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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Kāpatha (कापथ) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.59.25, I.65) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kāpatha) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāpatha (कापथ).—[kutsitaḥ panthāḥ] A bad road; (lit. and fig.) आस्थातुं कापथं दुष्टं विषमं बहुकण्टकम् (āsthātuṃ kāpathaṃ duṣṭaṃ viṣamaṃ bahukaṇṭakam) Rām.2.18.7.

-tham Name of a fragrant root (uśīra).

Derivable forms: kāpathaḥ (कापथः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāpatha (कापथ).—m.

(-thaḥ) A bad road. E. kā for ku bad, vile, and pathin a road.

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

Kāpatha (कापथ).—[kā-patha], m. A bad road, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 108, 7.

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

Kāpatha (कापथ).—[masculine] bad road or course ([figuratively]).

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

1) Kāpatha (कापथ):—[=kā-patha] m. ([from] 2. kā + patha), a bad road, bad ways, erring or evil course, [Pāṇini 6-3, 104 and 108; Vopadeva vi, 94; Mahābhārata v, 4193; Rāmāyaṇa ii, 108, 7; v, 86, 2]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa 14287]

3) [v.s. ...] n. the fragrant root of Andropogon muricatus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kāpatha (कापथ):—(thaḥ) 1. m. A bad road.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kapatha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kāpatha (ಕಾಪಥ):—

1) [noun] a road that is rough, uneven, and tiresome to walk on; a bad path.

2) [noun] (fig.) an illegal, immoral way, manner, etc.

3) [noun] the grass Sorghum nitidum (=Andropogon sorghum) of Poaceae family.

4) [noun] its fragrant root.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Patha, Ka, Pata, Patta.

Ends with (+1): Abadaheshtakapatha, Adhikapatha, Alokapatha, Avadaheshtakapatha, Banikapatha, Ishtakapatha, Ishtikapatha, Katantravarttikapatha, Khuddakapatha, Kutarkapatha, Lankapatha, Lokapatha, Musikapatha, Nanakapatha, Pustakapatha, Samayikapatha, Tarakapatha, Vakapatha, Vartikapatha, Varttikapatha.

Full-text: Ishtakapatha, Abadaheshtakapatha, Kupatha, Ka, Vishama.

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