Karpanya, Kārpaṇya: 11 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykārpaṇya (कार्पण्य).—n S Stinginess, niggardliness, parsimony.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkārpaṇya (कार्पण्य).—n Stinginess, parsimony, nig- gardliness.
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 dictionaryKārpaṇya (कार्पण्य).—
1) Poverty, indigence, wretchedness; व्यक्तकार्पण्या (vyaktakārpaṇyā) Dk.
2) Compassion; pity; कार्पण्यात्स्कन्धेनोद्वहति (kārpaṇyātskandhenodvahati) Bhāgavata 5.8.13.
3) Niggardliness, imbecility; कार्पण्य- दोषोपहतस्वभावः (kārpaṇya- doṣopahatasvabhāvaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 2.
4) Levity, lightness of spirit.
Derivable forms: kārpaṇyam (कार्पण्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārpaṇya (कार्पण्य).—n.
(-ṇyaṃ) 1. Poverty, indigence. 2. Poorness of spirit, weakness, imbecility. E. kṛpaṇa poor, ṇyat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārpaṇya (कार्पण्य).—i. e. kṛpaṇa + ya, n. 1. Misery, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 2, 7; [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 19, 17. 2. Compassion, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 8, 10.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārpaṇya (कार्पण्य).—[neuter] peevishness, wretchedness, niggardliness; pity, compassion.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kārpaṇya (कार्पण्य):—n. ([from] kṛpaṇa), poverty, pitiful circumstances, [Mahābhārata] etc., [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) poorness of spirit, weakness, [ib.]
3) parsimony, niggardliness, [Hitopadeśa] etc.
4) compassion, pity, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 8, 10.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārpaṇya (कार्पण्य):—(ṇyaṃ) 1. n. Poverty.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusKārpaṇya (ಕಾರ್ಪಣ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] the condition or quality of being poor; indigence; poverty.
2) [noun] the deeply distressed, miserable, wretched condition of living.
3) [noun] sorrow felt for another’s suffering or misfortune; compassion; sympathy.
4) [noun] a tendency to be over-careful in spending; unreasonable economy; stinginess; parsimony.
5) [noun] one of the ways of devotion to god, as per Viśiṣṭādvaita, in which the devotee depending only on the god as the protector and bestower of final Bliss.
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)
Starts with: Karpanyabhava, Karpanyapadu, Karpanyapanjikastotra, Karpanyapunjika, Karpanyatara, Karpanyavaktra.
Ends with: Akarpanya, Shabdakarpanya.
Full-text: Samikshita, Kripana.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 2.7 < [Chapter 2 - Sāṅkhya-yoga (Yoga through distinguishing the Soul from the Body)]
Verse 13.20 < [Chapter 13 - Prakṛti-puruṣa-vibhāga-yoga]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.97 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.4.114 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 2.7 < [Chapter 2 - Samkhya-Yoga]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
Concept of mokṣa according to Dvaitādvaita Darśana < [Introduction]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.17.54 < [Chapter 17 - The Lord’s Travel to Gayā]