Kapata, 貹ṭa, ṭ�, 貹ṭa: 23 definitions
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Kapata means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: archive.org: Natya Shastra貹ṭa (कप�, “deception�).—Subject-content of the first act of Samavakāra play;—Deception (첹貹ṭa) is known to be of three kinds, such as being due to a devised plan, accident or that [practised] by the enemy. It creates joy or sorrow [to persons].

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia貹ṭa (कप�).—A demon. He was Kaśyapa’s son born of his wife Danu. (Chapter 65, Bhīṣma Parva).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation貹ṭa (कप�) refers to “deception�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.20 (“The celebration of Gṇeśa’s marriage�).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Naradā: “O Nārada, following the mental process (manogati) of lord Śiva, you spoke these words to Kumāra and then kept quiet. After bowing to his father, the infuriated Skanda went to the Krauñca mountain though forbidden by his parents.—‘Even when forbidden by us why do you go?’—Although he was prevented by saying this, he went away saying ‘No; O parents, I shall not stay here even a moment when deception (첹貹ṭa) has been practised on me eschewing affection towards me�.�.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Kavya (poetry)
: OpenEdition books: վīٳ첹貹� (Kāvya)ṭa (कपाट) in Sanskrit (or ḍa in Prakrit) refers to a “door or leaf of a door�, as is mentioned in the վīٳ첹貹 by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (īٳ).—Cf. Prakrit 첹ḍa-ṃpḍa 202 [(37) 70.18], § 2;—Sanskrit: (CDIAL 2963; Williams 1959 p. 360); cf. -ṃpḍa.
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)ṭa (कपाट) refers to a “door� (made from the ivory of wild elephants), according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 224-228).—Accordingly, “[Going ahead a little, he then sees that the Goddess Cṇḍikā] was enclosed by a door (첹ṭa) made from the ivory of wild elephants, as yellowish-white as fragments of ٲī filaments, and an iron architrave bearing an ornamental garland of black iron mirrors surrounded by a row of red yak tail whisks resembling a garland of Śabara heads horrific with tawny hair�.

Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantramṭ� (कपाट�) refers to a “door�, according to the Kaulajñānanirṇaya.—Accordingly, “The Nameless (energy) [i.e., 峾] is fixed in the Heart [i.e., ṛdⲹ]. This is the Gesture (ܻ) that bestows the goddess. If one sees her in the End of the Twelve, she shines (like) a necklace of gems. This is the Gesture (ܻ) called Anāmā; once (it is) known (one attains) the (liberated) sky-faring state. O beloved, one must break though the door which, endowed with consciousness, is sealed with the Five Seals (of the lower Wheels) and is well obstructed by the chain (of the door [i.e., 첹ṭ�]). [...]�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) 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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconographyṭ� (कपाट�) refers to one of the four “Door Goddesses�, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is red; her Symbol are the planks; she has two arms.—The third deity in the series of the four door goddesses is called ṭ�. [...] A statuette of this goddess is found in the Chinese collection under the title of Dvāradharā. The two are identical.
ṭ� is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (貹ñḍāk-ṇḍ ) as follows:�
“ṭā is of red colour and holds in her two hands the Door Planks�.
[Collectively they are described as nude, dancing in ٲīḍh, with fearful appearance, and awe-inspiring ornaments. They are described below in the same order in which they are treated in the ṇḍ. They hold their special symbols appropriate to their names.]

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections貹ṭa (कप�) refers to the “deceit (of the breath)�, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Being frightened by the deceit of the breath [com.—afraid of (śṅk) the deceit of the breath (śdz첹貹ṭeԲ)], the living embryo of men that is taken hold of by the fanged enemy that is destruction goes out like a young doe in the forest. O shameless one, if you are not able to protect this wretched [embryo] which is obtained gradually [by death] then you are not ashamed to delight in pleasures in this life�.
Synonyms: Vyāja.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary첹貹ṭa (कप�).—n (S) Fraud, deceit, guile. 2 Falsity, contrariety to truth. 3 Spite, malice, grudge.
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ka貹ṭ� (कपटा).—m (貹ṇĸ) A slip or piece (as of a plantain-leaf or of paper: also of stone or wood).
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첹ṭa (कपाट).—n (S) A door, or a fold of a door, or a window-shutter.
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kapāta (कपात).—n ( A) A case of matted palm-leaves (to hold dates &c.)
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kā貹ṭ� (कापट�).—m (貹ṇĸ) A slip or piece (as of a plantain-leaf or of paper: also of stone or wood).
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kāpatā (कापत�).—ad decl (貹ṇĸ) Aslant or obliquely.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English첹貹ṭa (कप�).�f Fraud, falsity. Spite, grudge.
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ka貹ṭ� (कपटा).�m A slip or piece.
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ka貹ṭ� (कपटा).�n A door or a fold of a door, window-shutter. A cupboard.
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kapāta (कपात).�n A case of matted palm-leaves.
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 dictionary貹ṭa (कप�).—Fraud, deceit, trick, cheating; कपटशतमयं क्षेत्रमप्रत्ययानाम् (첹貹ṭaśatamaya� kṣetramapratyayānām) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 1.191; कपटानुसारकुशला (첹貹ṭānܲś) Mṛcchakaṭika 9.5.
-ṭ� A measure equal to the capacity of the hollows of the two hands joined together.
Derivable forms: 첹貹ṭa� (कपटः), 첹貹ṭam (कपटम�).
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ṭa (कपाट).—[ka� vāta� pāṭayati tadgati� ruṇaddhi Tv.]
1) Leaf or panel of a door; कपाटवक्षाः परिणद्धकन्धर� (첹ṭavakṣāḥ pariṇaddhakandhara�) R.3.34; स्वर्गद्वारकपाटपाटनपटुर्धर्मोऽपि नोपार्जितः (svargadvāra첹ṭapāṭana貹ṭurdharmo'pi nopārjita�) ṛh 3.11.
2) A door; दलितदलकपाट� षट्पदाना� सरोज� (dalitadala첹ṭa� ṣaṭpadānā� saroje) Śiśupālavadha 11.6.
Derivable forms: 첹ṭa� (कपाट�), 첹ṭam (कपाटम्).
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貹ṭa (कापट).�a. (-ī f.) [कप�-ठक� (첹貹ṭa-ṭhak)]
1) Fraudulent, dishonest.
2) Wicked, perverse.
-ka� 1 A flatterer, parasite.
2) A student, scholar.
See also (synonyms): 貹ṭi첹.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryṭa (कपाट).—in Lalitavistara 376.13 (verse), to be read approximately: nīvarṇa-첹ṭā� ca pañca mayehā pradāritā sarve, perhaps all the five doors (gates, as obstacles) of the hindrances have been cleft by me here. Note however that AMg. kavāḍa = 첹ṭa is a homonym of kavāḍa = kapāla; I suspect that the latter is really meant here (falsely Sktized), in some such sense as hard shells.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹ṭa (कप�).—mn.
(-ṭa�-ṭa�) Fraud, deceit, cheating, circumvention. E. ka Brahma, 貹� to go, ac affix; what extends even to Brahma,; or ka the head, and 貹ṭa a covering, screening the head as it were. f. (-ṭ�) A measure equal to the capacity of the hollows of the two hands joined.
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ṭa (कपाट).—mfn.
(-ṭa�-ṭ�-ṭa�) A door, the leaf or pannel of a door. E. ka the head or wind, 貹� to go, � affix; also 첹ṭa.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹ṭa (कप�).—m. and n. Fraud, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 217, 15.
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ṭa (कपाट).—m., f. ṭ�, and n. 1. A half of a folding-door, [Rāmāyṇa] 5, 15, 10. 2. A door, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 16, 17.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary貹ṭa (कप�).—[masculine] [neuter] fraud, deceit; °� feigned, pretended, dissimulated.
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ṭa (कपाट).—[masculine] [neuter] door or door-panel.
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貹ṭa (कापट).—[feminine] ī deceitful.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 貹ṭa (कप�):�mn. (�kamp [commentator or commentary] on [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 81]), fraud, deceit, cheating, circumvention, [Mahābhārata; ṛh; ʲñٲԳٰ] etc.
2) m. Name of a Dānava, [Mahābhārata i, 2534]
3) ṭa (कपाट):—m.f(ī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])n. a door, the leaf or panel of a door, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; ʲñٲԳٰ; Mṛcchakaṭikā etc.]
4) 貹ṭa (कापट):—mf(ī)n. ([from] 첹貹ṭa), addicted to deceit or fraud, dishonest, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 貹ṭa (कप�):—[(ṭa�-ṭa�)] 1. m. n. Fraud, deceit, circumvention. (ṭ�) 3. f. The hollow of the hands joined.
2) ṭa (कपाट):—[(ṭa�-ṭ�-ṭa�)] 1. m. n. 3. f. A door.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)貹ṭa (कप�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ḍa, , ḍa.
[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 dictionary1) 貹ṭa (कप�) [Also spelled kapat]:�(nm) fraud, ruse, guile; artifice; trickery; hypocrisy; dissimulation; —[첹] to defraud, to beguile; —[] fraudulent act; hypocritic idea, trickery; ~[ūṇa] fraudulent, hypocritical; —[ṣy] spurious testimony; [ka貹ṭācāra] dissimulation, artificial/hypocritical behaviour or conduct; [ka貹ṭ�] dissimulator, crafty, fraudulent.
2) ṭa (कपाट) [Also spelled kapat]:�(nm) (the leaves of) a door; shutter; sluice; valve.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus貹ṭa (ಕಪ�):—[noun] any of an order (Chiroptera) of furry, nocturnal flying mammals having membranous wings and navigating by echolocation and which feed on insects, nectar, fruit, flesh and blood; a chiropter; a bat.
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貹ṭa (ಕಪ�):�
1) [noun] a woven, knitted or pressed fabric of fibrous material, as cotton, wool, silk, synthetic fibers, etc. ; a cloth.
2) [noun] a waste piece of cloth, esp. one that is old or torn; rag.
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貹ṭa (ಕಪ�):�
1) [noun] the act of cheating, deceiving; the quality of a cheat; deception; fraud.
2) [noun] a pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel; hypocrisy.
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ṭa (ಕಪಾಟ):—[noun] = ಕಪಾಟ� [kapatu].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary貹ṭa (कप�):—n. 1. fraud; deceit; cheating; knavery; 2. an evil feeling hidden in the heart; 3. mixing a base metal with a good one;
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.
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