The Sanskrit term Śrīpāla can be transliterated into English as Sripala or Shripala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: WikiPedia: Tibetan Buddhism

1) Śrīpāla (श्रीपाल) (in Tibetan: Sakyong) (1427–1527 CE) refers to the sixteenth of the twenty-five Kalki kings (of Shambhala) who represents the holders of the Kalachakra (“wheel of time”) teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni.—The king Śrīpāla is described as “holder of the cleaver that cuts the bonds of ignorance”.

2) Śrīpāla (श्रीपाल) (in Tibetan: Pälkyong) (1527–1627 CE) als refers to the seventeenth of the twenty-four Kalki kings. He is described as “annihilator of the host of demons”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

1) Śrīpāla (श्रीपाल) is the name of a leper king, according to a manuscript dealing with “Śrīpāla story and virtues of Siddhacakra worship”, which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Talking of these entities [i.e., navapada] implies telling the famous story of the leper king Śrīpāla and his faithful wife Mayaṇasundarī. She married him against the will of her father because she considered that this marriage was the result of her karma. Later on through worship of the Siddhacakra and āyambil fast she was able to cure her husband and all other lepers.

2) Śrīpāla (श्रीपाल) refers to one of the sons of Māṇikadevi and king Bhāṇa, according to the “Sumatisādhusūri nau vīvāhalau”.—[...] Later on, in Idar (north Gujarat, vs. 63) lived one Mahirāja Koṭhāri who was well-considered by the local ruler king Bhāṇa, and his wife Māṇikadevi (64-66). Their sons Śrīpāla and Sahajapāla and Śrīpāla’s wife Suhavadevī (67-68) gave wealth and requested Lakṣmīsāgarasūri to grant the status of Sūri to the monk. The ceremony was performed. Sumatisādhusūri thus became the (54th) head of the tapāgaccha as successor to Lakṣmīsāgarasūri. [...]

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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.

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)

Śrīpāla is the name of a person mentioned in a Jain inscription found at Shergarh. The first half of the first verse of the record, which is considerably damaged, speaks of the wife of a person named Māhilla who was probably residing at a pattana or township called Sūryāśrama (literally, a hermitage associated with the Sun-god). The second half of the stanza says how Śrīpāla and Guṇapālaka (Guṇapāla), probably two sons of the said Māhilla, migrated to Mālava.  The first half of verse 2 says that a son named Devapāla was born to Śrīpāla while nine sons, viz. Pūnī, Martha, Jana, Ilhuka and others were born to Guṇapāla-ṭhakkura’s son whose name was probably Śānti.

The inscription (mentioning Śrīpāla) was found found on the pedestal below the central figure of a group of three images of Jain Tīrthaṅkaras in a small temple outside the fort at Shergarh (ancient Kośavardhana). The three Tīrthaṅkaras represented are Śānti (Śāntinātha), Kunthu or Kunthanātha and Ara (Aranātha).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Śrīpāla (श्रीपाल) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Bhramarāṣṭakādipraśastayaḥ.

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

1) Śrīpāla (श्रीपाल):—[=śrī-pāla] [from śrī] m. Name of a king, [Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya]

2) [v.s. ...] of an author, [Catalogue(s)]

3) [v.s. ...] (with kavi-rāja) Name of a poet, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shripala 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shri, Paala, Pala.

Starts with: Shripala kaviraja, Shripalacarita, Shripalacaritra, Shripalakaviraja.

Full-text (+5): Shripalacarita, Shripala kaviraja, Bhramarashtakadiprashastaya, Mayanasundari, Suhavadevi, Correct knowledge, Kaviraja, Correct conduct, Navapada, Kothari, Correct faith, Asceticism, Bhana, Sahajapala, Manikadevi, Gunapalaka, Devapala, Gunapala, Mahilla, Sirpur.

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