Dipavriksha, Dīpavṛkṣa, Dipa-vriksha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dīpavṛkṣa can be transliterated into English as Dipavrksa or Dipavriksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—m S The stem or pillar of a lamp. 2 A chandelier or lustre.
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.
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Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—
1) a lampstand. कनकोज्ज्वलदीप्तदीपवृक्षम् (kanakojjvaladīptadīpavṛkṣam) (āsanam) Bu. Ch.5.44. तथेह पञ्चेन्द्रियदीपवृक्षा ज्ञानप्रदीप्ताः परवन्त एव (tatheha pañcendriyadīpavṛkṣā jñānapradīptāḥ paravanta eva) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.22.9. A treelike column of building (Mar. dīpamāḷa); Rām.2.6.18; also दीपपादय (dīpapādaya) (a candle-stick).
2) a light.
3) a lantern.
4) the tree called devadāru q. v.
Derivable forms: dīpavṛkṣaḥ (दीपवृक्षः).
Dīpavṛkṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīpa and vṛkṣa (वृक्ष).
Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—m.
(-kṣaḥ) The stand or stem of a lamp, a candlestick. E. dīpa a lamp, and vṛkṣa a tree; also dīpavṛkṣaka .
Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष).—m. the stand of a lamp, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 5, 18 Gorr.; a lamp on a stand, a lantern, Mahābhārata 12, 7402.
Dīpavṛkṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dīpa and vṛkṣa (वृक्ष).
1) Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष):—[=dīpa-vṛkṣa] [from dīpa > dīp] m. = -pādapa
2) [v.s. ...] lantern, light, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] Pinus Longifolia or Devadāru, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष):—[dīpa-vṛkṣa] (kṣaḥ) 1. m. A lamp-stand.
Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष):—(dīpa + vṛkṣa) m.
1) Lampengestell, eine Leuchte auf einem Gestell, eine hochstehende Leuchte, Laterne [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 43.] [Hārāvalī 65.] prakāśīkaraṇārthaṃ ca niśāgamanaśaṅkayā . dīpavṛkṣāṃstathā cakruranurathyāsu sarvaśaḥ .. [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 5, 18.] [Mahābhārata 12, 7402. 14, 1757.] —
2) Pinus longifolia oder Deodora (devadāru) [NIGH. PR.]
Dīpavṛkṣa (दीपवृक्ष):—m. —
1) Lampengestell , eine Leuchte auf einem Gestell , Laterne. —
2) *Pinus_longifolia_oder Deodora.
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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Partial matches: Vriksha, Dipa.
Full-text: Dipapadapa, Tipavirutcam.
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