Alternative spellings of this word include Chichikuchi.

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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Cīcīkucī (चीचीकुची) refers to the “sound made by birds upon capturing quarry”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “[...] At the time of the search, [...] those who proceed in front of the horsemen, with canes ine their hands, should throw, by Muṣṭimoka, Dhūtis and Ṭonās against quails and other quarry. Their motion, on account of their swiftness, cannot be perceived. They add to the enjoyment of the spectators by darting obliquely (?) on the quarry, which is discovered by the noise, cīcīkucī they make when they are captured. [cīcīkucīravonneyagrahaṇādrasapuṣṭidā]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cīcīkucī (चीचीकुची).—Onomat. For the warbling of birds.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cīcīkucī (चीचीकुची).—cīcīkūcī, a word imitative of the chirping of birds, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 11, 42; Mahābhārata 16, 38.

Cīcīkucī can also be spelled as Cīcīkūcī (चीचीकूची).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Cicīkucī (चिचीकुची):—and kūcī See cīc.

2) Cīcīkūcī (चीचीकूची):—onomatopoetic for the warbling of birds, [Mahābhārata xvi, 38; Harivaṃśa 1146; 9297] ([varia lectio] cic)

3) (cicīkucī), [Rāmāyaṇa vi, 11, 42 and; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa ii, 44.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Cicikuci in German

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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.

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