Shvapaka, Śvapāka, Svāpaka, Shvan-paka: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śvapāka can be transliterated into English as Svapaka or Shvapaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Swapak.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexŚvapāka (श्वपाक).—Caṇḍālas; with minds controlled and resigned to Hari are better than Brahmans not devoted to God; were honoured by Kṛṣṇa; become pure by bhakti (also śvāda s.v.);1 meat eaters with whom Satyavrata-Triśanku lived.2
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa I. 11. 22; VII. 9. 10; XI. 14. 21.
- 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 63. 81; Vāyu-purāṇa 88. 82.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySvāpaka (स्वापक).—a. Soporiferous, soporific.
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Śvapāka (श्वपाक).—an outcast, a Chāṇḍāla; क्षत्तुर्जातस्तथोग्रायां श्वपाक इति कीर्त्यते (kṣatturjātastathogrāyāṃ śvapāka iti kīrtyate) Manusmṛti 1.19; श्वपाको जल्पाको भवति मधुपाकोपमगिरा । देव्यपराधक्षमापनस्तोत्रम् (śvapāko jalpāko bhavati madhupākopamagirā | devyaparādhakṣamāpanastotram) 6; शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः (śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 5.18; G. L.29.
Derivable forms: śvapākaḥ (श्वपाकः).
Śvapāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śvan and pāka (पाक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvapāka (श्वपाक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A man of a degraded and outcaste tribe, the son of an Ugra woman by a Kshettri male, and classed with the Chan'dala, with whom he is ordered to live out of the town, to feed from broken vessels, and wear the clothes of the dead; to possess no other property than asses and dogs, and to be excluded from all intercourse with other tribes; he can only be employed as public executioner, or to carry out the bodies of those who die without kindred. E. śva a dog, pac to cook, (to feed on or to cherish,) aff. ghañḥ see śvapaca .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvapāka (श्वपाक).—i. e. śvan-pac + a, I. m. 1. A man of a low and outcaste tribe, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 217; 382. 2. The son of a Kṣattṛ by an Ugrā woman, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 19. Ii. f. kī, A woman of a low or outcaste tribe, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 390.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvapāka (श्वपाक).—[masculine] a degraded class of men (lit. cooking dogs).
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Svapāka (स्वपाक).—[adjective] working well, skilful.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śvapaka (श्वपक):—[=śva-paka] [from śva > śvan] [wrong reading] for -paca, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) Śvapāka (श्वपाक):—[=śva-pāka] [from śva > śvan] m. one who cooks dogs, a man of an outcaste tribe (= -paca above), [Baudhāyana-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) Svāpaka (स्वापक):—[from svap] mfn. ([from] [Causal]) causing to sleep, soporiferous, soporific, [Pāṇini 7-4, 67], [vArttika] 2, [Patañjali]
4) Svapāka (स्वपाक):—[from sv-apas] mfn. (su-ap in [Padapāṭha]) skilful, industrious, [Ṛg-veda iv, 3, 2] ([Sāyaṇa]; others, ‘coming willingly from afar’, [from] 5. su + apāka).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚvapāka (श्वपाक):—[śva-pāka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A man of a degraded and outcaste tribe.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Śvapāka (श्वपाक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sovāga.
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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 dictionarySvāpaka (स्वापक) [Also spelled swapak]:—(a) narcotic.
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Partial matches: Shva, Shvan, Paka.
Starts with: Shvapakaka.
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