Alpaka: 11 definitions
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Alpaka 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
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Alpaka (अल्पक) is another name for Yavāsa, a medicinal plant identified with Alhagi pseudalhagi, synonym of Alhagi maurorum (“camelthorn”) from the Fabaceae or legume family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.44-46 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Alpaka and Yavāsa, there are a total of twenty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Alpaka (अल्पक) (lit. “one who is small”) is a synonym (another name) for the Kapiñjala, according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Alpaka (अल्पक).—a. (-lpikā f.)
1) Small, little, minute.
2) Contemptible, mean; Śiśupālavadha 16.28; नाग्निपरिशुद्धिमपि अल्पकाः प्रतिपद्यन्ते (nāgnipariśuddhimapi alpakāḥ pratipadyante) Uttararāmacarita 4.
-kam Little.
-kaḥ Name of a plant (yavāsa; Mar. dhamāsā).
Alpaka (अल्पक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Small, minute. E. alpa and kan added.
Alpaka (अल्पक).—[alpa-ka], adj., f. ikā, Small, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 219.
Alpaka (अल्पक).—([feminine] alpikā) = [preceding]; [neuter] little, kam [adverb] a little, kāt soon after.
1) Alpaka (अल्पक):—[from alpa] mf(ikā)n. small, minute, trifling, [Manu-smṛti] etc.
2) [from alpa] m. the plants Hedysarum Alhagi and Premna Herbacea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Alpaka (अल्पक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Small; low.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Alpaka (ಅಲ್ಪಕ):—[noun] = ಅಲ್ಪ [alpa]2.
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Alpāka (ಅಲ್ಪಾಕ):—
1) [noun] a domesticated South American llama (Lama glama pacos) with valuable, long, silky, brown or black wool; alpaca.
2) [noun] its wool.
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: Alpakaaleen, Alpakabatte, Alpakala, Alpakalatva, Alpakalika, Alpakalina, Alpakam, Alpakamkshin, Alpakanike, Alpakankshin, Alpakantha, Alpakarani, Alpakarna, Alpakarya, Alpakat, Alpakaya, Alpakayatva.
Full-text: Svalpaka, Alpakam, Alpakat, Alpa, Alpataraka, Yavasa.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.212 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.2.176 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.2.189 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 27 < [English-Mizo (1 volume)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
The Caturdevarājasūtra < [Section II.1 - Morality of the lay person or avadātavasana]
The Nyaya theory of Knowledge (by Satischandra Chatterjee)
Part 1 - Nirvikalpaka and Savikalpaka perception < [Chapter 9 - Three modes of ordinary perception]
Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes) (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
9. The Yogavasistha: A Linguistic Appraisal < [Volume 1 - Grammer and Linguistics]