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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 30.
    anīka mn. (-kaḥ-kaṃ)

    1 An army, forces.

    2 War, combat.

    E. an to live, and īkan Uṇādi aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 25, col. 2.
    anī_ka (kaḥ-kaṃ) 1. m. n. An Army;
    war, battle.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 83, col. 2.
    anīka m. n. (-kaḥ-kam) 1 The face (ved.). 2 The fore part,

    front, the principal or conspicuous part (ved.). 3 The point

    (e. g. of an arrow) (ved.). 4 Multitude, assemblage, quan-

    tity (ved.). 5 An army, a host, forces (according to some,

    also: part of an army). 6 War, combat. E. an, to breathe

    (in 1. 2. 3.) and to go (in 4. 5. 6.), uṇ. aff. īkan, the radical

    being kit.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 20, col. 1.
    anīka an + īka, m. n. 1. The face

    (ved.), front (ved.). 2. An army, Rājat.

    5, 452. Comp. Agra-, the van of an

    army, Man. 7, 193. Yathā-anīka + m,

    adv. as far as the host extended, MBh.

    3, 15715.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 31, col. 2.
    anīka anīka, as, am, m. n. (fr. rt. an),

    face; appearance, splendor; edge, point; front, row,

    array, march; army, forces; war, combat. —Anīka-

    vat, ān, m., Ved. having a face, or constituting the

    face, or occupying the front or foremost rank (epithet

    of Agni). —Anīka-vidāraṇa, as, m. (shatterer of

    armies), N. of a man. —Anīka-śas, ind. in rows or

    marching columns. —Anīka-stha, as, m. a warrior or

    combatant; an armed or royal guard, a sentinel; the

    trainer of an elephant, an elephant-driver; a mark,

    a sing, signal; a military drum.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 116, col. 1.
    ánīka, n.

    —1. face;

    —2. fig. appearance;

    —3. of a hatchet (face, i. e.), sharp edge;

    —4. front, and so, by synecdoche, troop. [so Lat. acies has mgs 3 and 4.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 19.
    ánīka n. face, edge, point, front, troop, host.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 15, col. 1.
    anīka án-īka, n. face, front; middle; edge,
    point; troop, array, army; i-nī, f. army.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 30, col. 3.
    ánīka mn. (√ an), face
    p. 30, col. 3.
    appearance, splendour, edge, point
    p. 30, col. 3.
    front, row, array, march
    p. 30, col. 3.
    army, forces
    p. 30, col. 3.
    war, combat.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 25, col. 2.
    anīka

    mn. (-kaḥ-kaṃ)

    1. An army forces.

    2. War, combat.

    E. an to live,
    and īkan Unādi aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 22, col. 1.
    anīka anīka m. n. armée.

    anikastha m. soldat, guerrier; garde royal.

    Cornac.

    Tambour de guerre.

    anikinī f. armée; un 10e de l'akṣauhiṇī.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 33, col. 1.
    anīka- nt. armée; masse; -inī- f. armée.

    anīkāgra- nt. front de l'armée.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 194.
    ánīka (von 2. an) n. Uṇ. 4, 17. m. n. SIDDH. K. 248,b, 16. gaṇa ardharcādi .

    1) Angesicht eig. und met.: sthìrā dhanvā̀nyāyûdhā̀ rathêṣu vo 'nī̂kèṣvadhì śriyâḥ ṚV. 8, 20, 12. anī̂kamasyà na mìnajjanā̂saḥ pùraḥ pâśyantì nihîtamaràtau 5, 2, 1. àkṣyaû naù madhûsaṃkāśè anī̂kaṃ nau sàmañjânam AV. 7, 36. praiṣā̀manī̂kàṃ śavâsā̀ davîdyutat ṚV. 10, 43, 4. viśvêṣā̀ṃ hyâdhvàrāṇā̀manī̂kaṃ cìtraṃ kètuṃ janîtā tvā jàjānâ 2, 6. 4, 10, 3. 11, 2. 15, 5. 58, 11. 7, 4, 3. 10, 69, 3.

    — 2) Aussehen, Erscheinung, insbesondere glänzende Erscheinung (vgl. πρόσωπον): adhā̀ nvâsya sàṃdṛśâṃ jagànvānàgneranī̂kàṃ varûṇasya maṃsi ṚV. 7, 88, 2. mamānī̂kàṃ sūryâsyeva dùṣṭarâm 10, 48, 3. ṛ̀tasyà śucî darśàtamanī̂kam (von der Sonne) 6, 51, 1. tadàsyānī̂kamùta cārù nāmā̂pī̀cyâṃ vardhatè naptûràpām 2, 35, 11. 1, 113, 19. 115, 1. 3, 19, 4. VS. 5, 34.

    — 3) scharfe Seite (eines Beils), Spitze (eines Speers, Pfeils u. s. w.): tāmâsya rī̀tiṃ pâràśorîvà pratyanī̂kamakhyam ṚV. 5, 48, 4. yena vā iṣoranīkameti sarvā vai teneṣureti ŚAT. BR. 2, 3, 3, 10. agnimanīkaṃ somaṃ śalyaṃ viṣṇuṃ kulmalam 3, 4, 4, 14. tasyā agniranīkamāsītsomaḥ śalyo viṣṇustejanaṃ varuṇaḥ parṇāni AIT. BR. 1, 25. atha yacchalyo yadanīkamāsītsa sarpo nirdaṃśyabhavat 3, 26.

    — 4) Vorderseite von etwas Aufgestelltem, einer Reihe u.s.w.; dann Reihe, Zug selbst (vgl. frons): yùṅkte gavā̂marùṇānā̀manī̂kam ṚV. 1, 124, 11. tvèṣamàyāsā̂ṃ màrutā̀manī̂kam 168, 9. 121, 8. 6, 47, 24. agnimanīkaṃ kṛtvā ŚAT. BR. 2, 5, 3, 2. agnitā rājñāgninānīkena 6, 4, 2-4. agnirvai devatānāmanīkam 5, 3, 1, 1.

    — 5) Heer m. n. AK. 2, 8, 2, 46. TRIK. 3, 3, 3. H. 746. an. 3, 2. MED. k. 41. dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṃ vyūḍham BHAG. 1, 2. padātīṃśca mahīpālaḥ puro 'nīkasya yojayet HIT. III, 80. rathānīkaṃ śaravarṣāndhakāraṃ cakruḥ DRAUP. 7, 21; vgl. agrānīka . Bildl.: navāmbudānīka RAGH. 3, 53.

    — 6) Schlacht m. n. AK. 2, 8, 2, 73. TRIK. 3, 3, 3. H. 797. an. 3, 2. MED. k. 41.

    — Vgl. caturanīka, jyotiranīka, tigmānīka, tryanīka, purvaṇīka, svanīka .

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    p. 57.
    ánīka, n., ursprünglich wol der Mund als der athmende [an], aber stets vom ganzen Angesicht gebraucht, und zwar theils 1) im eigentlichen Sinne, theils bildlich, indem 2) der angezündete Agni oder 3) die strahlende Morgenröthe oder 4) Sonne, als den Menschen mit ihrem Angesicht anblickend, dargestellt werden. So wird auch 5) Agni als Angesicht der Opferfeier, 6) Uschas als Angesicht der Aditi aufgefasst. Bisweilen tritt dabei das Bildliche zurück und es erscheint dann 7) in der Bedeutung Glanzerscheinung, jedoch nur von Agni. Ferner wird 8) als Angesicht des Beiles (paraśú) oder der Pfeile, deren Schärfe oder Spitze, aufgefasst. 9) Endlich wird eine der Erscheinung sich darbietende Reihe oder ein Zug (der Marut's oder der rothschimmernden Kühe, die die Morgenröthe herauftreibt u. s. w.) als Angesicht (Front) aufgefasst. 10) Der Loc. ánīke scheint auch in der Bedeutung coram vorzukommen, vor = im Angesicht.

    -am 1) máma (d. Indra) {874,3}. — 2) (agnés) {226,11}; {301,15}; {307,1}; {308,2}; {356,1}; {604,2}; {833,3}. — 3) (uṣásas) {264,13}; {430,1}. — 4) (sū́ryasya) {492,1}; vgl. {874,3}. — 5) adhvarā́nām {828,6} (agním). — 6) ádites {113,19} (uṣā́s). — 7) (agnés) {517,8. 9}; {895,3}. — 8) paraśós {402,4}. — 9) devā́nām {115,1}; usríyānām {121,4}; gávām aruṇā́nām {124,11}; marútām {168,9}; {301,9}; {488,28}; {705,9}; (sómānām) {869,4}.

    -e 2) {683,4}; {520,3}. — 3) {488,5}. — 10) apā́m {354,11}; vāyós {711,13}; kṣós {809,22}.

    -ā 7) {253,4}. — 8) {319,7} tétikte tigmā́ ….

    -ais 7) {235,15}; {306,3}; {524,5}.

    -aiṣu 1) {640,12}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 49, col. 3.
    ánīka n.

    — 1) Angesicht eig. und übertr. acies , Vorderseite , Front ŚULBAS. 3,57. 167 = madhya (Comm.) Mitte 2,72.

    — 2) Glanzerscheinung Agni's.

    — 3) Schärfe (eines Beils) , Spitze (eines Pfeils).

    — 4) Reihe , Zug.

    — 5) Heer 98,32.

    — 6) *Schlacht.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 13, col. 2.
    ánīka n. Antlitz, Front; Heer, Schaar.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 35, col. 2.
    Anīka m. N. pr. eines Prakrit-Dichters, Hāla 10.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    p. 9, col. 2.
    anīka m. n. exercitus. HIT. 95. 19.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    p. 52.
    anīka;
    saṅgrāmaḥ samitiḥ samicca samaraṃ saṃkhyaṃ samīkaṃ raṇaṃ,
    yuddhaṃ yutpradhanaṃ mṛdhaṃ samudayaḥ saṃyatkaliḥ saṃyugam .
    dvandvāyodhanasamprahārakalahākrandāhavābhyāgamāḥ,
    saṃsphoṭapravidāraṇapraharaṇānīkājayaḥ saṅgaraḥ .. 453 ..
    samparāyaḥ samāghātaḥ praghātaśca samāhvayaḥ .
    janyaṃ syādabhisampātaḥ sammardo vigrahastathā .. 454 ..
    2.1.1.453
    p. 53.
    anīka;
    pṛtanā senā dhvajinī patākinī vāhinī balaṃ sainyam .
    cakraṃ camūrvarūthinyanīkinī syādanīkaṃ ca .. 457 ..
    2.1.1.457

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 169, col. 1.
    anīka pu0 na0 anityanena anaīkan arddharcādi . saitye, tasya
    hi jīvanarakṣakatvam . na nīyate apasāryyate'smāt .
    kvip ba0 kap hrasvābhāvaḥ . yuddhe, tatohi prāyomaraṇā-
    nnapunarāvṛttiḥ . ratheṣuvo'nīkeṣvadhiśriya iti ṛ0 8, 20,
    12 anīkeṣu senāmukheṣviti bhā0 . dṛṣṭvā tu pāṇḍavānīkaṃ
    vyūḍhaṃ duryyodhanastadeti gītā mukhe, tasya prāṇavāyuniḥsā-
    raṇadvāratvāt tathātvam agneranīkamapaāviveśāpāmiti
    yaju0 8, 24, anīkaṃ mukhamiti vedadīpaḥ .

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    p. 66.

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 56.
    Anīka — a son of first Sāvarṇa Manu

    Br. IV. 1. 65.