Kalpalata, Kalpalatā, Kalpa-lata: 12 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Vyakarana
2. Kavyashastra
3. Kavya
4. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
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Introduction:

Kalpalata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Kalplata.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Kalpalatā (कल्पलता).—Name of a commentary on Bhaṭṭojī's Praudhamanoramā ' by Kṛṣṇamiśra.

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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.

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyavilasa of Ciranjiva Bhattacarya (kavyashastra)

Kalpalatā (कल्पलता) is the name of a work dealing with erotics, ascribed to Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century), also known as Rāmadeva or Vāmadeva, son of Rāghavendra.— Cirañjīva is also believed to have composed other works named Śṛṅgārataṭinī, Kalpalatā and Śivastotra. The first two are of the erotic type and the last one of the religious type.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: academia.edu: Bhoja’s Mechanical Garden

Kalpalatā (कल्पलता) refers to “wishing creepers”.—There is the history of gardens and garden technology in early medieval India. By the eleventh century, the garden had long been a site dense with meaning in South Asia. It brought together earlier traditions of fabulous jewel trees (ratnavṛkṣas), wishing trees (kalpavṛkṣas), and wishing creepers (kalpalatās) that had decorated the railings of Buddhist stūpas and populated Buddhist heavens, with a whole series of architectural and design technologies like bowers, fountains, tanks, and fountain houses that had also become standard appurtenances of royal pleasure gardens by the seventh century

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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)

Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Ayurveda)

Kalpalatā (कल्पलता) is a Sanskrit medical work dealing with the preparation of medicine from various plants.—The work is mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts [e.g., the Kalpalatā] and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.

Source book references:

IO [Eggeling, J.] — V. 2730 1351 A 18; 2731 1351 D. 30.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kalpalatā (कल्पलता).—f (S) A wishing vine or creeper in svarga. See kalpataru.

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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

Kalpalatā (कल्पलता).—

1) a creeper of Indra's paradise; Bh. 1.9.

2) a creeper supposed to grant all desires; नानाफलैः फलति कल्पलतेव भूमिः (nānāphalaiḥ phalati kalpalateva bhūmiḥ) Bhartṛhari 2.46; cf. कल्पतरु (kalpataru) above.

Kalpalatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalpa and latā (लता). See also (synonyms): kalpalatikā.

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

Kalpalatā (कल्पलता).—f. a creeper yielding all wishes (cf. kalpa-taru), [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 164.

Kalpalatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalpa and latā (लता).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] See Kṛtyakalpalatā.

2) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—vedānta. Rādh. 5.
—by Bhavānanda. Oppert. Ii, 4275.

3) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—alaṃk. See Kavikalpalatā.

4) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—Prauḍhamanoramāṭīkā [grammatical] by Kṛṣṇamitra. Oudh. Vi, 6.

5) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—jy. by Soma Daivajña. K. 224. B. 4, 116.

6) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—jy. See Bṛhatkalpalatā.

7) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—Vedastutiṭīkā q. v.

8) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—med. Io. 1351 A and D.

9) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—‘astronomical tables for the calculation of calendars’. Io. 2464.

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

1) Kalpalatā (कल्पलता):—[=kalpa-latā] [from kalpa] f. a fabulous creeper granting all desires, [Śakuntalā; Bhartṛhari ii, 38]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of various works (cf. kavik)

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalpalata in German

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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 dictionary

Kalpalatā (कल्पलता) [Also spelled kalplata]:—(nf) a mythological creeper supposed to possess the power to grant all wishes.

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