Kapitthika, Kapitthikā: 4 definitions

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Kapitthika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Geography in Ancient Indian inscriptions

Kapitthikā (कपित्थिका).—The place is noticed in Madhuban Plate of Harṣa. It isidentical with ancient Sāṃkāśya, which has been identified by Late Sir A. Cunningham with the present Sankisa, on the Kālī-nadī, about forty miles north-west of Kanauj. Kapitthikā is Kie-pi-tha of Hiuen-tsang. Moreover, it may be Kavitthaka-araama mentioned in the Jātaka. During the seventh century AD., Kapitthikā was the place of the military camp of Harṣavardhana.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Kāpitthika (कापित्थिक):—[from kāpittha] mfn. Name of certain ascetics, [Harivaṃśa 7988]

2) Kāpitthikā (कापित्थिका):—[from kāpitthika > kāpittha] f. (perhaps) the tree Feronia elephantum, [Harivaṃśa 7984.]

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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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