Upakarshika, Upakarṣikā: 1 definition
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Upakarshika means something in 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.
The Sanskrit term Upakarṣikā can be transliterated into English as Upakarsika or Upakarshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUpakarṣikā (उपकर्षिका).—(-upakarṣikā), according to Tibetan dishevelled state (of the hair of the head): Lalitavistara 227.9 (prose; of the harem women mourning the loss of the Bodhisattva) kāścic chīrṣopakar- ṣikayā…rudanti sma (Tibetan mgo ḥbal lo, had their heads dishevelled).
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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