Kapurusha, Kāpuruṣa: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kāpuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Kapurusa or Kapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष).—A mean contemptible fellow, coward, wretch; तां कापुरुषदुस्तरां युद्धभूमिमयीं नदीम् (tāṃ kāpuruṣadustarāṃ yuddhabhūmimayīṃ nadīm) Rām.6.58.32. सुसंतुष्टः कापुरुषः स्वल्पकेनापि तुष्यति (susaṃtuṣṭaḥ kāpuruṣaḥ svalpakenāpi tuṣyati) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.25,361.
Derivable forms: kāpuruṣaḥ (कापुरुषः).
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष).—m. (= Pali kāpurisa; in Sanskrit apparently used only in sense of coward, contemptible person), evil, wicked man: Mahāvastu i.131.7 prāpyo (mss. °ya) khalv ayaṃ mama kāpuruṣo bhasmīkartum (said by a nāga-king of a snake-charmer who was at his mercy).
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) A mean contemptible man, a coward, a wretch. E. kā for ku bad, vile, puruṣa a man.
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष).—[kā-puruṣa], I. m. 1. A contemptible man, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 21. 2. A coward [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 89, 5. Ii. adj. Cowardly, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 88, 13.
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष).—[masculine] wretch, coward; adj. cowardly, mean.
1) Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष):—[=kā-puruṣa] m. ([from] 2. kā, [Pāṇini 6-3, 106; Vopadeva vi, 94]), a contemptible man, coward, wretch, [Rāmāyaṇa; Pañcatantra; Hitopadeśa]
2) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. unmanly, cowardly, miserable, [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa vi, 88, 13.]
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष):—[kā-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. A contemptible cowardly man, a wretch.
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष):—(1. kā + pu) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 106.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 94.]
1) m. ein elender Mann, Feigling: śatrorvikhyātavīryasya vañcanīyasya vikramaiḥ . paśyato yuddhalubdho haṃ kṛtaḥ kāpuruṣastvayā .. [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 89, 5.] susaṃtuṣṭaḥ kāpuruṣaḥ svalpakenāpi tuṣyati [Pañcatantra I, 31. 165.] medhāvinaśca puruṣāḥ samareṣu śūrāḥ . strīsaṃnidhau paramakāpuruṣā bhavanti .. [207. V, 89. 136, 12.] [Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 30. 13, 19. 26, 1. I, 82.] im Gegens. zu satpuruṣa [95.] —
2) adj. elend, feig: strīṣu śauryamanāthāsu paradārapradharṣaka . kṛtvā kāpuruṣaṃ karma śūro hamiti manyase .. [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 88, 13.]
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Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष):—
2) mahatsu rājavaṃśeṣu saṃbhūtāḥ kulavardhanāḥ . teṣāṃ kāpuruṣā buddhiḥ kathaṃ bhavitumarhati .. [Harivaṃśa 5930.]
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष):——
1) m. ein elender Wicht , Feigling. —
2) Adj. (f. ā) elend , feig.
Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kāurisa.
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
Kāpuruṣa (ಕಾಪುರುಷ):—
1) [noun] a man of low moral or social standard; a mean fellow.
2) [noun] a timid, easily frightened or very hesitant man.
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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