Shatapada, Ṣaṭapada, Śatapāda, Shata-pada: 9 definitions
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Shatapada means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.
The Sanskrit terms Ṣaṭapada and Śatapāda can be transliterated into English as Satapada or Shatapada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarŚatapāda (शतपाद).—Conventional name given to the fourth pada of the fifth adhyaya of Panini's Astadhyayi which begins with the sutra पादशतस्य संख्यांदेवींप्सायां वुन् लेपश्च (pādaśatasya saṃkhyāṃdevīṃpsāyāṃ vun lepaśca) P. V. 4.1.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureŚatapada (शतपद) refers to “centipedes” (responsible for crop-destruction, etc.), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [As the Bhagavān teaches an offering manual]: “Having enchanted sand twenty-one times it should be scattered on all crops, flowers, fruits, leaves and trees. All pests fall down and perish. All snails, horse flies, venomous snakes, centipedes (śatapada) and other pests of various kinds will be destroyed. Until the stake is drawn out they will not appear”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Shatapada in India is the name of a plant defined with Careya arborea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Barringtonia arborea (Roxb.) F. Muell. (among others).
2) Shatapada is also identified with Jasminum sambac It has the synonym Nyctanthes goa Steud. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1989)
· Bangladesh J. Pharmacol. (2008)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
· Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae (Mueller) (1866)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Shatapada, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṣaṭapada (षटपद).—a (S) Sixfooted (as a louse, locust, grasshopper, bee &c.); a hexapod. ṣaṭapada m is also, by eminence, A bee, and ṣaṭapadī f A louse: also a bee. 2 In humorous phraseology ṣaṭapada is further A man on horseback.
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 dictionaryŚatapāda (शतपाद).—m.,
Derivable forms: śatapādaḥ (शतपादः).
Śatapāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and pāda (पाद). See also (synonyms): śatapād.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚatapada (शतपद):—[=śata-pada] [from śata] n. (with cakra) an astronomical circle with a h° divisions for exhibiting the various div° of the Nakṣatras, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryŚatapada (शतपद):—(nm) a centipede.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚatapada (ಶತಪದ):—[noun] = ಶತಪಥ [shatapatha]2.
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)
Partial matches: Pada, Shata, Pata.
Starts with: Shatapadacakra, Shatapadaka, Shatapadamgey, Shatapadartha, Shatapadatithi.
Full-text: Shatapadacakra, Shatapad.
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