Utsaktika, Utsaktikā: 1 definition
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Utsaktika 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryUtsaktikā (उत्सक्तिका).—perhaps attitude of head thrown back or held up stiffly: Mahāvyutpatti 8542 notsaktikayā, instr. (of monk's behavior); °kā-kṛta, one who is in that attitude, Mahāvyutpatti 8608. In the former, Tibetan mgo mi (g)zar, with the head not stiff or abruptly straight, so also in the latter except that mgo, head, is lacking; Chin. according to Ting's Dict. with robe inside-out.
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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