Vitaka, Viṭakā, Viṭaka: 6 definitions
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Vitaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramVītaka (वीतक) refers to “lifestyle” [?] (i.e., one who lives by a certain style), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, while describing the signs of one who is not a Siddha: “He is excessively tall, bald, deformed, short, dwarfish, his nose is ugly or he has black teeth and is wrathful . Some of his limbs are missing and is deceitful, cripple and deformed, foolish, inauspicious, envious, deluded, badly behaved, and violent; without any teacher, he is devoid of the rites, he maligns the Krama without cause, he is not devoted to the Siddhas, he (always) suffers and is without wisdom. He is (always) ill and one should know that he is (always) attached (to worldly objects) and has no scripture. He has no energy and is dull and lazy. Ugly, he lives by cheating [i.e., śaṭha-vītaka] and, cruel, he is deluded, and devoid of (any) sense of reality. Such is the characteristic of one who is not accomplished (asiddha) in a past life”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryviṭakā (विटका).—a (viṭaṇēṃ) Faded or soiled; of which the brightness or freshness is departed--a color, a flower: also sickened of or wearied with--the mind. 2 That quickly tarnishes, fades, perishes, sickens, wearies, loathes; i. e. that quickly loses its brightness, freshness, sprightliness, vigor.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishviṭakā (विटका).—a Faded; that quickly fades.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryViṭaka (विटक).—A boil, blister.
Derivable forms: viṭakaḥ (विटकः).
See also (synonyms): piṭaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viṭaka (विटक):—[from viṭ] m. [plural] Name of a people, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] = piṭaka, a boil, blister, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
3) Viṭakā (विटका):—[from viṭaka > viṭ] f. a room where Viṭas meet.
4) Vītaka (वीतक):—[from vī] n. a vessel for camphor and sandal powder, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] (in a-v) = vi-vīta, an inclosed spot of ground, [Yājñavalkya ii, 291.]
6) Vīṭaka (वीटक):—n. (also written bīṭaka) a preparation of the Areca nut with spices and lime rolled up together in a leaf of the betel plant (commonly called betel or Pān), [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vitakalai, Vitakalanem, Vitakalmasha, Vitakam, Vitakama, Vitakani, Vitakanta, Vitakara, Vitakari.
Ends with: Avitaka, Balayajnopavitaka, Bhavitaka, Dalavitaka, Jivitaka, Nagayajnopavitaka, Novvitaka, Samshravitaka, Satakavitaka, Shravitaka, Upavitaka, Varahacarvitaka, Yajnopavitaka.
Full-text: Satakavitaka, Dalavitaka, Avitaka, Vitika, Bitaka, Vivita, Viti, Pitaka, Shatha.
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