Karpara, Karppara: 13 definitions
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Karpara means something in 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKarpara (कर्पर).—See under Ghaṭa.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraKarpara (कर्पर) is the name of a thief (caura), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 64. Accordingly, “... there were in a certain city two thieves, named Ghaṭa and Karpara. One night Karpara left Ghaṭa outside the palace, and breaking through the wall, entered the bed-chamber of the princess...”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Karpara, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaKarppara (कर्प्पर) or Karpparaka refers to a “mud pot”, used according to various bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis such as transforming certain plants into creepers, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “A big and strong mud pot (dṛḍha-karpparaka) should be filled with the mixture of mud and plenty of beef; and the Nerium indicum plant should be grown there with effort by watering profusely with cow dung and good quality beef. The above stated plant of Nerium indicum should then be shifted to a pit previously prepared by filling with cow bones, well-burnt ashes and then wetted by water mixed with beef. Thereafter, the plant should be fed with plenty of water mixed with beef. So treated, it is transformed into a creeper to blossom profusely and perennially”.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarpara (कर्पर).—
1) An iron sauce-pan, a frying-pan.
2) A pot or vessel in general (as of a potter).
3) A pot-sherd, piece of a broken jar; as in घटकर्पर (ghaṭakarpara); जीयेय येन कविना यमकैः परेण तस्मै वहेयमुदकं घटकर्परेण (jīyeya yena kavinā yamakaiḥ pareṇa tasmai vaheyamudakaṃ ghaṭakarpareṇa) Ghaṭ.22.
4) The skull.
5) A kind of weapon.
6) A back-bone; न्यञ्चत्कर्परकूर्म (nyañcatkarparakūrma) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.22.
-ram A pot, pot-sherd.
Derivable forms: karparaḥ (कर्परः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (कर्पर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. The skull, the cranium. 2. An iron saucepan or frying pan. 3. A kind of weapon. 4. The Glomerous fig tree: see uḍumbara. f. (-rī) A collyrium extracted from the Amomum anthorhiza, Rox. E. kṛp to be able, aran aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (कर्पर).— (see karpaṭa), n. 1. A pot, [Pañcatantra] 218, 11. 2. A potsherd, [Pañcatantra] 217, 22.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (कर्पर).—[masculine] cup, pot; a turtle’s shell.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karpara (कर्पर):—m. a cup, pot, bowl, [Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
2) the skull, cranium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) the shell of a tortoise
4) a kind of weapon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Ficus glomerata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Name of a thief, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxiv, 43 ff.]
7) n. a pot, potsherd, [Pañcatantra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarpara (कर्पर):—[(raḥ-rā)] 1. m. The skull; a frying pan; a weapon; fig tree. (rī) 3. f. A collyrium.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Karpara (कर्पर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kappara, Kuppara, Khappara.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKarpara (ಕರ್ಪರ):—
1) [noun] a large tank or other vessel, esp. for holding water or other liquids; a vat.
2) [noun] the skeleton of the head of a human being.
3) [noun] a wide, concave container or pan for frying.
4) [noun] a broken piece of a pot; a potsherd.
5) [noun] a kind of weapon.
6) [noun] the back-bone (as of human).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Karparaka, Karparala, Karparam, Karparamsha, Karparan, Karparapacana, Karparasha.
Ends with: Dridhakarpara, Ghatakarpara, Purvaghatakarpara, Sakarpara, Vishakarpara.
Full-text (+10): Ghatakarpara, Karparaka, Karparala, Kharpara, Karparasha, Kuppara, Patrata, Ghata, Karparam, Murdhakarpari, Ghatakarparakulakavritti, Karparamsha, Kappara, Khappara, Murddhakarppari, Karpari, Yamakakavya, Karparika, Purvaghatakarpara, Kharppara.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXIV < [Book X - Śaktiyaśas]
The motif of “breaking through the wall” and “digging a tunnel” < [Notes]
Preface to volume 5 < [Prefaces]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 12: Sermon by Svāmin Siṃhakeśarin < [Chapter III - Vasudeva’s Marriage with Kanakavatī and her Former Incarnations]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.6.93-94 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
External Anatomy < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Internal Anatomy < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)