Alternative spellings of this word include Vipal.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Vipala (विपल).—A unit of time, being one-sixth of a ghaṭikā equivalent to 24 seconds. Note: Vipala is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vipala (विपल).—n (S) pop. vipaḷa n The sixtieth part of a pala (the sixtieth part of a ghaṭikā or period of twenty-four minutes).

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

vipala (विपल) [-ḷa, -ळ].—n The 60th part of a pala.

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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

Vipala (विपल).—A moment, an extremely small division of time (said to be equal to one-sixth or one-sixtieth part of a pala).

Derivable forms: vipalam (विपलम्).

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Vipāla (विपाल).—a. Unguarded; विपालान् वारयेत् पशून् (vipālān vārayet paśūn) Manusmṛti 8.24.

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

Vipala (विपल).—n.

(-laṃ) A moment, an instant, either a Pala or second, or (1/6)th of it; a simple breathing or one-tenth of the latter. E. vi and pala a second.

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Vipāla (विपाल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Unattended, unguarded. E. vi priv., pala a keeper.

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

Vipāla (विपाल).—adj. having no keeper, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 240; unguarded.

Vipāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and pāla (पाल).

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

Vipāla (विपाल).—[adjective] having no herd or keeper.

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

1) Vipala (विपल):—[=vi-pala] [from vi] a n. See sub voce

2) Vipāla (विपाल):—[=vi-pāla] [from vi] mfn. having no keeper or attendant, unguarded, [Manu-smṛti viii, 240 etc.]

3) Vipala (विपल):—[=vi-pala] b n. ([from] pala) a moment, instant, 1/6 or 1/10 of a breathing, Siddhāntas.

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

1) Vipala (विपल):—[vi-pala] (laṃ) 1. n. A moment.

2) Vipāla (विपाल):—[vi-pāla] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Unguarded.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vipala 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vipala (विपल) [Also spelled vipal]:—(nm) one-sixtieth part of a [pala].

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vipala (ವಿಪಲ):—

1) [noun] a unit of time (4 seconds or 0.4 second).

2) [noun] a very brief period of time.

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Vipaḷa (ವಿಪಳ):—[noun] = ವಿಪಲ [vipala].

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vipala (विपल):—n. a moment; an extremely small division of time;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vi, Paala, Pala.

Starts with: Vipalaa, Vipalam, Vipalapa, Vipalapanem, Vipalasha, Vipalavita, Vipalay, Vipalayana, Vipalayin, Vipalayita, Viphalatevade.

Ends with: Avipala, Dvipala, Pravipala, Prithivipala, Prithvipala.

Full-text: Pravipala, Vipal, Vipalam, Sukshmamana, Pala.

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