Alapana, Ā貹Բ, Ā貹Բ: 15 definitions
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Alapana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Alapna.
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Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryālapana : (nt.) addressing; conversation; the Vocative. || ālapanā (f.), entreaty.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryĀ貹Բ, (nt.) & Ā貹 (f.) (fr. ā + lap) talking to, addressing, conversation Vin.III, 73 (with ref. to exclam. “ambho�); J.V, 253 (°ā); Vism.23 (°ā); SnA 396; PvA.131 (re ti ā.). (Page 109)
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)貹Բ�
(Burmese text): (က) စ၍-ခေါ်ခြင်�-ပြောဆိုခြင်း၊ ရှေးဦးစွ� ပြောဆိုခြင်း။ (�) မိမိကိုယ်ကိ� ရှင်ဘုရင်နှင့� မှူးကြီးမတ်ကြီးစသည�-တို့သို� ကပ်ဆောင်၍-တို့နှင့� ဆက်စပ်၍- ပြောဆိုခြင်း၊ ＇ငါ့ကိ� ရှင်ဘုရင်က ကြည်ညိုသည်＇ စသည်ဖြင့� ပြောခြင်း။ (�) ခေါ်ဝေါ်ခြင်း၊ ခေါ်ဝေါ်ကြောင်းစကား၊ အာလုပ်။
(Auto-Translation): (a) To call - to speak, to speak earlier. (b) To refer to oneself in relation to the king and to the noble, saying things like "The king favors me." (c) To summon, words of calling, offering.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryaḷapaṇa (अळपण) [or णे�, ṇēṃ].—n Any thing to bind or tie or wrap with. 2 fig. Any cause of cohibition or restraint.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀ貹Բ (आलाप�).�a. Causing to speak or converse with.
-nam 1 Speaking to, conversation.
2) Congratulation (svasti- vācanam); benediction; मङ्गलालापनैर्होमैः शोभिता� क्षौमवाससः (maṅgalālāpanairhomai� śobhitā� kṣaumavāsasa�) 峾.1.77.12.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀ貹Բ (आलाप�).—[, nt., in bālālāpanam ٲśū첹ūٰ 43.6, read bā-lollāp°; see ullāpana.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀ貹Բ (आलाप�).—n.
(-Բ�) Speaking to, conversing with. E. ṅa before lap to speak, � aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀ貹Բ (आलपन).—[neuter] talk, conversation.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ā貹Բ (आलपन):—[=-貹Բ] [from -] n. speaking to, conversation, [Kādambarī]
2) Ā貹Բ (आलाप�):—[=-貹Բ] [from -] n. speaking to or with, conversation
3) [v.s. ...] a benediction, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 77, 12.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀ貹Բ (आलाप�):—[-貹Բ] (Բ�) 1. n. Idem.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ā貹Բ (आलपन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āṇa, Ā屹ṇa.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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 dictionaryAlāpanā (अलापना) [Also spelled alapna]:�(v) to tune the voice, to pitch or raise the voice; to sing (on).
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Partial matches: Yu, A, Lapana.
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