As a Hindi name
कौलिक · noun · masculine
जुलाहा · पाखंडी या ढोंगी आदमी · कौल संप्रदाय में दीक्षित व्यक्ति । वाममार्गी । शक्ति का उपासक — Śabdasāgara
कौलिक · adj
कुल से संबंधित । परंपरा से चला आता हुआ — Śabdasāgara
कौलिक · kaulik · adj.
(f. -ī), Belonging to a family or race, ancestral; customary in a family; hereditary — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 864
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a follower of the left-hand Śākta ritual
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "kaulika" is derived from "kauli" with the ṭhak/ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kauli See kaulaka.
kaulika mfn. belonging to a family or race, ancestral, customary or heritable in a family, W.
kaulika m. a weaver, VarBṛS. lxxxvii, 20; Pañcat.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kaulika mfn. belonging to a family or race, ancestral, customary or heritable in a family, W.
kaulika m. a weaver, VarBṛS. lxxxvii, 20; Pañcat.
a follower of the left-hand Śākta ritual, Kulārṇ.; Tantras.
(hence) a heretic, L.
kaulika See kaula.
kauli See kaulaka.
Alternative readings
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