Kalpadushya, Kalpaduṣya, Kalpa-dushya: 4 definitions

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Kalpadushya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Kalpaduṣya can be transliterated into English as Kalpadusya or Kalpadushya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kalpaduṣya (कल्पदुष्य).—or °dūṣya, nt. (see duṣya, dūṣya; Senart always prints duṣya in Mahāvastu text but cites dūṣya in Index), (fine) cloth made from the kalpa-vṛkṣa (for which kalpa is cited Sanskrit Lex.): Mahāvyutpatti 5883 °duṣyam (so also Miro- nov) = Tibetan dpag bsam śiṅ las byuṅ paḥi gos; Mahāvastu i.216.7 = ii.19.4 (verse); ii.337.6; kalpadūṣyavṛkṣāḥ, trees that bear such materials, Divyāvadāna 215.28 ff.; 221.18.

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

Kalpadūṣya (कल्पदूष्य):—[=kalpa-dūṣya] [from kalpa] n. cloth produced by the Kalpa-taru, [Buddhist literature]

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Kalpadushya 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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