Kanike

{{Short description|Sanskrit term}}

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Kanika ({{Langx|sa|कणिक|lit=particle|translit=Kaṇika}}) is a Sanskrit and Pali term referring to a particle or a granule.{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2012-06-29 |title=Kanika, Kaṇika, Kanīka: 23 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kanika |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}} It is often employed in a religious context in Hinduism, to refer to the practice of leaving a morsel of food as prasadam for a deity, which is deemed to be enough of an offering for their satisfaction.{{Cite book |last1=Mazumdar |first1=Shudha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlnrBgAAQBAJ&dq=kanika+matra&pg=PT44 |title=Memoirs of an Indian Woman |last2=Forbes |first2=Geraldine Hancock |date=2015-03-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-46486-0 |pages=44 |language=en}}