Likhitavya: 3 definitions
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Likhitavya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureLikhitavya (啶侧た啶栢た啶むさ啷嵿く) refers to 鈥渢hat which should be written down鈥� (according to the offering manual), according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly, [As the Bhagav膩n teaches a pacification ritual]: 鈥淎 pacification rite should be performed at four places in the field. One should offer barley, sesame, mustard seed and rice grain anointed with ghee; there will be great peace. Furthermore, even animals are unable to cause harm. This 诲丑腻谤补峁嚹� should be written down (likhitavya) according to the complete offering manual. [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLikhitavya (啶侧た啶栢た啶むさ啷嵿く):鈥擺from likh] mfn. to be painted, [艢akuntal膩]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryLikhitavya (啶侧た啶栢た啶むさ啷嵿く):鈥�(a) to be written; writable, worth writing.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 122 < [Volume 4 (1877)]
Abhijnana Sakuntala (with Katayavema commentary) (by C. Sankara Rama Sastri)
Chapter 6 - Sanskrit text (shashtha-anka) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Chapter 6 - Notes and Analysis of Sixth Act < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
Chapter 6 - Shashtha-anka (sastho'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
Chapter 6: Translation and notes < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Chapter 6 - Shashtha-anka (sastho'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]
Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)
Chapter 6 - Shashtha-anka (sastho'nkah) < [Abhijnana Shakuntalam (text, translation, notes)]