Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

laukika लौकिक – worldly; ordinary

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

worldly; ordinary

Derived from

  1. loka लोक substantive masculine — world; realm
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

laukika ·f. ī worldly, popular, ordinary, common, vulgar. m. pl. ordinary people or men of the world; n. the ways of the world, common usage, abstr. °tva n.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

laukika laukika, as, ī, am (fr. loka), worldly, mundane, terrestrial, popular, familiar (as opposed to a-laukika, ‘technical’), belonging to ordinary life, occurring in every-day life, vulgar, common, usual, ordinary, fashionable, publicly received, customary, temporal, secular, not sacred (as opposed to vaidika, ārṣa, śāstrīya); belonging to the world of (at the end of a comp., e. g. brahma-laukika, belonging to the world of Brahmā); (ās), m. pl. common or ordinary men (as opposed to ‘the learned, initiated,’ &c.), men in general, the human race; men familiar with the ways of the world, men of the world; (am), n. anything occurring in the world, the laws or ordinances of the world, general custom, usage.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

laúkika (von loka) adj. (f. ī) das gemeine Leben betreffend, ihm angehörig, darin vorkommend, gemein, gewöhnlich, alltäglich (Gegens. vaidika, ārṣa, śāstrīya) P. 5,1,44. VS. PRĀT. 1,2. agni KĀTY. ŚR. 1,1,14. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,3,27. KĀTY. ŚR. 4,3,7. KAUŚ. 55. YĀJÑ. 3,2. M. 3,282. jñāna M. 2,117. pretakṛtyā M. 3,127. yātrā (vgl. lokayātrā) M. 11,184. divi devā mumudire bhūtasaṃghāśca laukikāḥ MBH. 1,937. MBH. 12,3889. MBH. 12,12018. HARIV. 500. HARIV. 2840. salila R. 1,42,18. samayācāra R. 2,1,16. R. 4,17,4. gir die gewöhnlich gesprochene Rede KĀM. NĪTIS. 3,22. KUMĀRAS. 7,88. karman PĀR. GṚHY. 2,17. Spr. 4961. śruti Spr. 3039. pravāda Spr. 5133. pravrajita TATTVAS. 47. prasiddhi NĪLAK. 164. NĪLAK. 173. Ind. St. 1,17,2. fgg. Ind. St. 1,8,286. fgg. Ind. St. 1,10,298. PRAB. 110,11. ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 8. BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 118. H. 1074. vākyaṃ dvividhaṃ vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ ca TARKAS. 51. abda RĀJA-TAR. 1,52. BHĀG. P. 5,14,18. BHĀG. P. 10,24,7. MĀRK. P. 118,19. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 129,b,10. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 197,b, No. 460, Śl. 4. Schol. zu P. 2,1,3. P. 4,2,39. SIDDH. K._zu_P. 4,2,112. VOP. 26,2. VOP. 26,20. KULL._zu_M. 1,21. SĀH. D. 37. Comm. zu JAIM. 1,3,26. SARVADARŚANAS. 24,20. SARVADARŚANAS. 135,15. priyataddhitā dākṣiṇātyā yathā lokavedayoriti prayoktavye yathā laukikavaidikeṣviti prayuñjate PAT._in_MAHĀBH. ed. BALL. 54. laukikeṣvapyetat in der gewöhnlichen Rede NIR. 1,16. a˚ (s. auch bes.) ungewöhnlich, ausserordentlich VIKR. 19,6. SĀH. D. 37. SĀH. D. 297,5. SĀH. D. 22. BHĀG. P. 10,23,38. KUSUM. 4,1 v. u. BHĀṢĀP. 62. Schol. zu P. 2,1,3. m. pl. gewöhnliche —, alltägliche Menschen (im Gegens. zu Gelehrten, Eingeweihten) ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 117. BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 318. Z. d. d. m. G. 7,312, N. SARVADARŚANAS. 38,7. mit der Welt vertraute Männer H. 947, SCHL. UTTARAR. 5,8 (8,2). Menschen überh. MBH. 13,5849. n. sg. was in der Welt vorgeht, die Gesetze der Welt, allgemeine Sitte: vanaukaso 'pi santā laukikajñā vayam ŚĀK. 55,19. MĀRK. P. 95,23. kulaṭānāṃ na satyaṃ ca na ca dharmo bhayaṃ dayā . na laukikaṃ na lajjā syāt PAÑCAR. 1,14,84. tyakta˚ der die gewöhnlichen Beschäftigungen aufgegeben hat BHĀG. P. 10,47,9. Am Ende eines comp. zu der Welt — gehörig: brahma˚ YĀJÑ. 3,194. MBH. 13,7124; vgl. jīva˚, mānuṣa˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

laukika — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) — a〉 das gemeine Leben betreffend, ihm angehörig, darin vorkommend, gemein, gewöhnlich, alltäglich, landläufig. — b〉 am Ende eines Comp. zu der Welt von — gehörig. — 2〉 m. Pl. — a〉 gewöhnliche —, alltägliche Menschen. — b〉 mit der Welt vertraute Männer. — c〉 Menschen überh. — 3〉 n. — a〉 was in der Welt vorgeht, die Gesetze der Welt, allgemeine Sitte. — b〉 die gewöhnliche Beschäftigung. — c〉 laukikeṣu (Gegens. vaidikeṣu) so v. a. loke in der gewöhnlichen Rede.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

laukika a. (kī f.) [loke viditaḥ prasiddho hito vā ṭhaṇ] 1 Worldly, mundane, terrestrial, earthly. 2 General, common, usual, ordinary, vulgar; U. 1. 10. 3 Of every-day life, generally accepted, popular, customary; Ku. 7. 88. 4 Temporal, secular (opp. ārṣa or śāstrīya); Ms. 3. 282. 5 Not sacred, profane (as a word or its sense); vākyaṃ dvividhaṃ vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ ca T. S.; (see Mbh. quoted under loka T. S. 8). 6 Belonging to the world of; as in brahmalaukika. — kāḥ (pl.) 1 Ordinary men, men of the world. 2 The human race, mankind. — kaṃ Any general or worldly custom. Comp. — jña a. knowing the ways of the world, acquainted with worldly customs; vanaukasopi saṃto laukikajñā vayaṃ Ś. 4.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

laukika, f. ī altäglich, gemein. m. Pl. Alltage-, Allerweltsmenschen o. Welt- männer. n. das Welttreiben, allgemeiner Brauch.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

laukika laukika a. (loka) mondain; terrestre; humain.

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