Vapu: 14 definitions
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Vapu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Vapu (啶掂お啷�).鈥擜 devi attending on Soma.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 26. 45; III. 65. 26.
1b) (Vayu) a daughter of Dak峁; wife of Dharma and mother of Vyavas膩ya;1 one of the nine dev墨s serving Soma.2
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsVapu (啶掂お啷�):鈥擺惫补辫耻岣 Body
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvapu : (nt.) the body.
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)惫补辫耻鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼�醼��氠�横亰 醼佱�斸�贯�撫���醼��氠�横亱
(Auto-Translation): I, body.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvapu (啶掂お啷�).鈥攏 S The body.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvapu (啶掂お啷�).鈥�n The body.
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 dictionaryVapu (啶掂お啷�).鈥擺upyante sarvadu岣h膩ni atra, vap-usi岣� U峁嚹乨i-s奴tra 2.114] The body.
Derivable forms: 惫补辫耻岣� (啶掂お啷佮).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vapu (啶掂お啷�):鈥擺from vap] m. = vapus, a body, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] f. Name of an Apsaras, [Mah膩bh膩rata; M膩rka峁囜笉eya-pur膩峁嘺]
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVapu (啶掂お啷�):鈥�(nm) the body, physique; ~[尘腻苍补] good-looking; tangible.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVapu (嗖掂勃喑�):鈥�
1) [noun] the body of a human being.
2) [noun] essence; substance.
3) [noun] a good physique.
4) [noun] beauty of the body.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVapu (喈掂喁�) noun < vapus. Body; 喈夃疅喈侧瘝. (喈喈脆瘝喈瘝喈喈｀喁嵿喁� 喈喈┼喈瘝喈喈畷喈班喈む) [udal. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVapu (啶掂お啷�):鈥攏. body; person;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+2): Vapuchhavara, Vapuh, Vapuhprakarsha, Vapuhsat, Vapuhsrava, Vapujala, Vapunandana, Vapunmata, Vapur, Vapurdhara, Vapurmalasamacita, Vapushe, Vapushi, Vapushma, Vapushmamta, Vapushmatta, Vapushtara, Vapushy, Vapushya, Vapusiddhi.
Full-text (+144): Vapus, Vapushmat, Vapuhsrava, Purnavapus, Apus, Amritavapus, Vapuh, Vapusha, Candravapus, Meghavapus, Vapuhprakarsha, Vapunandana, Dridhavapus, Shatavapus, Kuvapus, Govapus, Saumyavapus, Vapurguna, Suvajivapu, Saimha.
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Search found 96 books and stories containing Vapu, Vapa-u; (plurals include: Vapus, us). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 8.13.22 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balar膩ma]
Verse 6.2.13 < [Chapter 2 - Residence in 艢r墨 Dv膩rak膩]
Verse 5.15.37 < [Chapter 15 - Seeing Sri Radha]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 24.1 < [Chapter 24 - Horoscope of the Female]
Verse 2.10 < [Chapter 2 - Planets]
Verse 5.23 < [Chapter 5 - Birth Matters]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada D膩sa)
Text 7.20 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 10.61 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.245 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]