Alepa, Ālepa: 20 definitions

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Alepa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Alep.

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Ālepa (आलेप, “ointment”) is another name for Lepa: a type of medicinal preparation, as defined in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva..—Lipta, lepana and ālepa are other names of Lepa (ointment). Drugs are pasted and then ghee, oil, honey etc are added to it if necessary. This pate form of drugs is applied thickly on the affected part. It is of three kinds, viz. doṣaghna (destroyer of ailments), viṣahara (anti-poison) and varṇya (complexion promoting). They should be applied with the thickness of four, three and half finger respectively.

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Ālepa (आलेप) is a Sanskrit technical term translating to a “paste” or “salve”, and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā.

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Ālepa (locally applied pastes)

Source: PMC: Effect of Grīvā Vasti

Ālepa (आलेप):—[ālepam] Coating

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms
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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

ālepa : (m.) ointment; plaster.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Ālepa, (cp. Sk. ālepa, of ā + lip) ointment, salve, liniment Vin.I, 274; Miln.74; DhsA.249. (Page 110)

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

1) alepa (အလေပ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[na+lepa]
[န+လေပ]

2) ālepa (အာလေပ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ā+lipa+ṇa]
[အာ+လိပ+ဏ]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) alepa—

(Burmese text): (၁) လိမ်းကျံကြောင်း-သုတ်လိမ်းစရာ-မဟုတ်သော၊ အုတ်တိုက်၌ သုတ်လိမ်းဖို့ရာ မသင့်လျော်သော၊ အရာဝတ္ထု (ပြာ,နွားချေး,ရွှံ့ညွန်-စသည်)။ (၂) မလိမ်းကျံခြင်း၊ မသုတ်လိမ်းခြင်း။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Materials that are not suitable for rendering in plastering, and objects (such as blue, animal skins, and shiny metals). (2) No rendering or plastering.

2) ālepa—

(Burmese text): (၁) ဆေးလိမ်းခြင်း၊ ဆေးလူးခြင်း။ (၂) လိမ်းဆေး၊ သုတ်ဆေး။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Ointment application, lotion application. (2) Ointment, lotion.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Ālepa (आलेप).—a.

1) To be anointed.

-paḥ, -panam 1 Anointing, smearing.

2) Liniment.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ālepa (आलेप).—m.

(-paḥ) 1. Smearing, plastering, anointing. 2. Liniment. E. āṅ before lipi to anoint, ghaña aff.

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

Ālepa (आलेप).—i. e. ā-lip + a, m., and ālepana ālepana, i. e. ā-lip + ana, n. 1. Smearing, anointing. 2. Ointment.

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

Ālepa (आलेप).—[masculine] na [neuter] smearing, ointment.

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

1) Alepa (अलेप):—[=a-lepa] m. = [preceding], [Indische Studien by A. Weber]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. unstained, clean, pure, [Mahābhārata]

3) Ālepa (आलेप):—[=ā-lepa] [from ā-lip] m. the act of smearing, plastering, anointing

4) [v.s. ...] liniment

5) [v.s. ...] ointment, [Suśruta; Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

Ālepa (आलेप):—[ā-lepa] (paḥ) 1. m. Smearing, anointing; liniment.

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

[Sanskrit to German]

Alepa in German

Ālepa (आलेप) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āleva, Ālova.

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

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Hindi dictionary

Ālepa (आलेप) [Also spelled alep]:—(nm) an ointment, plaster; hence ~[na] (nm).

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Alepa (ಅಲೆಪ):—

1) [noun] the act of (air) blowing; air-movement.

2) [noun] the act of wandering; a roaming.

3) [noun] the act or process of moving; movement.

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Ālēpa (ಆಲೇಪ):—[noun] = ಆಲೇಪನ [alepana].

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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.

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Nepali dictionary

Ālepa (आलेप):—n. 1. liniment; 2. plaster;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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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.

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