Kapisha, Kapiśa, Kapiśā, Kāpiśa, Kapīśa: 17 definitions
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Kapisha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, biology. 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 terms Kapiśa and Kapiśā and Kāpiśa and Kapīśa can be transliterated into English as Kapisa or Kapisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationKapīśa (कपीश) refers to a “monkey-lord”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.23 (“Outraging the modesty of Vṛndā”).—Accordingly, after Vṛnda (wife of Jalandhara) spoke to the Sage (i.e., Viṣṇu in disguise): “On hearing her words, the sage feigned a deceptive silence. Fully aware of the means of achieving his selfish ends he looked up sympathetically. In the meantime two lordly monkeys (kapīśa) came there [tāvatkapīśāvāyātau taṃ] and stood bowing down in front of him. At a significant gesture from his eyebrows, the monkeys rose into the sky again. O great sage, within a trice, they came back taking with them his head, body and limbs and stood in front of the sage. On seeing the head, body and limbs of her husband, Vṛndā fell unconscious, extremely pained at the misery of her lord”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Kapiśa (कपिश).—A son of Danu.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 6. 17.
2) Kapiśā (कपिशा).—A daughter of Krodhavaśā (Krodhā, Vāyu-purāṇa) and a wife of Pulaha. Gave birth to Piśāca groups;1 gave birth to Kūṣmāṇḍas.2
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaKapiśa (कपिश) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—It is the river Suvarṇarekhā in Singbhūm and Orissa. In the Raghuvaṃśa of Kālidāsa (IV. 38) also admitted it. The source of the river is said to be the Rkṣāparvata.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Kapiśa (कपिश) (in Chinese: Ki-pin-na) refers to one of the fifty-five kingdoms enumerated in chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective districts.—In Kapiśa, the following deities are appointed (among others): The Gandharva Pañcasvara; the Nāga Heou-lo-tch'a; the Kumbhāṇḍa Dārupāṇi; the Goddess Sarasvatī.
Kapiśa (कपिश) (in Chinese: Ki-pin) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Rohiṇī or Rohiṇīnakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18.
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.
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: Geography in Ancient Indian inscriptionsKapiśā (कपिशा) (Prakrit Kavisa) is mentioned in Maniklala Bronze Casket inscription. It is identical with Kapis, situated ten miles west of Opian on the declivity of the Hindu Kush. Ptolemy placed Kapiśā 2½ degrees southwards from Kabul. According to Lassen, it is the valley of Gurbad rivers. Julian supposed the district (of Kapiśā) to have occupied the Panjshir and Tagao valleys in the northern borders of Kohistan. According to Hiuen-tsang, the country of Kapiśā was ten li in circuit.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kapisha in India is the name of a plant defined with Altingia excelsa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Liquidambar altingiana Blume.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1977)
· Verhandelingen van het bataviaasch genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen (1790)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kapisha, for example chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykapiśa (कपिश).—a S Of a dark brown color.
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kapiśa (कपिश).—m S Styrax or coarse Benzoin.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKapiśa (कपिश).—a. [kapi-matvarthe śa]
1) Brown, reddish brown.
2) Reddish; (chāyāḥ) संध्यापयोदकपिशाः पिशिताशनानाम् (saṃdhyāpayodakapiśāḥ piśitāśanānām) Ś.3.26; तोये काञ्चनपद्मरेणुकपिशे (toye kāñcanapadmareṇukapiśe) 7.12; V.2.7; Meghadūta 21; R.12.28.
-śaḥ 1 The brown colour.
2) A compound of red and black colour.
3) Storax or coarse benzoin.
4) A kind of arrow. न सूचीकपिशो नैव न गवास्थिर्गजास्थिजः (na sūcīkapiśo naiva na gavāsthirgajāsthijaḥ) (इषुः (iṣuḥ)] Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.189.12.
-śā 1 The Mādhavī creeper.
2) Name of a river,
-śā, -śī, -śam A spirit, a kind of rum.
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Kāpiśa (कापिश).—A spirituous liquor.
Derivable forms: kāpiśam (कापिशम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKapiśa (कपिश).—mfn.
(-śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) Brown, of a brown colour. m.
(-śaḥ) 1. Brown, (the colour,) a compound of black and yellow. 2. Incense, storax or coarse benzoin. f. (-śī) A spirit, a sort of rum. f.
(-śā) The mother of the demons called Pisachas. E. kapi an ape, and śa affix; of the colour of an ape.
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Kāpiśa (कापिश).—n.
(-śaṃ) A spirituous liquor, wine. f. (-śī) A country. E. kapiśa brown, and aṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKapiśa (कपिश).—[kapi + śa], adj. Reddish, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 75; brown, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 26; [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 21.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKapiśa (कपिश).—[adjective] brown, reddish.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kapiśa (कपिश):—[from kapi] mf(ā)n. ‘ape-coloured’, brown, reddish-brown, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. brown or reddish colour
3) [v.s. ...] incense, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] f(ā, ī). a spirit, sort of rum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Kapiśā (कपिशा):—[from kapiśa > kapi] f. Name of the mother of the Piśācas, [Horace H. Wilson]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [Raghuvaṃśa iv, 38]
9) Kapiśa (कपिश):—[from kapi] n. a sort of rum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) Kāpiśa (कापिश):—n. ([from] kapiśa), a kind of spirituous liquor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kapiśa (कपिश):—[(śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) a.] Brown. 1. m. Brown colour; incense; a coarse benzoin. (śī) f. Rum. (śā) f. Mother of the Pisaches.
2) Kāpiśa (कापिश):—(śaṃ) 1. n. A spirituous liquor, wine. (śī) f. A country.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kapiśa (कपिश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kavisa.
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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 corpusKapiśa (ಕಪಿಶ):—[adjective] of reddish brown colour.
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Kapiśa (ಕಪಿಶ):—
1) [noun] the reddish brown colour.
2) [noun] a fragrant resin, obtained from the tree Styrax officinalis and formerly used in perfume; storax.
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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Starts with: Kapishabhru, Kapishaka, Kapishakah, Kapishanjana, Kapishaputra, Kapishavadana, Kapishay, Kapishaya, Kapishayana.
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 16 < [Chapter 6 - Ṣaṣṭha-yāma-sādhana (Sāyaṃ-kālīya-bhajana–bhāva)]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 34 - Country of Kia-pi-shi (Kapiśa or Kapisha) < [Book I - Thirty-Four Countries]
Chapter 23 - Country of Fa-la-na (Varana or Varnu) < [Book XI - Twenty-three Countries]
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 210 < [Volume 26 (1927)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.316 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
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