Sampaka, Shampaka, Śampāka, Sampāka, Saṃpāka, Sham-paka: 13 definitions
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Sampaka has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śampāka can be transliterated into English as Sampaka or Shampaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚampaka (शम्पक):—m. Nomen proprium eines Śākya [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 288 (58).]
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Śampāka (शम्पाक):—m.
1) Cathartocarpus fistula Pers. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 102.] [ANEKĀRTHA] bei [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 12, 6563.] [Suśruta 1, 59, 8. 215, 15. 2, 222, 2.] saṃpāka [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 4] [?(nach Śabdakalpadruma] śampāka). [Medinīkoṣa k. 165.] richtig ist śamyāka (von śamyā, nach den 2 Fuss langen stabförmigen Schoten) [Bhāvaprakāśa 5.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 2, 2, 32.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Brahmanen [ANEKĀRTHA a. a. O.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6563. 6585.] — Nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] auch = vipāka und yāvaka; nach [Medinīkoṣa] (saṃpāka) und [ANEKĀRTHA a. a. O.] als adj. = tarkaka und dhṛṣṭa; nach [Dharaṇīkoṣa] (saṃpāka) im [Śabdakalpadruma] = alpa und lampaṭa .
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Saṃpāka (संपाक):—
1) adj. = dhṛṣṭa und tarkaka [Medinīkoṣa k. 165.] = alpa und lampaṭa [DHARAṆI im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. Cathartocarpus fistula Pers. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 4.] [Medinīkoṣa] [Ratnamālā 21.] [Suśruta 2, 540, 13.] — Vgl. śampāka .
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Starts with: Sampakam, Sampakampati, Sampakampi, Sampakampita, Shampakagita.
Ends with: Kolasampaka.
Full-text: Campakam, Camipakam, Kolasampaka, Shamyaka, Shampakagita, Aragvadha, Rajavriksha.
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