Kupya, Kūpya: 11 definitions

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Kupya means something in Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

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

Kupya (कुप्य):—(von 1. kup) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 114.]

1) adj. irascendum: śaucena tvāgasastyāgaiḥ śuddhena manasā tathā . kopasthāneṣvapi mahatsvakupyaṃ na kadā ca na .. [Mahābhārata 15, 821.] —

2) n. ein unedles Metall, jedes Metall mit Ausnahme von Gold und Silber [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 20.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 92.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1046.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 96. 10, 113. 11, 66.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 266. 3, 237.] [Suśruta 2, 441, 9.] kupyamadeyaṃ brāhmaṇasya [Mahābhārata 3, 13263.] kupyavetanin [657.] kupyabhāgī bhavenmartyaḥ kurvan śrāddhaṃ caturdaśīm [13, 4234.] hiraṇyaṃ kupyabhūyiṣṭham [15, 224.] kupyaśālā f. Ort, wo die unedlen Metalle aufbewahrt werden, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 996.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. kupyaka [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 262.] kupya soll auch = vulg. dastā (nach [Haughton] : zinc, lapis calaminaris, pewter, tutenag) sein [Vaidyaka im Śabdakalpadruma] Ursprünglich führten wohl nur die leicht in Bewegung gerathenden, leicht schmelzenden Metalle (s. 1. kup und vgl. dru, drava) diesen Namen; die Ableitung von gup ( [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 114,] [Scholiast]) ist abgeschmackt. Vgl. akupya . —

3) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 264.]

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Kūpya (कूप्य):—(von kūpa) adj. gaṇa gavādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 2.] in einer Grube —, in einem Brunnen befindlich u.s.w. [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 38. 42. 22, 25.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 4, 13, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 3, 4, 15.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 1, 2, 4,] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 4, 32.]

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Kupya (कुप्य):—

2) [Spr. 3983, v. l.]

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

Kupya (कुप्य):——

1) n. — a) impers. irascendum in a. — b) ein unedles Metall , jedes Metall mit Ausnahme von Gold und Silber.

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes.

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Kūpya (कूप्य):—Adj. (f. ā) in einer Grube — , in einem Brunnen befindlich.

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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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