Lopaka, Lopāka: 10 definitions

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Lopaka 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

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Lopāka (लोपाक) is a Sanskrit word referring to the animal “fox”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Lopāka is part of the sub-group named prasaha, refering to animals “who take their food by snatching”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance.

Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume I

Lopāka (लोपाक)—Sanskrit word for an animal corresponding to “fox”, “jackal”. This animal is from the group called Bileśaya (‘hole-dwellers’ or ‘those which have a burrow’). Bileśaya itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Jāṅghala (living in high ground and in a jungle).

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lopāka (लोपाक).—A kind of jackal.

Derivable forms: lopākaḥ (लोपाकः).

See also (synonyms): lopāpaka.

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

Lopāka (लोपाक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A jackal. E. lup to cut, ākan aff.

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

Lopaka (लोपक).—[lopa + ka], m. Violation, Mahābhārata 1, 7772.

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Lopāka (लोपाक).—m. A jackal.

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

Lopaka (लोपक).—[adjective] troubling, disturbing, destroying (—°).

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

1) Lopaka (लोपक):—[from lup] mfn. (ifc.) interrupting, violating, destroying (See vidhi-l)

2) [v.s. ...] m. violation, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) Lopāka (लोपाक):—[from lup] m. a kind of jackal, [Suśruta]

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

Lopāka (लोपाक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A jackal.

[Sanskrit to German]

Lopaka 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.

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