Upahastika, Upahastikā: 5 definitions
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Upahastikā (उपहस्तिका).—[upagatā hastaṃ ata itvam] A small purse (or box) containing the ingredients necessary for betel-chewing (e. g. leaves, chunam, catechu, betel &c.) (Mar. caṃcī, baṭavā, jhoḷaṇā); उपहस्तिकायास्ताम्बूलं कर्पूर- सहितमुद्धृत्य (upahastikāyāstāmbūlaṃ karpūra- sahitamuddhṛtya) Daśakumāracarita 116.
Upahastikā (उपहस्तिका).—[-upahastikā], i. e. upa -hasta + ka, f. A box, [Daśakumāracarita] 135.
Upahastikā (उपहस्तिका):—[from upa-hasta] f. a box for betel or condiments, [Daśakumāra-carita]
Upahastikā (उपहस्तिका):—(von upa + hasta) f. ein Säckchen oder eine Dose, in der Betel oder Gewürze gehalten werden, [Daśakumāracarita 135], ult.
Upahastikā (उपहस्तिका):—f. Betelbehälter.
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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