In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Dvarapa (द्वरप) [=Dvārapa?] refers to “gatekeepers”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.11.—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “[...] Staying there, Śiva of full self-control, started His activities of penance. With full concentration and alertness He thought on His own Self, the cause of mental knowledge, the eternal, the luminous, free from affliction, identical with the universe, consciousness and Bliss, without a second and having no support. When Śiva began His meditation, the Pramathas also began their meditation as well as some Gaṇas, Nandin, Bhṛṅgi etc. Some of the Gaṇas rendered service to Śiva, the Supreme Self. Some of them became His gatekeepers [i.e., dvarapa]. They observed silence and did not shout. [...]”.

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Dvārapa (द्वारप, ‘door-keeper’) is only found in a metaphorical sense in the Aitareya-brāhmaṇa (i. 30), where Viṣṇu is called the ‘doorkeeper’ of the gods, and in the Chāndogya-upaniṣad.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dvārapa (द्वारप).—a door-keeper, porter, warder.

-paḥ Name of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: dvārapaḥ (द्वारपः).

Dvārapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dvāra and pa (प). See also (synonyms): dvāragopa, dvāranāyaka, dvārapāla, dvārapālaka.

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

Dvārapa (द्वारप).—[masculine] door-keeper, servant.

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

Dvārapa (द्वारप):—[=dvāra-pa] [from dvāra > dvāḥ] m. idem, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dvarapa in German

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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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