Raktapa, Rakta-pa: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRaktapa (रक्तप).—a demon, an evil spirit. (-pā) 1 a leech.
2) a Dākiṇī.
Derivable forms: raktapaḥ (रक्तपः).
Raktapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakta and pa (प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaktapa (रक्तप).—mfn.
(-paḥ-pā-paṃ) Who or what drinks blood. m.
(-paḥ) An imp, a goblin. f.
(-pā) 1. A leech. 2. A female goblin. E. rakta blood, and pa what drinks, from pā with ka aff., and ṭāp for the feminine.
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Raktapā (रक्तपा).—f.
(-pā) A leech.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaktapa (रक्तप).—[rakta-pa] (1. pā, cf. rañj. ), I. adj. Who or what drinks blood. Ii. m. A Rākṣasa, or demon. Iii. f. pā. 1. A leech. 2. A female fiend.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Raktapa (रक्तप):—[=rakta-pa] [from rakta > raj] mfn. blood-drinking, bloodsucking, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a Rākṣasa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Raktapā (रक्तपा):—[=rakta-pā] [from rakta-pa > rakta > raj] f. a leech, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a Ḍākinī or female fiend, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaktapa (रक्तप):—(paḥ) 1. m. An imp. f. A leech.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRaktapa (ರಕ್ತಪ):—
1) [noun] a demon, who is believed to drink blood.
2) [noun] any blood-sucking animal as bed-bug, leech, etc.; a bloodsucker.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with (+18): Raktapaat, Raktapada, Raktapadi, Raktapadma, Raktapaha, Raktapaitta, Raktapaittika, Raktapaitya, Raktapaki, Raktapaksha, Raktapala, Raktapallava, Raktapallavah, Raktapamarga, Raktapana, Raktapancadala, Raktapani, Raktaparada, Raktaparicalane, Raktaparikshe.
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