Alpaka: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAlpaka (अल्पक):—(demin. von alpa)
1) adj. f. pikā dass.: snehapātra [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1025.] śivābheda [1290.] pratigraha [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 191.] kula [Hitopadeśa I, 31.] piṇḍebhyastvalpikāṃ mātrāṃ samādāya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 219.] jātiralpikā [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1215.] vṛddhi Zinse [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 117.] pīḍā [7, 169.] n. subst. susaṃtuṣṭhaḥ kāpuruṣaḥ svalpakenāpi tuṣyati [Pañcatantra II, 145.] kam adv. ein wenig [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 3, 25.] [das 3, 2.] alpakāt nach Kurzem [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 1, 2, 15.] —
2) m. Name einer Pflanze, Hedysarum Alhagi (yavāsa), [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Alpaka (अल्पक):—
1) ein elender Wicht [Spr. 1696.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAlpaka (अल्पक):——
1) Adj. (f. alpikā) dass. m. elender Wicht [Indische sprüche 3919.] n. Weniges. alpakam Adv. ein wenig. alpakat bald darauf. —
2) m. *Hedysarum Alhagi und *Premna herbacea ([Nighaṇṭuprakāśa (roth) ]) —
3) f. alpikā f. eine Bohnenart [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa (roth) ]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
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Starts with: Alpakaaleen, Alpakabatte, Alpakala, Alpakalatva, Alpakalika, Alpakalina, Alpakam, Alpakamkshin, Alpakanike, Alpakankshin, Alpakantha, Alpakarani, Alpakarna, Alpakarya, Alpakat, Alpakaya, Alpakayatva.
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Full-text: Svalpaka, Alpakam, Alpakat, Alpa, Alpataraka, Yavasa.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.212 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.2.176 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.2.189 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The Caturdevarājasūtra < [Section II.1 - Morality of the lay person or avadātavasana]
Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes) (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
9. The Yogavasistha: A Linguistic Appraisal < [Volume 1 - Grammer and Linguistics]