Ekapatra, Ēkapātra, Ekapātra, Eka-patra: 6 definitions
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Ekapatra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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 Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureEkapatra (एकपत्र) refers to a “single leaf”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [As the Bhagavān teaches an offering manual]: “The great sealing of the boundary is present until the stake is drawn out. All crops, all flowers and fruits will be well protected. Furthermore, not even a single leaf (ekapatra) will wither. How much less the ends of branches will become dry. All kinds of pests, wild animals and birds will be bound in the beak. They cannot cause destruction. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryEkapātra.—(EI 27), probably, Yāvadeka-pātra (q. v.); official designion; cf. Pātra and Mahāpātra. Note: ekapātra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryēkapātra (एकपात्र).—n The law or rule of having one's leafplate and ghee-leaf (butter-boat) of one kind of leaf. Opp. to bhinnapātra.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkapatra (एकपत्र).—Name of a plant (canḍālakanda).
Derivable forms: ekapatraḥ (एकपत्रः).
Ekapatra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and patra (पत्र). See also (synonyms): ekadala.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkapātra (एकपात्र):—[=eka-pātra] [from eka] mfn. being in one and the same vessel, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vi.]
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 corpusĒkapatra (ಏಕಪತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] a single leaf, umbel, etc.
2) [noun] the plant Centella asiatica ( = Hydrocotyle asiatica) of Umbelliferae family.
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: Ekapatrabhinaya.
Ends with: Abhishekapatra, Sekapatra.
Full-text: Ekapatrika, Ekadala, Bhinnapatra, Mahapatra, Patra.
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