Karpasika, Kārpāsika, Kārpāsikā: 13 definitions
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Karpasika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKārpāsika (कार्पासिक).—A country in ancient India. The maids of this country served in the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 8).
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesKārpāsika (कार्पासिक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. II.47.7) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kārpāsika) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsKarpasika [कार्पासिका] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Gossypium hirsutum L. from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family having the following synonyms: Gossypium mexicanum, Gossypium religiosum. For the possible medicinal usage of karpasika, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKārpāsika (कार्पासिक).—a. (-kī f.) Made of or from cotton.
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Kārpāsikā (कार्पासिका).—The cotton plant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKarpāsika (कर्पासिक).—(1) adj. (= Pali kappā°, Sanskrit kārpā°), made of cotton: Mahāvastu ii.375.19 °kānām atha kambalānāṃ; iii.50.15 °kaṃ paṭapilotikaṃ; 53.14; (2) m. (= kārpāsika, q.v.), dealer in cotton goods: Mahāvastu iii.113.8 (in list quite like that in which kārp° occurs).
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Kārpāsika (कार्पासिक).—m. (= AMg. kappāsia; one doubtful Sanskrit occurrence, [Boehtlingk] 6.300), dealer in cotton goods: Mahāvastu iii.442.14 °kā, n. pl., in a list of merchants and artisans. Cf. karpāsika, used in very similar list.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārpāsika (कार्पासिक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Made of or from cotton. f.
(-kā) The cotton plant: see kārpāsa. E. kārpāsa, and ṭhañ affix; or kārpāsa with kan.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārpāsika (कार्पासिक).—i. e. karpāsa + ika, adj. Made of cotton, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 49, 5.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kārpāsikā (कार्पासिका):—[from kārpāsaka > kārpāsa] f. the cotton plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Kārpāsika (कार्पासिक):—[from kārpāsa] mf(ī)n. made of cotton, [Mahābhārata etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of artisan, [Rāmāyaṇa 1].
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārpāsikā (कार्पासिका):—(kā) 1. f. The cotton plant.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kārpāsika (कार्पासिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kappāsia, Kappāsiya.
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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 corpusKārpāsika (ಕಾರ್ಪಾಸಿಕ):—[noun] = ಕಾರ್ಪಾಸ [karpasa]1.
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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