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Dirghika, ī󾱰: 13 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghika in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका).—A daughter of Viśvakarman. She was abnormally tall, and since there was the Śāstric injunction that he who married such women would die within six months none came forward to wed her.

ī󾱰 began a penance for a good husband. As it continued for years together symptoms of old age began to appear in her. At this juncture an old and ailing householder came there. On certain conditions he married ī󾱰. After sometime, in obedience to the husband’s wisn ī󾱰 set out on a tour carrying him on her shoulders. Though Māṇḍavya cursed her husband on their way, due to the chastity of ī󾱰 the curse proved to be ineffective. The similarity in the stories of Śāṇḍilī and this ī󾱰 leads us to think that they might have been one and the same person.

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका) refers to “ponds�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.32 (“The seven celestial sages arrive�).—Accordingly, as the Seven Sages said amongst each other (when arriving at Himavatpura city): “[...] The splendour of festoons is also seen in every house. They are of different colours and sorts with shapes of parrots and swans carved on the walls of the palaces. The canopies with hanging festoons are of diverse character. There are many lakes and ponds (ī󾱰). The gardens and parks are of various kinds frequented by delighted people. Here men are like gods and the women are like the celestial damsels. [...]�.

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The Purana (पुरा�, 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.

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India history and geography

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

ī󾱰.�(SITI), bath; a long or oval pond. Note: ī󾱰 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Dirghika in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका).�

1) A long or oblong lake; दीर्घिकापद्मिनी (ī󾱰padminī) M.2.13; वन्यैरिदानी� महिषैस्तदम्भ� शृङ्गाहत� क्रोशत� दीर्घिकाणाम् (vanyairidānī� mahiṣaistadambha� śṛṅgāhata� krośati ī󾱰ṇām) R.16.13.

2) A well or lake in general.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ī󾱰첹 (दीर्घि�).�ū-پ岹-վԲⲹ ii.173.3, or Dīrghila, 182.7 (corresp. to Pali Dīghīti), name of a king of Kosala, conquered by Brahmadatta of Benares; reference to his story in the Dīrghila-sūtra of the Madhyamāgama (Samādhisaṃyuk- taka), 182.8.

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

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका).—f.

(-) A large and long pond. E. ī long, affix ka, fem. form.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका).—i. e. ī + ka, f. An oblong pond, Mahābhārata 1, 5004.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका).—[feminine] a (long) lake or pond.

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

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका):—[from ī] f. an oblong lake or pond, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta; Kāvya literature]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका):�() 1. f. A large pond.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ī󾱰 (दीर्घिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ī󾱲.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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