Alternative spellings of this word include Katipay.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Katipaya (कतिपय) refers to “some” (i.e., ‘several’), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This world totters to the limit of the world of Brahmā with the fear of the beginning of a frown, and mountains immediately fall asunder by force of [the fact that] the earth is overcome by the weight of the heavy feet, of those heroes who are all led to death by the king of time in [the space of] some days (katipaya—yeṣāṃ te 'pi pravīrāḥ katipayadivasaiḥ). Nevertheless, desire is intense only in a living being who is bereft of sense”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

katipaya : (adj.) some; several.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Katipaya, (adj.) (cp. Sk. katipaya) some, several; a few (in cpds. or in pl.) J. I, 230, 487; III, 280, 419; IV, 125; V, 162; Pv. II, 9²⁰ (=appake only a few); DhA. I, 94 (very few); PvA. 46. In sg. little, insignificant Vv 53²⁰ (=appikā f.). °vāre a few times, a few turns J. V, 132; VI, 52; PvA. 135; Mhbv 3. (Page 182)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Katipaya (कतिपय).—a. [kati-ayac puk c]

1) Some, several, a certain number; कतिपयकुसुमोद्गमः कदम्बः (katipayakusumodgamaḥ kadambaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.2; Meghadūta 23; कतिपयदिवसापगमे (katipayadivasāpagame) some days having elapsed; वर्णैः कतिपयैरेव ग्रथितस्य स्वरैरिव (varṇaiḥ katipayaireva grathitasya svarairiva) Śiśupālavadha 2.72; कतिपयेन (katipayena) or कतिपयात् (katipayāt) with some effort.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Katipaya (कतिपय).—mfn.

(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. How many. 2. A certain number, so many.

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

Katipaya (कतिपय).— (from kati), adj., f. yā and yī, Some, [Pañcatantra] 9, 6.

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

Katipaya (कतिपय).—[feminine] ī (ā) some, several. *Instr. & [ablative] [neuter] [adverb] with some exertion, hardly.

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

1) Katipaya (कतिपय):—[from katama] mf(ī, ā [only [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 18, 39]])n. (m. [plural] e and ās) several, some

2) [v.s. ...] a certain number, so many (e.g. katipayenāhar-gaṇena, after some days; also katipayair ahobhiḥ, katipayāhasya, etc.), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] n. a little, some (at the end of Tatpuruṣa compounds, e.g. udaśvit-katipayam, a little Udaśvit), [Pāṇini 2-1, 65]

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

Katipaya (कतिपय):—[kati-paya] (yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Katipaya 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

Katipaya (कतिपय) [Also spelled katipay]:—(a) some, a few; several.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Katipaya (ಕತಿಪಯ):—[pronoun] a certain indefinite or unspecified number, quantity, etc. as distinguished from the rest; some; a few.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Katipaya (कतिपय):—adj. some; several;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Payas, Kati.

Starts with: Katipayahasya, Katipayakusuma, Katipayaratram, Katipayat, Katipayatha.

Full-text: Katipayatha, Katipayat, Katipayena, Thuk, Katipahan, Sthayin, Th, Samkhya.

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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)

Part 7.17 - Poetic conventions regarding to the Lakṣmī < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]

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Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)

The Mode of Illustration of Rules < [Chapter 3 - Vāsudevavijaya—A Grammatical Study]

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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)

Part 1 - Madhva’s Ontology < [Chapter XXVII - A General Review of the Philosophy of Madhva]

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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)

Part 9 - Error and Doubt according to Veṅkaṭanātha < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]

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