Tailapaka, Taila-paka, Tailapakā: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTailapaka (तैलपक) or Tailapakā (तैलपका).—a cockroach; Manusmṛti 12.63.
Derivable forms: tailapakaḥ (तैलपकः).
Tailapaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms taila and paka (पक). See also (synonyms): tailāmbukā, tailapā, tailapāyikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTailapaka (तैलपक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A cockroach. E. taila, and paca to digest, ac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTailapaka (तैलपक).—i. e. taila-pa + ka (vb. 1. pā), m. An oil-drinking beetle, a cockroach, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 12, 63.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTailapaka (तैलपक).—[masculine] a kind of bird.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTailapaka (तैलपक):—[=taila-paka] [from taila] See -pāyika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTailapaka (तैलपक):—[taila-paka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A cockroach.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusTailapāka (ತೈಲಪಾಕ):—
1) [noun] any food prepared by frying in oil.
2) [noun] any of various medicinal preparations made using an oil or oils.
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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Full-text: Tailapayika, Tailapa, Tailapayin, Tailambuka, Pa, Paka.
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