Kapotaka, Kāpotaka: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKapotaka (कपोतक):—(von kapota) m.
1) Täubchen [Mahābhārata 3, 10584.] [Pañcatantra II, 9.] f. kapotikā [III, 144. 153.] —
2) = kapota [?2. KĀṬAV. zu Śākuntala 78, 9.] —
3) = kapota [?4., aber Nalopākhyāna Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Kāpotaka (कापोतक):—m. pl. Bewohner von kapotakīyā gaṇa vilvakādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 153.]
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Kapotaka (कपोतक):—
1) Taube [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 68.] kapotikā [Spr. 632.] kapotikānyāyāt nach der Weise des (edlen) Taubenweibchens (das auch dem Feinde Gutes erwies; vgl. [Mahābhārata 12, 5467. fgg.] [Pañcatantra III, 140. fgg.]) [Sāhityadarpana 739.] —
4) f. ī ein best. Vogel, = śyāmā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 88, 5.] potakī v.l.
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Kapotaka (कपोतक):—adj. (f. kapotikā) taubenfarbig, grau [Patañjali] [?a. a. O.1,221,a.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKapotaka (कपोतक):——
1) Adj. (f. tikā) taubenfarbig , grau. —
2) m. — a) Täubchen , Taube. — b) eine best. Stellung der Hand. —
3) f. tikā ein weibliches Täubchen. —
4) f. ī ein best. Vogel , = śyāmā f. —
5) n. Antimonglanz [Carakasaṃhitā 6,18.]
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Kāpotaka (कापोतक):—Adj. von kapotakīya.
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Starts with: Kapotakandara, Kapotakarbura, Kapotakarnika.
Ends with: Grihakapotaka.
Full-text: Grihakapotaka, Kapotika, Samdamshika, Grihakapota, Kapotaki, Sarasi, Samprakshalaka, Ketumaladvipa.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 162 - Kapotatīrtha < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Chapter 45 - The thrones (siṃhāsana-lakṣaṇa)
Chapter 15 - The columns (stambha)
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Gaits relevant for sentiments < [Chapter 2 - Concept and technique of Gati]
The Nilamata Purana (by Dr. Ved Kumari)
Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature (by Anindita Adhikari)
Worship (with and without form of image) < [Chapter 6]