Hastacapalya, Hastacāpalya, Hasta-capalya: 4 definitions
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Hastacapalya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Hastachapalya.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryhastacāpalya (हस्तचापल्य).—n (S) Lightness and smartness of hand; manual quickness and skilfulness.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishhastacāpalya (हस्तचापल्य).—n Manual quickness and skilfulness.
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 dictionaryHastacāpalya (हस्तचापल्य).—= हस्तकौशलम् (hastakauśalam) q. v.
Derivable forms: hastacāpalyam (हस्तचापल्यम्).
Hastacāpalya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hasta and cāpalya (चापल्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastacāpalya (हस्तचापल्य):—[=hasta-cāpalya] [from hasta] n. = -kauśala, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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