Karpara, Karppara: 13 definitions
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Karpara 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKarpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�).鈥擲ee under Gha峁璦.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩garaKarpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�) is the name of a thief (caura), according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 64. Accordingly, 鈥�... there were in a certain city two thieves, named Gha峁璦 and Karpara. One night Karpara left Gha峁璦 outside the palace, and breaking through the wall, entered the bed-chamber of the princess...鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Karpara, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, 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 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam鈥擯lant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaKarppara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啷嵿お啶�) or Karpparaka refers to a 鈥渕ud pot鈥�, used according to various bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis such as transforming certain plants into creepers, according to the 痴峁沰峁Ｄ乱耻谤惫别诲补 by S奴rap膩la (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淎 big and strong mud pot (诲峁涐笉丑补-办补谤辫辫补谤补办补) should be filled with the mixture of mud and plenty of beef; and the Nerium indicum plant should be grown there with effort by watering profusely with cow dung and good quality beef. The above stated plant of Nerium indicum should then be shifted to a pit previously prepared by filling with cow bones, well-burnt ashes and then wetted by water mixed with beef. Thereafter, the plant should be fed with plenty of water mixed with beef. So treated, it is transformed into a creeper to blossom profusely and perennially鈥�.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�).鈥�
1) An iron sauce-pan, a frying-pan.
2) A pot or vessel in general (as of a potter).
3) A pot-sherd, piece of a broken jar; as in 啶樴啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶� (驳丑补峁璦办补谤辫补谤补); 啶溹啶啶� 啶啶� 啶曕さ啶苦え啶� 啶ぎ啶曕啶� 啶ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啷� 啶掂す啷囙く啶啶︵啶� 啶樴啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶班啶� (j墨yeya yena kavin膩 yamakai岣� pare峁嘺 tasmai vaheyamudaka峁� gha峁璦karpare峁嘺) 骋丑补峁�.22.
4) The skull.
5) A kind of weapon.
6) A back-bone; 啶ㄠ啶啷嵿啶む啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶班啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぎ (苍测补帽肠补迟办补谤辫补谤补办奴谤尘补) M膩lat墨m膩dhava (Bombay) 5.22.
-ram A pot, pot-sherd.
Derivable forms: 办补谤辫补谤补岣� (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶班).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�).鈥攎.
(-谤补岣�) 1. The skull, the cranium. 2. An iron saucepan or frying pan. 3. A kind of weapon. 4. The Glomerous fig tree: see 耻岣岛尘产补谤补. f. (-谤墨) A collyrium extracted from the Amomum anthorhiza, Rox. E. 办峁沺 to be able, aran aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�).鈥� (see 办补谤辫补峁璦), n. 1. A pot, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 218, 11. 2. A potsherd, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 217, 22.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�).鈥擺masculine] cup, pot; a turtle鈥檚 shell.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�):鈥�m. a cup, pot, bowl, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补; Kath膩sarits膩gara] etc.
2) the skull, cranium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) the shell of a tortoise
4) a kind of weapon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Ficus glomerata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Name of a thief, [Kath膩sarits膩gara lxiv, 43 ff.]
7) n. a pot, potsherd, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�):鈥擺(谤补岣�-谤腻)] 1. m. The skull; a frying pan; a weapon; fig tree. (谤墨) 3. f. A collyrium.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Karpara (啶曕ぐ啷嵿お啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kappara, Kuppara, Khappara.
[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 corpusKarpara (嗖曕舶喑嵿勃嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a large tank or other vessel, esp. for holding water or other liquids; a vat.
2) [noun] the skeleton of the head of a human being.
3) [noun] a wide, concave container or pan for frying.
4) [noun] a broken piece of a pot; a potsherd.
5) [noun] a kind of weapon.
6) [noun] the back-bone (as of human).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Karparai, Karparaka, Karparala, Karparam, Karparamsha, Karparan, Karparapacana, Karparasha, Karparatu.
Full-text (+13): Ghatakarpara, Karparam, Karparaka, Kharpara, Karparala, Ghata, Karparasha, Patrata, Dridhakarpara, Karparapacana, Ghatakarparakulakavritti, Karparamsha, Khappara, Kappara, Murdhakarpari, Karpari, Karparika, Karupparam, Murddhakarppari, Yamakakavya.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXIV < [Book X - 艢aktiya艣as]
The motif of 鈥渂reaking through the wall鈥� and 鈥渄igging a tunnel鈥� < [Notes]
Preface to volume 5 < [Prefaces]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
External Anatomy < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Internal Anatomy < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 12: Sermon by Sv膩min Si峁僪ake艣arin < [Chapter III - Vasudeva鈥檚 Marriage with Kanakavat墨 and her Former Incarnations]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by 艢谤墨 艢谤墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja)
Verse 1.6.93-94 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 30.6 - Introduction to Ancient Indian Aeronautics < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]