.
(-kaṃ) A little. E. ṣṭuc to be clear or bright, ghañ aff.
Stoka (स्तोक).—I. adj. 1. Little, [Pañcatantra] 263, 25; short, [Pañcatantra] 245, 13; small, few, [Pañcatantra] 31, 5. 2. Low, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 10. Ii. ºkam, adv. 1. A little, [Pañcatantra] 170, 6. 2. Cf. bahutaram, see bahu. Iii. m. 1. The Cātaka, Cuculus melanoleucus. 2. A drop of water.
Stoka (स्तोक).—[masculine] drop; adj. small, insignificant, °— & [neuter] a little; stokena & stokāt in [comparative] [with] a [participle] hardly, just. Abstr. stokatā† [feminine], stokatva† [neuter]
1) Stoka (स्तोक):—[from stu] a m. ([according to] to some for skota [from] √ścut; cf. [Nirukta, by Yāska ii, 1]) a drop (of water etc.), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] a spark (See agni-st)
3) [v.s. ...] the Cātaka bird, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. little, small, short ([in the beginning of a compound] and am ind. ‘a little, slightly, gradually’; bahutaram-stokam, ‘more-than’; stokena na, ‘not in the least’; stokena and stokāt in [compound] with a [past participle] = ‘hardly’, ‘with some difficulty’, ‘only just’, ‘a little while ago’ cf. [Pāṇini 2-1, 39; 3, 33]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
5) b etc. See p. 1259, col. 3.
Stoka (स्तोक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Little, small. m. The Chātaka; a drop of water.
Stoka (स्तोक):—(von 3. stu)
1) m. a) Tropfen [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 1] (von ścut abgeleitet). [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.] medaso ghṛ.asya [Ṛgveda 3, 21, 1. 4. 10, 95, 16.] bahula [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 38, 6.] a.ām [6, 124, 1. 12, 3, 28.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 20, 46.] ājyasya [21, 40.] stokāḥ ścotanti [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 12.] avāpadyanta [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 1, 1, 1.] varṣanti [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 3, 2, 5.] uda (vgl. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1,
65) 1, 7, 1, 18. 3, 6, 3, 8. 8, 2, 21.] madhu [1, 6, 3. 5.] yo vai stokaḥ skandati sa drapsaḥ [4, 2, 5, 2.] grahātstokamāsicya [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 25, 12, 11.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 3, 1, 22.] apāṃ stokāḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 49, 58.] ājya [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 6, 48.] agni so v. a. Funken (vgl. kaṇa) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 65, Scholiast] — b) Bez. des Vogels Cātaka (vgl. stokaka) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 21.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 38.] —
2) adj. (f. ā) ganz wenig, unbedeutend [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1426.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 4, 3. 5, 96.] agni [Mahābhārata 12, 4389.] vāri [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 64, 65. 3, 25, 5.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 164.] bhakta [Kathāsaritsāgara 54,171.] [Oxforder Handschriften 57,a, No. 105, Z. 6.] [Spr. (II) 1615.] nyagrodhasya bījam [3841.] stokaṃ mahadvā dhanam [5267.] dāna [7189.] tilarāśi [Pañcatantra 121, 11.] ākalparacanā [Sāhityadarpana 138.] stabakamahiman [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 94.] stokaṃ hi kṛtamindreṇa vajreṇātra vidāraṇam [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 54, 14.] stokāni dināni [Spr. (II) 4634.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 19. 70, 82.] [Pañcatantra 31, 5 (27, 14 ed. orn. ).] bhūyāṃso vāyasāḥ santi stokāśca bhāṣipakṣiṇaḥ [Spr. (II) 3907.] stokāyus adj. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 36.] stokāvaśeṣaprāṇa [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 410.] bhukti von kurzer Dauer [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 27.] astokavismaya [MĀLATĪM. 161, 2.] n. ein Weniges: tanmamāpi stokaṃ prayaccha [Pañcatantra 263, 25.] stokenonnatimāyāti [Spr. (II) 842. 5429. 7190.] stokam adv. ein wenig: natvā [Spr. (II) 3555.] antarviśanti [7248.] gatvā [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 127.] [Śākuntala 8, 9. 98, 8.] [Pañcatantra 170, 6.] yāvadagre kiṃcitstokaṃ mārgaṃ yānti [245, 13.] viyati bahutaraṃ stokamurvyāṃ prayāti mehr in der Luft als auf der Erde [Śākuntala 7.] stokanirmukta ad 19. stokonmiṣattejas [Spr. (II) 2685.] namrā [Meghadūta 80.] pāṇḍura [Halāyudha 4, 52.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 22, 31.] allmählich [Spr. (II) 6456.] stokena und stokāt (dieses bildet mit dem folg. Worte ein comp.) vor einem partic. auf ta so v. a. kaum, mit genauer Noth [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 39. 3, 33. 6, 3, 2] [?(vgl. Siddhāntakaumudī zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 49).] — Vgl. pra .
Stoka (स्तोक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Thova, Thovāga.
Stoka (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 少 [shǎo]: “few”.
Note: stoka can be alternatively written as: stokam.
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
Stōka (ಸ್ತೋಕ):—
1) [adjective] small in size; not big, large or great.
2) [adjective] small in amount, number or degree; not much.
3) [adjective] short in duration or distance; brief; not long.
4) [adjective] small in force, intensity, etc.; weak.
5) [adjective] trivial; trifling.
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Stōka (ಸ್ತೋಕ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being small in size.
2) [noun] the quality of being small in amount, number or degree.
3) [noun] the quality of lasting for a very short duration.
4) [noun] the quality of being weak; weakness.
5) [noun] the quality of being trivial.
6) [noun] a drop or droplet (asof water).
7) [noun] a glowing bit of matter thrown off by a fire; a spark.
8) [noun] the male of the bird Cuculus melanoleucus, fabled to live only upon rain drops.
9) [noun] a tiny, diminutive (human) body (?).
10) [noun] the flexible appendage to the trunk of some animals; a tail.
11) [noun] (pl.) children.
12) [noun] a meditating on the Supreme or abstract principle of the universal being, following self-denial, strict austere, moral and ethical life, etc.
13) [noun] (jain.) a unit of time equal approx. to 5.25 seconds.
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: Stokaka, Stokakaya, Stokakrishna, Stokakshaya, Stokam, Stokanamra, Stokapandura, Stokapunya, Stokashas, Stokata, Stokatamas, Stokatva, Stokavasheshaprana, Stokayus.
Full-text (+25): Astoka, Stokashas, Stokakaya, Madhustoka, Agnistoka, Udastoka, Stokanamra, Ghritastoka, Stokaka, Stokapandura, Stokam, Stokayus, Stokatamas, Lava, Stokata, Stokatva, Stokakrishna, Bhala, Lohitastoka, Stokonmishat.
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Search found 45 books and stories containing Stoka, Stōka, Stokas; (plurals include: Stokas, Stōkas, Stokases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Gommatsara by Acharya Nemichandra (by Bai Bahadur J. L. Jaini)
Chapter 17.2 - Description of Differentia < [Volume 1 - Jiva-kanda (the soul)]
Chapter 10 - The concept of Veda Margana (Sex-Soul-Quest) < [Volume 1 - Jiva-kanda (the soul)]
Index < [Volume 1 - Jiva-kanda (the soul)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.11.14 < [Chapter 11 - The Liberation of Dhenukāsura]
Verse 1.4.1 < [Chapter 4 - Description of Questions About the Lord’s Appearance]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 10 - On the Asurakumāras < [Chapter 1]
Part 2 - On measurable time < [Chapter 7]
Part 3 - On the commencement of rainfall < [Chapter 1]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.95.16 < [Sukta 95]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 15: Mahāvīra’s (Vīra’s) mokṣa (nirvāṇa, emancipation) < [Chapter XIII - Śrī Mahāvīra’s nirvāṇa]
Part 32: Description of the Upper World (ūrdhvaloka) < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Part 17 - Four kinds of Pramana (measure) < [Introduction]
Page 114 < [Sanskrit Text of the Ganitatilaka]