Karnajapa, Karṇajapa, Karna-japa, Karṇajāpa: 9 definitions
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Karnajapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykarṇajapa (कर्णजप).—m (S) Whispering in the ear.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarṇajapa (कर्णजप).—a. (also karṇejapa) a secret traducer, talebearer, informer. कर्णेजपः सूचकः (karṇejapaḥ sūcakaḥ) Mahābhārata on P.III.2.13.
Karṇajapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇa and japa (जप).
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Karṇajapa (कर्णजप) or Karṇajāpa (कर्णजाप).—slandering, tale-bearing, calumniating.
Derivable forms: karṇajapaḥ (कर्णजपः), karṇajāpaḥ (कर्णजापः).
Karṇajapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇa and japa (जप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarṇajapa (कर्णजप).—m.
(-paḥ) An informer. E. karṇa, and japa who whispers; also karṇejapa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarṇajāpa (कर्णजाप).—m. Tale-bearing, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 337.
Karṇajāpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇa and jāpa (जाप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Karṇajapa (कर्णजप):—[=karṇa-japa] [from karṇa] m. ‘ear-whisperer’, an informer, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) Karṇajāpa (कर्णजाप):—[=karṇa-jāpa] [from karṇa] m. the act of whispering in the ear
3) [v.s. ...] tale-bearing, calumniating, [Pañcatantra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarṇajapa (कर्णजप):—[karṇa-japa] (paḥ) 1. m. An informer.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKarṇajapa (ಕರ್ಣಜಪ):—[noun] the act or an instance of whispering, esp. slandering against another.
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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