Kapya, Kāpya: 4 definitions
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Kapya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāpya (काप्य).—Name of a sage, son of कपि, पतञ्जलः काप्यः (kapi, patañjalaḥ kāpyaḥ) Bṛ. Up.3.7.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kāpya (काप्य):—[from kāpī] 1a m. ([Pāṇini 4-1, 107]; [gana] gargādi) a descendant of Kapi, [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad]
2) 1b See kāpī.
3) 2. kāpya only in [compound]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kapyakara, Kapyakhya, Kapyari, Kapyasa, Kapyasya, Kapyayani.
Ends with: Bhadrakapya, Gavatakapya, Khisekapya, Lonakapya, Palakapya.
Full-text: Kapyayani, Kapyakara, Palakavya, Kaishorya, Patancala, Kapi, Kappiyan, Bhadrakapya, Antaryamin, Samdribdha, Kapeya, Yan.
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)
Section VII - Yajnavalkya and Uddalaka < [Chapter III]
Section VI - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter IV]
Section VI - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter II]
Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)
Historical significance of Elephant lore < [Chapter 1]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 11 - The Dose of the Enema (phala-matra-siddhi) < [Siddhisthana (Siddhi Sthana) — Section on Successful Treatment]
Chapter 12 - The Salutary and the Unsalutary influences of Vata < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 1 - The Quest for Longevity (dirgha-jivita) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Elephantology and its Ancient Sanskrit Sources (by Geetha N.)
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)