Vikasati: 2 definitions
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Vikasati means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvikasati : (vi + kas + a) opens out; expands; to be blown.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Vikasati, 2 (vi+kāś, cp. okāsa) to shine; Caus. vikāseti to illuminate Davs. V, 47 (mukh’ambuja-vanāni vikāsayanto). (Page 612)
2) Vikasati, 1 (vi+kas) to open (out), to expand, to blossom fully (of flowers).—pp. vikasita. Caus. vikāseti to open J. VI, 364 (hatthaṃ). (Page 612)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Full-text: Vikaseti, Vikasitva, Vikasin, Vikasita, Vyakosha, Vikas, Bakula, Patanga, Kash.
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Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
7. Kavisamayas in the Hanumannāṭaka < [Chapter 4]
Satirical works of Kshemendra (study) (by Arpana Devi)
2. Kavisamaya or the poetic convention < [Chapter 4 - Literary study of the Three Satirical Works]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
7(e): Reflection of Symbolization in Portrait through Painting < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 1.5: The Buddha lights up the trichiliocosm < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 5.3a - Pada-doṣa (defects of word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Part 6.2 - Metres Employed in the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 6 - Kavisamaya or the poetic convention < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]