Dipavriksha, Dīpavṛkṣa, Dipa-vriksha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dīpavṛkṣa can be transliterated into English as Dipavrksa or Dipavriksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—m S The stem or pillar of a lamp. 2 A chandelier or lustre.
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 dictionaryDīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—
1) a lampstand. कनकोज्ज्वलदीप्तदीपवृक्षम् (kanakojjvaladīptadīpavṛkṣam) (āsanam) Bu. Ch.5.44. तथेह पञ्चेन्द्रियदीपवृक्षा ज्ञानप्रदीप्ताः परवन्त एव (tatheha pañcendriyadīpavṛkṣā jñānapradīptāḥ paravanta eva) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.22.9. A treelike column of building (Mar. dīpamāḷa); Rām.2.6.18; also दीपपादय (dīpapādaya) (a candle-stick).
2) a light.
3) a lantern.
4) the tree called devadāru q. v.
Derivable forms: dīpavṛkṣaḥ (दीपवृक्षः).
Dīpavṛkṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīpa and vṛkṣa (वृक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—m.
(-kṣaḥ) The stand or stem of a lamp, a candlestick. E. dīpa a lamp, and vṛkṣa a tree; also dīpavṛkṣaka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—m. the stand of a lamp, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 5, 18 Gorr.; a lamp on a stand, a lantern, Mahābhārata 12, 7402.
Dīpavṛkṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīpa and vṛkṣa (वृक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष):—[=dīpa-vṛkṣa] [from dīpa > dīp] m. = -pādapa
2) [v.s. ...] lantern, light, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] Pinus Longifolia or Devadāru, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष):—[dīpa-vṛkṣa] (kṣaḥ) 1. m. A lamp-stand.
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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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Partial matches: Vriksha, Dipa.
Full-text: Tipavirutcam, Dipapadapa.
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