Karpati, Karpaṭī, Kaṟpaṭi, Kaṟpati: 4 definitions

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Karpati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. 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

Yoga (school of philosophy)

[«previous next»] — Karpati in Yoga glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Yoga

Karpaṭī is one of the eighty-four Siddhas associated with eighty-four Yogic postures (āsanas), according to popular tradition in Jodhpur, Rājasthān. These posture-performing Siddhas are drawn from illustrative sources known as the Nava-nātha-caurāsī-siddha from Vȧrāṇasī and the Nava-nātha-caruāsī-siddha-bālāsundarī-yogamāyā from Puṇe. They bear some similarity between the eighty-four Siddhas painted on the walls of the sanctum of the temple in Mahāmandir.

The names of these Siddhas (e.g., Karpaṭī) to 19th-century inscription on a painting from Jodhpur, which is labelled as “Maharaja Mansing and eighty-four Yogis”. The association of Siddhas with yogis reveals the tradition of seeing Matsyendra and his disciple Gorakṣa as the founders of haṭhayoga.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Karpaṭi (कर्पटि):—[from karpaṭa] mfn. indigent, poor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karpaṭi (ಕರ್ಪಟಿ):—[noun] a man in rags; a beggar.

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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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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Karpati in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kaṟpaṭi (கற்படி) [kaṟ-paṭi] noun < கல் [kal] +. [Malayalam: kalaṭi.] Flight of stone steps; கல்லினாலியன்ற படிக்கட்டு. (திவா.) [kallinaliyanra padikkattu. (thiva.)]

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Kaṟpati (கற்பதி) [kaṟpatittal] [kaṟ-pati] intransitive verb < கல் [kal] +. To pave with stones; கற்பாவுதல். [karpavuthal.] 2. To enchase precious stones; மணிபதித்தல். [manipathithal.]

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Kaṟpati (கற்பதி) [kaṟpatittal] [kaṟ-pati] intransitive verb < idem. +. To inscribe on stone; சிலாசாஸனம் வரைதல். கற்பதித்தான் சொன்ன கவி [silasasanam varaithal. karpathithan sonna kavi] (சாச. தமிழ்க். [sasa. thamizhk.] 34).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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