Lokapala, Lokapālā, Lokapāla, Loka-pala: 29 definitions

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Lokapala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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

Lokapāla (लोकपाल):—m.

1) Welthüter, deren bei Manu und später vier oder acht angenommen werden, je nachdem vier oder acht Weltgegenden gezählt werden, [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 771. fg.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 7, 2, 24.] [Aitareyopaniṣad 1, 3. 3, 1.] [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad 3, 8.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1252. fg.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 96. 8, 23. 9, 315.] [Mahābhārata 1, 7854. 8176. 2, 446. 3, 1710. fg. 1714. 2127. 2132. 2139. 2164. 2171. 2180. 2182. 12024. 16179.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 5, 20. 19, 26. 72, 7. 2, 23, 22. 91, 13.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 70, 4. 3, 54, 11. 6, 72, 41.] [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 78.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 43, 57. 46, 10. 48, 26.] [MAHĀNĀR. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 94.] [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā ebend. 9, 107.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 326. 351.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 153. 169. 226.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 11, 27. 3, 6, 12. fgg. 4, 17, 11.] [Pañcatantra 38, 13. Śiva] [Śivanāmasahasra] —

2) Hüter des Volkes, Fürst [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 690,] [Scholiast] [Halāyudha 2, 266.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 75.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 346.] nara [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 1.] —

3) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Colebrooke II, 280.] —

4) das Hüten des Volkes [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 70, 4.]

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

Lokapāla (लोकपाल):—m. —

1) Welthüter , deren bei Manu und später vier oder acht angenommen werden , je nachdem vier oder acht Weltgegenden gezählt werden ; ausnahmsweise auch fünf [Kād. (1872) 2,129,6. (158,12).] —

2) Hüter des Volkes , Fürst , König. —

3) Nomen proprium das Hüten des Volkes (!)

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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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