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Arthashastra (politics and welfare)

Source: Shodhganga: Kakati Ganapatideva and his times (artha)

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक) refers to the “person who prepares betel” and represents an official title designating one of the seventy-two officers (niyoga) of the Bāhattaraniyogādhipati circle, according to the Inscriptional glossary of Andhra Pradesh (Śāsana-śabdakośāmu). The bāhattaraniyoga-adhipati is the highest executive officer of this circle (including a Tāmbūlika). For example: During the reign of Gaṇapatideva, the area extending between Pānagal to Mārjavāḍi was entrusted to Gaṇḍapeṇḍāru Gangayasāhiṇi as Bāhattaraniyogādhipati. Later on, this office was entrusted to Kāyastha Jannigadeva.

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Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्र, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.

India history and geography

Source: Google Books: Medieval Orissa: A Socio-economic Study

Tāmbulika (ताम्बुलिक) refers to a “seller of betel leaf” and represents one of the occupational groups commonly found in Townships or Urban centers (nagari) in ancient India (Medieval Orissa).—An example (of Township) is provided by the Nagari plates of Anangabhima III, dated A.D. 1230, which describe an assigned township which contained four large houses of the dimension of royal residences and thirty other houses. The occupational groups present in the settlement were [e.g., a seller of betel leaf (tāmbulika)]. The range of occupations is large, some of them being rural in character. The context in which the township (or Urban centres—nagari) is assigned suggest that nagaris in such cases were perhaps extended villages, formed out of a cluster of several contiguous villages and thus assuming physical and consequently, economic dimensions much larger than those of an ordinary village settlement.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Tāmbulika.—(EI 28), producer and seller of betel leaves. Note: tāmbulika is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक).—A seller of betel.

Derivable forms: tāmbūlikaḥ (ताम्बूलिकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक).—mf. (-kaḥ-kī) A seller of betel. E. tāmbūla, and ṭhak aff. tāmbūlaṃ tadracanaṃ śilpamasya .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक).—i. e. tāmbūla + ika, m. A seller of betel, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 90, 23 Gorr.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक).—[masculine] a seller of betel.

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

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक):—[from tāmbūla] m. a seller of betel, [Rāmāyaṇa G. ii, 90, 23; Kādambarī iii, 825; Sāhitya-darpaṇa iii, 40/41.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Relating to betel. 1. m. 3. f. Betel-seller.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Tāmbūlika (ताम्बूलिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Taṃbolia.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tambulika in German

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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

Tāṃbūlika (ತಾಂಬೂಲಿಕ):—[noun] = ತಾಂಬೂಲಿ [tambuli]2 - 1.

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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.

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Starts with: Tambulikasarpa.

Full-text: Tambulikasarpa, Tambolia, Tampulikan, Tambulin, Betel leaf.

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