Darpaṇa, Darpana, Darpaṇā: 29 definitions

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Darpaṇa 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.

Darpaṇa has 27 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Darpan.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Darpaṇa (दर्पण):—

1) (wie eben) m. gaṇa nandyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134.] a) Spiegel (übermüthig machend) [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 41.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 684.] [Harivaṃśa 8317.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 91, 69 (Gorresio 100, 70).] locanābhyāṃ vihīnasya darpaṇaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati [Cāṇakya 109.] [Bhartṛhari] [?Suppl. 15. Śākuntala 191. Raghuvaṃśa 10, 10. 14, 37. Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 26. Meghadūta 59. Kapila 4, 30. KĀM. NĪTIS. 7, 53. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 4, 2. 5, 50. Sūryasiddhānta 7, 15. Pañcatantra 158, 1. Kathāsaritsāgara 14, 54. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 4, 5. 6, 5, 17. Vedānta lecture No. 110. Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 154. 589.] Von Śiva viell. adj. übermüthig machend [Mahābhārata 13, 1194]; vgl. darpada neben darpahan als Beinn. von Śiva [Śivanāmasahasra] In Titeln von Werken: ātaṅka [morgenländischen Gesellschaft II, 338, No. 143.] sāhitya (s. bes.). Vgl. karṇa, jñāna . — b) Nomen proprium eines heiligen Berges (auf dem Kuvera thront) und eines daselbst entspringenden Flusses [Kalikāpurāṇa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

2) n. Auge [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) n. das Anzünden (nom. act. von 3. darp) [Śabdakalpadruma] [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]

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Darpaṇa (दर्पण):—

1) a) zu [Sp. 528, Z. 1] darpaṇa abgekürzt st. dāna [Oxforder Handschriften 292,a,25.] kāra so v. a. sāhitya [211,b, No. 499.] — c) Bez. eines best. Theils des Schildes(?): carmānyasmin (pāṇau) sudarpaṇam [Kathāsaritsāgara 53, 91.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Darpaṇa (दर्पण):——

1) m. — a) Spiegel. Nom.abstr. tva n. [Bālarāmāyaṇa 59,12.] — b) am Ende eines Comp. in Titeln von Werken und auch allein als abgekürzter Titel verschiedener Werke [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 20,3.] — c) ein best. Tact [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 207.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Berges. —

2) n. — a) *Auge. — b) Das Wiederholen [UTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 48,11.] — c) *das Anzünden.

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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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