Ushnika, Uṣṇikā: 6 definitions
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Ushnika 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 Uṣṇikā can be transliterated into English as Usnika or Ushnika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Uṣṇikā (उष्णिका).—Rice-gruel.
Uṣṇikā (उष्णिका).—f.
(-kā) Rice gruel. E. uṣṇa warm (rice,) vun aff.
Uṣṇikā (उष्णिका):—[from uṣ] f. ([Pāṇini 5-2, 71]) rice-broth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Uṣṇikā (उष्णिका):—(kā) 1. f. Rice gruel.
Uṣṇikā (उष्णिका):—(von uṣṇa) f. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 71.] Reisbrei [Scholiast] [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 50.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 397.]
Uṣṇikā (उष्णिका):—f. Reisbrei.
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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