The Sanskrit term Śaulkika can be transliterated into English as Saulkika or Shaulkika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Arthashastra (politics and welfare)

Source: Wisdom Library: Arthaśāstra

Śaulkika (शौल्किक) refers to the “superintendents of tolls” and represents an official title used in the political management of townships in ancient India. Officers, ministers, and sovereigns bearing such titles [eg., Śaulkika] were often present in ancient inscriptions when, for example, the king wanted to address his subjects or make an important announcement.

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Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्र, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Śaulkika refers to “customs officer” and was a title used in the administration during the rule of the Śilāhāra dynasty (r. 765-1215 A.D.).—An early record of the Northern Śilāhāras mentions some other officers such as the śaulkika (Customs Officer), the gaulmika (Station House Police Officer), the chauroddharaṇika (the Eradicator of thieves), but these terms do not occur in later records, through these offices must have continued in those times also. The headman of a village Paṭṭa-kila (modern Pāṭīl) is mentioned in some records.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Śaulkika.—(IE 8-3; CII 3, 4; EI 30; HD), toll-collector or customs officer; officer in charge of collecting customs duties; superintendent of tolls or customs duties. See Yājñavalkyasmṛti, II. 173; CII, Vol. III, pp. 50, 52; Ghoshal, H. Rev. Syst., p. 246. Note: śaulkika is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śaulkika (शौल्किक).—[śulke tadādāne'dhikṛtaḥ aṇ ṭhak vā] A superintendent of tolls, custom-officer.

Derivable forms: śaulkikaḥ (शौल्किकः).

See also (synonyms): śaulka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaulkika (शौल्किक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Relating to a tax, a toll, &c. m.

(-kaḥ) Superintendent of tolls or customs. E. śulka a toll, and ṭhak aff.

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

Śaulkika (शौल्किक).—i. e. śulka + ika, m. Superintendent of tolls or customs.

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

Śaulkika (शौल्किक).—[masculine] custom-officer.

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

1) Śaulkika (शौल्किक):—[from śaulka] mfn. relating to taxes or tolls, [Patañjali on Pāṇini 4-1, 104], [vArttika] 13

2) [v.s. ...] eating fish and flesh, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a superintendent of tolls or customs, [Yājñavalkya]

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

Śaulkika (शौल्किक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shaulkika 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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