Kapatavakshas, Kapāṭavakṣas, Kapata-vakshas: 3 definitions
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Kapatavakshas 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.
The Sanskrit term Kapāṭavakṣas can be transliterated into English as Kapatavaksas or Kapatavakshas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKapāṭavakṣas (कपाटवक्षस्).—a. broad chested; कपाट- वक्षाः परिणद्धकन्धरः (kapāṭa- vakṣāḥ pariṇaddhakandharaḥ) R.3.34.
Kapāṭavakṣas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kapāṭa and vakṣas (वक्षस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKapāṭavakṣas (कपाटवक्षस्).—[adjective] broad-breasted (v. [preceding]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKapāṭavakṣas (कपाटवक्षस्):—[=kapāṭa-vakṣas] [from kapāṭa] mfn. having a door-like chest, broad-chested, [Raghuvaṃśa iii, 34.]
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: Vakshas, Kapata.
Full-text: Kapata.
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