Indragopa, Indra-gopa, Imdragopa: 13 definitions
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Indragopa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
: archive.org: Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: Or Ocean of indian chemistry and alchemyIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�) refers to a kind of insect, popularly known in India as mukhmuli insect. (see the Rasajalanidhi by Bhudeb Mookerji)
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Indragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�) is the name of a 肠补迟耻峁补诲颈 metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhra峁兣沘 bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonu艣膩sana, Kavidarpa峁嘺, V峁泃taj膩tisamuccaya and Svayambh奴chandas.鈥擨ndragopa has 24 尘腻迟谤腻蝉 in each of their four lines. The line of a Indragopa s formed with 1 肠补迟耻谤尘腻迟谤补, 2 辫补帽肠补尘腻迟谤补蝉, 1 Jaga峁嘺 and a long letter at the end.
Chandas (啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�) [=Indragopaka?] refers to a 鈥渇irefly鈥�, according to the 艢r墨matottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjik膩matatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjik膩 cult.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he god, possessing a subtle body (辫耻谤测补峁ａ弓补办补), resides in the lotus of the heart. (His) form is that of a Kadamba bud and (shines) like a firefly [i.e., indragopaka-sannibha]. O beloved, the great, and divine Self is present there, located in the calix (of the lotus)鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)Indragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�) (powdered) represents an ingredient part of some kind of extraordinary recipe described in the 碍补耻迟耻办腻苍颈 (classified as literature dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥擳he 碍补耻迟耻办腻苍颈 contains extraordinary recipes and prescriptions phrased with the syntactic pattern 鈥榠f this or this would be done (optative), then this or this happens鈥�. The processes at work are grinding, heating and mixing various products. These are plants or plant-products, animal products or alchemical recipes: [e.g., Powder from indragopas] [...]
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhitaIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�) refers to鈥擳he name of a species of minute insect.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�).鈥擺indro gopo rak峁ko'sya, var峁Ｄ乥havatv膩ttasya] a kind of insect of red or white colour; 艢ukra.4.157; K.1.
Derivable forms: 颈苍诲谤补驳辞辫补岣� (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶).
Indragopa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indra and gopa (啶椸啶�). See also (synonyms): indragopaka.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�).鈥攐r 掳paka, in composition with 艣iras or 艣墨r峁(n), redheaded, said of (miraculous) elephants: Lalitavistara 55.3鈥�4 (prose) indragopaka-艣ir膩岣�, n. sg., of the Bodhisattva in the form of a small elephant, about to enter his mother's womb (in verse line 7 replaced by surakta艣墨r峁岣�); 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 iii.411.4 (prose) indragopa-艣墨r峁m, of another magically created [Page115-a+ 71] elephant. The words 掳pa and 掳paka denote a red insect in Sanskrit and Pali; according to [Boehtlingk and Roth] the cochineal insect.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�).鈥攎.
(-辫补岣�) An insect, (Coccinella of various kinds.) E. indra best, go light, and pa from 辫腻 who nourishes or possesses.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�).鈥�1. & 辫腻 [adjective] having Indra as guard.
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Indragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�).鈥�2. & gopaka [masculine] the cochineal insect.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Indragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�):鈥擺=indra-gopa] [from indra] mfn. or 辫腻 [Vedic or Veda] having Indra as one鈥檚 protector, [峁歡-veda viii, 46, 32]
2) [v.s. ...] m. the insect cochineal of various kinds
3) [v.s. ...] a fire-fly (in this sense also indra-gopaka).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndragopa (啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶�):鈥擺indra-gopa] (辫补岣�) 1. m. A fire-fly.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusI峁僤rag艒pa (嗖囙矀嗖︵硩嗖班矖喑嬥勃):鈥擺noun] an insect of the family of Lampyridae, whose abdomens glow with a luminescent light; fire-fly.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Indragopabharakta, Indragopaka.
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