Apanga, Apāṅga, Apaṅga, Apamga: 19 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Prakrit
5. Kannada
6. Nepali
See also

Introduction:

Apanga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Apāṅga in the Bengali language is another name for Apāmārga, a medicinal plant identified with Achyranthes aspera Linn. (“prickly chaff-flower”) from the Amaranthaceae or “amaranth” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.88-91 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Bengali word Apāṅga, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which twenty-three are in Sanskrit.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग):—[apāṅgaḥ] Outer Canthus. The angle at lateral side of the slit between the eyelids.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

apāṅga : (m.) corner of the eye.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Apaṅga, (apānga) (Sk. apāṅga) the outer corner of the eye J.III, 419 (asitâpaṅgin black-eyed); IV, 219 (bahi°). Spelt avaṅga at Vin.II, 267, where the phrase avaṅgaṃ karoti, i. e. expl^d. by Bdhgh. ibid p. 327 as “avaṅgadese adhomukhaṃ lekhaṃ karonti”. According to Kern, Toev. 20, Bdhgh’s explanation is not quite correct, since avaṅga stands here in the meaning of “a coloured mark upon the body” (cp. PW. apāṅga). (Page 50)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

apaṅga (अपंग).—a (Corr. from apāṅga) Wanting or deformed in some limb or member. Ex. mī tōṃ a0 anātha || tū tōṃ anāthācā nātha ||

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apāṅga (अपांग).—a (S) Wanting or deformed in some limb, member, or organ, i. e. blind, deaf, halt, maimed &c.

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apāṅga (अपांग).—m S The canthus or outer corner of the eye.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

apaṅga (अपंग).—a Corr. from apāṅga. Wanting or deformed in some limb.

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apāṅga (अपांग).—a Wanting or deformed in some limb.

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apāṅga (अपांग).—m The outer corner of the eye. apāndṛṣṭi f A side glance.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग).—a. [apagatam aṅga yasya]

1) Wanting or deformed in some limb of the body.

2) Maimed, crippled

-ṅgaḥ-ṅgakaḥ [apāṅgati tiryak calati netraṃ yatra, apa-aṅga-ghañ]

1) The outer corner or angle of the eye; चलापाङ्गां दृष्टिम् (calāpāṅgāṃ dṛṣṭim) Ś.1.24; अम्महे अपाङ्गकः स्फुरति किमपि वामकः (ammahe apāṅgakaḥ sphurati kimapi vāmakaḥ) M.2.4.

2) A sectarial mark on the forehead.

3) Cupid, the god of love.

4) Name of a plant (apāmārga Mar. āghāḍā.) &c. अपाङ्गे नेत्रयोरन्ते तिलकाङ्गविहीनयोः (apāṅge netrayorante tilakāṅgavihīnayoḥ) Nm.

5) End; अथेमां सागरापाङ्गीं गाम् (athemāṃ sāgarāpāṅgīṃ gām) (adhyati- ṣṭhat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.64.13.

See also (synonyms): apāṅgaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग).—n.

(-ṅgaṃ) 1. The outer corner of the eye. 2. A sectarial mark or circlet on the forehead. mfn.

(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) Maimed, crippled. E. apa before agi to go, and ac affix, or aṅga a limb.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग).—i. e. apa-aṅga, m. The outer corner of the eye, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 190, 15.

— In comp. adj. the fem. terminates in gī and gā, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 38, 7; 2, 30, 34.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग).—[masculine] (adj. —° [feminine] ā & ī) the outer corner of the eye.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग):—mfn. without limbs or without a body, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) m. (ifc. f(ā or ī). ) the outer corner of the eye, [Śākaṭāyana] etc.

3) m. a sectarial mark or circlet on the forehead, [Rāmāyaṇa]

4) Name of Kāma (the god of love), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) = apāmārga, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.

(-ṅgaḥ) 1) The outer corner of the eye. (In Medicine mentioned amongst the marman or vital parts above the clavicle.)

2) A sectarian mark on the forehead, made with coloured and fragrant pigments, as with saffron, Sandal &c.; comp. patrāvalī. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgā or ṅgī-ṅgam) Maimed, crippled. E. apa and aṅga; the [tatpurusha compound] being explained: apagatoṅgāt. The femin. of the [bahuvrihi compound] is either ṭāp or ṅīṣ according to Pāṇ. Iv. 1. 54. v. 1.; and the same remark applies to apāṅga when it is a latter part of a [bahuvrihi compound] compound; the rule Iv. 1. 56. not being to the contrary, since it merely concerns uncompounded words of several syllables, in the sense of svāṅga q. v. 2. m.

(-ṅgaḥ) A name of Kāma. E. apa and aṅga.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग):—[apā+ṅga] (ṅgaṃ) 1. n. The outer corner of the eye. a. Maimed.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Apaṃga, Avaṃga.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apanga in German

context information

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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Apaṃga (अपंग) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Apāṅga.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apāṃga (ಅಪಾಂಗ):—

1) [noun] a person slightly lame or otherwise disabled in a way.

2) [noun] the outer corner of the eye.

3) [noun] a sectarian mark on the forehead.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Apāṅga (अपाङ्ग):—adj. crippled; maimed;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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