The Sanskrit term Kāpuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Kapurusa or Kapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English 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).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

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).

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

Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष).—m.

(-ṣaḥ) A mean contemptible man, a coward, a wretch. E. kā for ku bad, vile, puruṣa a man.

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

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.

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

Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष).—[masculine] wretch, coward; adj. cowardly, mean.

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

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.]

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

Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष):—[kā-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. A contemptible cowardly man, a wretch.

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

Kāpuruṣa (कापुरुष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kāurisa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kapurusha 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

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.

context information

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)

Partial matches: Purusha, Ka.

Starts with: Kapurushata, Kapurushatana, Kapurushatva.

Ends with: Dandanayakapurusha, Ekapurusha, Karanikapurusha, Lokapurusha, Pancavimshakapurusha, Panchavimshakapurusha, Rakshikapurusha, Shakapurusha, Shalakapurusha, Trishashtishalakapurusha, Vadhakapurusha.

Full-text: Kapurushya, Kapurushatva, Kapurushata, Kaurisa, Svalpaka, Ka, Kupurusha, Prakramika, Alpaka.

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