Shinika, Śinika: 5 definitions
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Shinika 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.
The Sanskrit term Śinika can be transliterated into English as Sinika or Shinika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚinika (शिनिक).—(Samika: Wilson), heard the Viṣṇu Purāṇa at the end of the Kali age from Maitreya.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa VI. 8. 51.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśiṇīka (शिणीक).—f A shooting pain (in the trunk or limbs). v uṭha, nigha.
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śinīka (शिनीक).—f (Properly śilaka) Rheumatic shooting. v nigha, yē, hō, bhara, māra.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśiṇīka (शिणीक).—f A shooting or piercing pain.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚinīka (शिनीक):—[from śina] m. Name of a preceptor, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSinika (ಸಿನಿಕ):—[noun] a man who doubts the people’s sincerity or motives in all their actions or denies the value of living; a cynic.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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