Anekapa, Aneka-pa: 8 definitions
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Anekapa 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnekapa (अनेकप).—an elephant (so called because he drinks with his trunk and mouth); cf. द्विप (dvipa); वन्येतरानेकपदर्शनेन (vanyetarānekapadarśanena) R.5,47.; Śiśupālavadha 5.35,12.75. -2,-pada a. multi-numbered; having many component members (as in a Bahuvrīhi compound). e. g. बृहद् अस्य रथन्तरसाम इति बृहद्रथन्तरसामा (bṛhad asya rathantarasāma iti bṛhadrathantarasāmā) ŚB. on MS.1.6.4.
Derivable forms: anekapaḥ (अनेकपः).
Anekapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aneka and pa (प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnekapa (अनेकप).—mf.
(-paḥ-pā) An elephant. E. aneka various, from an neg. eka one, and pa from pā who drinks, who drinks with his trunk, and with his mouth.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnekapa (अनेकप):—[=an-eka-pa] [from an-eka] mfn. ‘drinking oftener than once’, an elephant (because he drinks with his trunk and with his mouth), [Raghuvaṃśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnekapa (अनेकप):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-paḥ) An elephant (lit. drinking in two ways, ‘with his trunk and with his mouth’). Compare dvipa. —In a Gaṇa list this word is mentioned as being a masc. or a neuter. E. aneka and pa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnekapa (अनेकप):—[aneka-pa] (paḥ-pā) m. f. An elephant.
[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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnēkapa (ಅನೇಕಪ):—[noun] the elephant, which drinks water in more than one ( = two) stages.
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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