Alpa: 21 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAlpa (अल्प):—, alpayā vācā mit schwacher Stimme [Kathāsaritsāgara 62, 53.] svara adj. [75.] alpena leicht: alpenaiva vinaśyanti [Spr. 3554.] für einen geringen Preis [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 180, 18.] — nālpīyasi nibadhnanti padamunnatacetasaḥ an etwas ganz Unbedeutendes [Spr. 4435.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAlpa (अल्प):—Adj. (f. ā) klein , gering , schwach , wenig ; n. Kleines , Weniges. alpam Adv. ein wenig , in geringem Grade. alpena für ein Weniges , billig ; leicht , schnell [Indische sprüche 514.] alpāt leicht , schnell. alpena und alpāt werden in dieser Bedeutung mit einem Partic. praet. pass. componirt [232,19.] Compar. alpiyaṃs (. weniger [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 2,7,13.] ganz gering [Indische sprüche 649.] n. etwas ganz Unbedeutendes ) und alpatara , Super. alpiṣṭha.
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Starts with (+250): Alpa-bedhi-soppu, Alpa-bhandata, Alpabadha, Alpabadhata, Alpabahutva, Alpabala, Alpabalaprana, Alpabhagya, Alpabhasha, Alpabhashin, Alpabhedi, Alpabhikshuka, Alpabhojana, Alpabhujantara, Alpabuddha, Alpabuddhi, Alpacamana, Alpacchada, Alpaceshtita, Alpacetas.
Ends with (+656): Abhavavikalpa, Abhicarakalpa, Abhicharakalpa, Abhijalpa, Abhikalpa, Abhiniveshavikalpa, Abhutaparikalpa, Abhyalpa, Abhyantarakalpa, Achyutakalpa, Acyutakalpa, Adhvarakalpa, Adhyaropavikalpa, Adikalpa, Adivyakalpa, Agamasamgrahe ekajatakalpa, Agastikalpa, Aghorakalpa, Agnikalpa, Aishanakalpa.
Full-text (+271): Appa, Alpamarisha, Alpaprabhava, Alpatanu, Alpam, Alpadhana, Alpishtha, Alpayus, Alpavadin, Alpajna, Alpata, Svalpa, Atyalpa, Alpavishaya, Alpamedhas, Alpiyas, Alpeshakhya, Alpamadhyama, Alpampaca, Alpabhagya.
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Search found 40 books and stories containing Alpa; (plurals include: Alpas). 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 4.8.45 < [Chapter 8 - In the Story of the Yajña-sītās, the Glories of Ekādaśī]
Verse 1.19.8 < [Chapter 19 - Breaking of the Two Arjuna Trees]
Verse 3.2.27 < [Chapter 2 - The Great Festival of Śrī Girirāja]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 18.22 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 7.23 < [Chapter 7 - Vijñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Realization of Transcendental Knowledge)]
Verse 16.9 < [Chapter 16 - Daivāsura-sampada-yoga]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.149 < [Section XXV - Meaning of the Title ‘Ācārya’]
Verse 7.86 < [Section VII - Domestic Duties]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 1 - Obtaining easily an immense qualification < [Chapter XLV - Application of Merit]
II. Real longevity of the buddhas < [Part 16 - Obtaining the immense longevity and immense radiance of the Buddhas]
I. Mastering the earth element (pṛthivī) < [Part 3 - Mastering the four great elements]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
8. Srngarasudhakara by Aswathi Thirunal < [Chapter 5 - Sanskrit Dramas and Campus bearing on Kerala History]
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