Vilapana, Vilāpana: 10 definitions
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Vilapana 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
Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
Source: Wisdom Library: DhanurvedaVilāpana (विलापन) refers to a weapon (the wailing missile). It is a Sanskrit word defined in the Dhanurveda-saṃhitā, which contains a list of no less than 117 weapons. The Dhanurveda-saṃhitā is said to have been composed by the sage Vasiṣṭha, who in turn transmitted it trough a tradition of sages, which can eventually be traced to Śiva and Brahmā.
Dhanurveda (धनुर्वेद) refers to the “knowledge of warfare” and, as an upaveda, is associated with the Ṛgveda. It contains instructions on warfare, archery and ancient Indian martial arts, dating back to the 2nd-3rd millennium BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVilapana (विलपन).—
1) Talking.
2) Talking idly, chattering, prattle.
3) Lamenting, wailing; विलपनविनोदोऽप्यसुलभः (vilapanavinodo'pyasulabhaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.3.
4) The sediment of any oily substance.
Derivable forms: vilapanam (विलपनम्).
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Vilāpana (विलापन).—An act causing lamentation, ruin; मद्विलापनमेतत्तु प्रतिबुद्धोऽस्मि संत्यज (madvilāpanametattu pratibuddho'smi saṃtyaja) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.177.28.
Derivable forms: vilāpanam (विलापनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVilapana (विलपन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. The dirt or sediment of any oily substance, as of clarified butter, &c. 2. Talking, chattering, talking idly or wildly. 3. Lamenting, wailing. E. vi before lap to speak, aff. lyuṭ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVilapana (विलपन).—[vi-lap + ana], n. 1. Lamenting, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 73, 10; [Hitopadeśa] 65, 20. 2. Chattering.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVilapana (विलपन).—[neuter] wailing, lamenting.
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Vilāpana (विलापन).—1. [adjective] & [neuter] causing to lament.
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Vilāpana (विलापन).—2. [feminine] ī dissolving, melting, removing, destroying.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vilapana (विलपन):—[=vi-lapana] [from vi-lap] n. wailing, lamenting, [Uttararāma-carita; Hitopadeśa]
2) [v.s. ...] talking idly or wildly, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] the dirt or sediment of any oily substance (as of clarified butter, etc.), [Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]]
4) Vilāpana (विलापन):—[=vi-lāpana] [from vi-lap] 1. vi-lāpana mfn. (for 2. See under vi-√lī) causing moaning or lamentation (as a weapon), [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa]
5) [v.s. ...] m. Name of one of Śiva’s attendants, [Harivaṃśa]
6) [v.s. ...] n. the act of causing moaning or l°, [Mahābhārata xii, 6113] (= nāśa, [Nīlakaṇṭha])
7) [v.s. ...] m.[case] = -vi-lapana, wail, l°, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
8) [=vi-lāpana] [from vi-lī] 2. vi-lāpana mf(ī)n. ([from] [Causal]; for 1. See under vi-√lap) dissolving, destroying, removing, [Suśruta]
9) [v.s. ...] melting, liquefying (See ājaya-vilāpanī)
10) [v.s. ...] n. destruction, death, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
11) [v.s. ...] a means of destruction, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
12) [v.s. ...] melting or a means of melting, [ib.]
13) [v.s. ...] a [particular] product of milk, [Varāha-mihira’s Yogayātrā] (cf. vi-layana).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVilapana (विलपन):—[vi-lapana] (naṃ) 1. n. Sediment of any oily substance; chattering.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vilapana (विलपन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vilavaṇa.
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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 corpusVilapana (ವಿಲಪನ):—
1) [noun] the act of speaking.
2) [noun] unnecessary or useless talk.
3) [noun] a wailing cry, as from grief, pain or despair.
4) [noun] the act of wailing.
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: Vilapanata, Vilapanavinoda.
Ends with: Pravilapana, Sampravilapana, Unmadavibhrantavilapana.
Full-text: Vilapanavinoda, Vilapayitri, Pravilapana, Vilapita, Vilavana, Vilavanai, Alamgrasa, Vinoda.
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