Jalaprapata, Jalaprapāta, Jala-prapata: 6 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraJalaprapāta (जलप्रपात) refers to a “waterfall” according to a story found in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 13. Accordingly, “the captain (karṇadhāra) asked the man in the look-out: ‘What do you see?’ He answered: ‘I see three suns (āditya), ranges of white mountains (avadātaparvatarāji) and a waterfall (jalaprapāta) at the entrance to a cave.’”
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJalaprapāta (जलप्रपात).—
1) a water-fall.
2) rainy season; शरत्प्रतीक्षः क्षमतामिमं भवाञ्जलप्रपातं रिपुनिग्रहे धृतः (śaratpratīkṣaḥ kṣamatāmimaṃ bhavāñjalaprapātaṃ ripunigrahe dhṛtaḥ) Rām.4.27.47.
Derivable forms: jalaprapātaḥ (जलप्रपातः).
Jalaprapāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and prapāta (प्रपात).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalaprapāta (जलप्रपात).—m. A cascade, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 94, 13.
Jalaprapāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and prapāta (प्रपात).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalaprapāta (जलप्रपात):—[=jala-prapāta] [from jala] m. a water-fall, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 94, 13.]
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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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Partial matches: Jala, Prapata.
Full-text: Makara.
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