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Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Vāpita (वापित) or Vāpitaśāli refers to “rice grown in cultivated land” and is classified as a type of grain (dhānya) in the section on śūkadhānya (awned grains) in the Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—The author explains the characteristics and the properties of various food grains (dhānyas). [...] General properties of rice which are [viz., grown in wet land (vāpita-śāli)] are discussed here. The properties of different grains based on their habitat, variety of water for irrigating them are also explained.

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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.

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Vāpita (वापित) refers to “planting” (barley), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: “[...] [Hawks] should be kept in an underground room free from mosquitos, perfumed by khaskhas emitting a sweet odour, when sprinkled with water, and round the room green barley should be planted (vāpita) to give it a pleasant aspect. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vapita : (pp. of vapati) sown; shaved. || vāpita (pp. of vapati), sown.

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

Vāpita, ¹ (pp. of vāpeti) sown J. I, 6 (+ropita, of dhañña). (Page 608)

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Vapita, ² (pp. of vāpeti) mown DhsA. 238. (Page 608)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vāpita (वापित).—p S Sown. 2 Shaven.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vāpita (वापित).—p Sown. Shaven.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāpita (वापित).—p. p.

1) Sown.

2) Shaven.

-tam A kind of corn; L. D. B.

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

Vāpita (वापित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Sown as seed. 2. Shaven. E. vāpa shaving, &c., itac aff.

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

1) Vāpita (वापित):—[from vap] a mfn. ([from] [Causal]) scattered, sown, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [from vāpa] 1. vāpita mfn. ([from] [Causal]) shaven, shorn, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [from vāpa] 2. vāpita mfn. ([from] [Causal]) caused to be sown, sown (as seed), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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

Vāpita (वापित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Sown as seed; shaven.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vāpita (वापित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vāvia.

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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 corpus

Vāpita (ವಾಪಿತ):—

1) [adjective] sown; planted (said of seeds).

2) [adjective] shaven; sheared.

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Vāpita (ವಾಪಿತ):—

1) [noun] a man with his head completely shaven.

2) [noun] a religious monk.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Vapitam, Vapitashali.

Ends with: Avapita, Davapita, Jivapita, Nirvapita, Nirvvapita, Osvapita, Parivapita, Prasavapita, Sambhavapita, Svapita, Udvapita, Vidhvapita.

Full-text: Avapita, Nirvapita, Parivapita, Vapeti, Papita, Vavia, Vapitashali, Shukadhanya.

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