Kalpapala, Kalpapāla, Kalpa-pala: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalpapāla (कल्पपाल).—

1) a protector of order.

2) a seller of spirituous liquors.

Derivable forms: kalpapālaḥ (कल्पपालः).

Kalpapāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalpa and pāla (पाल).

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

Kalpapāla (कल्पपाल).—m. 1. a protector of the holy precepts or institutes. 2. a distiller or seller of spirituous liquors, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 205 (where

Kalpapāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalpa and pāla (पाल).

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

1) Kalpapāla (कल्पपाल):—[=kalpa-pāla] [from kalpa] m. ‘order-preserver’, a king, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] ([-pālyā, Calc. [edition] for -pālī])

2) [v.s. ...] mf(ī). a distiller or seller of spirituous liquors, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

3) [v.s. ...] (See kalya-pāla.)

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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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