The Sanskrit terms Kāpiśāyana and Kapiśāyana can be transliterated into English as Kapisayana or Kapishayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāpiśāyana (कापिशायन).—

1) Liquor; 'कश्यं कल्पं तथा मद्यं मैरेयं कापिशायनम् (kaśyaṃ kalpaṃ tathā madyaṃ maireyaṃ kāpiśāyanam)' इति वैजयन्ती (iti vaijayantī); कापिशायनसुगन्धि विघूर्णन् (kāpiśāyanasugandhi vighūrṇan) Śiśupālavadha 1.4. कपिरपि च कापिशायनमदमत्तः (kapirapi ca kāpiśāyanamadamattaḥ) Kuv.148.

2) A deity.

Derivable forms: kāpiśāyanam (कापिशायनम्).

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Kapiśāyana (कपिशायन).—

1) spirit, a kind of rum.

2) a deity.

Derivable forms: kapiśāyanaḥ (कपिशायनः).

Kapiśāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kapiśa and ayana (अयन).

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

Kapiśāyana (कपिशायन).—m.

(-naḥ) 1. A deity. 2. A sort of spirit or rum. E. kapiśā, affix phak.

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Kāpiśāyana (कापिशायन).—m.

(-naḥ) 1. A deity. 2. A kind of vinous liquor. n.

(-naṃ) Honey. f. (-nī) A grape. E. kapiśa brown, or kāpiśī a country, and ṣphak aff.

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

Kāpiśāyana (कापिशायन).—n. A spirituous liquor, [Śiśupālavadha] 10, 4.

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

1) Kāpiśāyana (कापिशायन):—[from kāpiśa] mf(ī)n. coming from Kāpiśī (e.g. madhu, honey, or drākṣā, grape, [Horace H. Wilson]), [Pāṇini 4-2, 99]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a [patronymic] or [metronymic] [Pravara texts]

3) [v.s. ...] n. a kind of spirituous liquor, [Śiśupāla-vadha x, 4]

4) [v.s. ...] a deity, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Kapiśāyana (कपिशायन):—(naḥ) 1. m. A deity; rum.

2) Kāpiśāyana (कापिशायन):—[kāpiśā-yana] (naḥ) 1. m. A deity; wine. f. (naṃ) A grape. (nī) n. Honey.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kapiśāyana (कपिशायन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kavisāyaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kapishayana in German

context information

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

Kāpiśāyana (ಕಾಪಿಶಾಯನ):—

1) [noun] any spirituous liquor.

2) [noun] a thick, sweet, syrupy substance that bees make as food from the nectar of flowers and store in honeycombs; honey.

3) [noun] a deity.

context information

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: Kapisha, Yana, Ayana.

Full-text: Kavisayana, Kapishika, Shphak, Kapotika, Kapisha.

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