Kapeya, Kāpeya: 11 definitions
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Kapeya 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKāpeya (कापेय).—Addressed Sūta to explain creation.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 6. 1.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāpeya (कापेय).—a. Belonging or peculiar to a monkey; कच्चिन्न खलु कापेयी सेव्यते चलचित्तता (kaccinna khalu kāpeyī sevyate calacittatā) Rām.6.127.23; Mv.5.63.
-yam monkey tricks; P.V.1.127.
-kāpeyam [kaperbhāvaḥ karma vā ḍhak]
1) The monkey species.
2) Monkey-like behaviour, monkey tricks. एतदप्यस्य कापेयं यदर्कमुपतिष्ठति (etadapyasya kāpeyaṃ yadarkamupatiṣṭhati) Mahābhārata on P.I.3.25.
3) Name of a sage, the son of कपिः शौनकः कापेयः (kapiḥ śaunakaḥ kāpeyaḥ) Ch. Up.4.3.7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāpeya (कापेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) Belonging to or relating to a monkey. E. kapi a monkey, and ḍhak aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāpeya (कापेय).—i. e. kapi + eya, adj., f. yī, Peculiar to monkeys, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 111, 19.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKāpeyā (कापेया) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—kāpeyāḥ as an authority in ceremonial. Āpastambaśrautasūtra 14, 7, 20.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kāpeya (कापेय):—[from kāpī] mf(ī)n. ([from] kapi), belonging or peculiar to a monkey, [Rāmāyaṇa vi, 111, 19]
2) [v.s. ...] customary among the Kāpis, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra], [Scholiast or Commentator]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a descendant of Kapi [commentator or commentary] on [Pāṇini 4-1, 107]
4) [v.s. ...] ([plural]), [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] n. monkey tricks, [Pāṇini 5-1, 127.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāpeya (कापेय):—[(yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a.] Belonging to or relating to a monkey.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kāpeya (कापेय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kāvea.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusKāpēya (ಕಾಪೇಯ):—
1) [adjective] of or relating to a monkey.
2) [adjective] being like a monkey i.e. as mischievous, imitative, empty gesticulative.
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Kāpēya (ಕಾಪೇಯ):—
1) [noun] = ಕಾಪೇಯತನ [kapeyatana].
2) [noun] the family or any of several families of monkeys.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kapeyatana.
Ends with: Kakapeya, Madakapeya.
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Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) (by George Thibaut)
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I, 3, 35 < [First Adhyāya, Third Pāda]
Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary) (by Roma Bose)
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) (by Ganganatha Jha)
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