Vahika, Vāhīka, Vāhika: 16 definitions
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Vahika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Vāhīka (वाहीक) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—It is same as Vālhīka.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vāhika (वाहिक).—A Brahmin who was well-versed in the Vedas. This Brahmin earned his bread by selling salt. In his life, he had committed sins. At last he was killed by a lion. The flesh of his dead body fell in the Gaṅgā in consequence of which he got remission of his sins. (Skanda Purāṇa 2: 4: 1-28).
Vāhīka (वाहीक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.45) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Vāhīka) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Vāhīka (वाहीक) refers to the “beasts of burden” (of Saṃsāra), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Certainly the wise person of self-knowledge, playing the game of worldly enjoyment, bears no resemblance whatever to the world's bewildered beasts of burden (saṃsāra-vāhīka) [na hi saṃsāravāhīkairmūḍhaiḥ saha samānatā]. Truly the yogi feels no excitement even at being established in that state which all the Devas from Indra down yearn for disconsolately. He who has known That is untouched within by good deeds or bad, just as the sky is not touched by smoke, however much it may appear to be. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Vāhīka (वाहीक) is doubtful and defined in the lexicons as the name of a people of low standing. However, in Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra 5.5.504 it is used clearly of litter-bearers. Possibly the tribe engaged in such occupations. It seems to me a similar meaning would suit here, ‘porter’. But Muni Puṇyavijayaji favors taking the tribal name to mean a rough, low person, something like a goonda.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Vahikā.—(LP), an account book. Note: vahikā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
vāhīka (वाहीक).—a S That carries or bears.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vāhika (वाहिक).—
1) A large drum.
2) A car drawn by oxen.
3) A carrier of loads.
Derivable forms: vāhikaḥ (वाहिकः).
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Vāhīka (वाहीक).—See बाहीक (bāhīka) One behaving irreligiously; मलं पृथिव्या वाहीकाः (malaṃ pṛthivyā vāhīkāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.328.2;8.44.25.
Vāhika (वाहिक).—(-vāhika) (Sanskrit vāhin plus -ka), carrying, carrier, in lekha-v°: dārakas tena lekha-vāhika-manuṣyeṇa sārdhaṃ …gataḥ Divyāvadāna 258.13.
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Vāhikā (वाहिका).—(manner of) carrying: (tā dāni antaḥpurikā tena sārdhaṃ viśvastaṃ krīḍanti keliṃ) kurvanti, pṛṣṭhi- maṃ (? see this) āruhitvā nānāvāhikāye vāhenti Mahāvastu ii.479.19, the harem-women…carried him, when he had mounted on their backs (in amorous sport), in various ways-of-carrying; or possibly, in the manner of various vehicles. Acc. to Cappeller, HOS 15, Glossar, vāhikā means Reihenfolge, das Nacheinander, Kir. 15.25; nānā- makes it difficult to understand it so here (but perhaps not impos- sible; variously taking turns in the sport?).
Vāhika (वाहिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A large drum. 2. A car, &c., drawn by oxen. E. vah to bear, ika aff.
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Vāhīka (वाहीक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Of burthen, bearing burthens. 2. Outer, external. m.
(-kaḥ) The name of a country, part of the Punjab. E. vāha bearing, or vahir external, aff. īkak or īkan, form irr.
Vāhika (वाहिक).— (vb. vah), m. 1. A car. 2. A large drum.
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Vāhīka (वाहीक).—I. adj. 1. (vb. vah), Bearing burthens. 2. (i. e. vahis + īka), Outer. Ii. m. 1. An ox. 2. The name of a country.
Vāhīka (वाहीक).—v. bāhīka.
1) Vahikā (वहिका):—[from vah] See rāja-v.
2) Vāhika (वाहिक):—[from vāh] m. ([from] vāha) a car or vehicle drawn by oxen, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a large drum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a carrier, [Divyāvadāna]
5) [v.s. ...] ([plural]) Name of a people, [Mahābhārata]
6) [v.s. ...] n. Asa Foetida, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (in the two last meanings [probably] [wrong reading] for bālhika or bālhīka).
7) Vāhīka (वाहीक):—[from vāh] See bāhīka.
1) Vāhika (वाहिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A large drum; a car drawn by oxen. f. Bearing the brunt of battle.
2) Vāhīka (वाहीक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Bearing burdens; external. m. The Paṃjāb.
Vāhika (वाहिक):—1. (von vāha) gaṇa niṣkādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 20.] m.
1) Karren u. s. w. —
2) eine grosse Trommel [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. bhara, rūpa .
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Vāhika (वाहिक):—2.
1) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Mahābhārata 6, 2084.] fehlerhaft für bālhika, wie die ed. Bomb. liest. —
2) n. Asa foetida [COLEBR.] und [Loiseleur Deslongchamps] zu [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 1, 9.] fehlerhaft für bālhika oder bālhīka .
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
Vahika (ವಹಿಕ):—[noun] a man who carries another on his shoulder or back.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+14): Bharavahika, Dvivahika, Ativahika, Nairvahika, Rajavahika, Rupavahika, Pravahika, Dharmavahika, Nirvahika, Bahika, Balhika, Madra, Vahin, Jartika, Vahyanaya, Samsaravahika, Vakikam, Prasenajit, Bharahara, Vahaka.
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