Kashipu, Kaśipu: 10 definitions
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Kashipu means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
The Sanskrit term Kaśipu can be transliterated into English as Kasipu or Kashipu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Kaśipu (कशिपु) [?] (in Chinese: Kia-che-fou) is the name of an ancient kingdom associated with Punarvasu or Punarvasunakṣatra, as mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Punarvasu] with a group of kingdoms [e.g., Kaśipu] for the sake of protection and prosperity.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaśipu (कशिपु).—m. or n.
1) A mat.
2) A pillow.
3) A bed. सत्यां क्षितौ किं कशिपोः प्रयासैः (satyāṃ kṣitau kiṃ kaśipoḥ prayāsaiḥ) Bhāgavata 2.2.4.
-puḥ 1 Food.
2) Clothing.
3) Food and clothing (according to viśva).
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Kasipu (कसिपु).—Food, boiled rice.
Derivable forms: kasipuḥ (कसिपुः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaśipu (कशिपु).—m.
(-puḥ) 1. Food. 2. Clothing. du. m. (-pū) Food and clothing. E. kaś to injure, to remove, (pain, hunger, &c.) pu affix, the form is irr.
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Kasipu (कसिपु).—m.
(-puḥ) Food, boiled rice: see kaśipu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaśipu (कशिपु).—m. and n. A cushion, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 2, 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaśipu (कशिपु).—[masculine] [neuter] mat, pillow.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kaśipu (कशिपु):—mn. a mat, pillow, cushion, mattress, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Kauśika-sūtra; Vaitāna-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) a couch, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) m. food, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) clothing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) m. [dual number] food and clothing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) m. (sometimes spelt kasipu.)
7) Kasipu (कसिपु):—m. food (= kaśipu), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kaśipu (कशिपु):—(puḥ) 2. m. Food; clothing; dual (pūḥ) food and clothing.
2) Kasipu (कसिपु):—(puḥ) 2. m. Food, boiled rice.
[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 corpusKaśipu (ಕಶಿಪು):—
1) [noun] a piece of coarse fabric of plaited rushes, straw, etc., for sitting or lying on; a mat.
2) [noun] a large case of strong fabric for sleeping on, with a soft or firm filling or filled with air or water; a bed.
3) [noun] a usu. oblong support for the head, esp. in bed, with a cloth cover stuffed with feathers, flock, foam rubber, etc.; a pillow.
4) [noun] clothes collectively; clothing.
5) [noun] any substance taken into and assimilated by a plant or animal to keep it alive and enable it to grow and repair tissue; food.
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: Kashipupabarhana, Kashipur, Kashipuri.
Ends with: Hiranyakashipu.
Full-text (+3): Hiranyakashipu, Hiranyakashipuhan, Anuhrada, Hiranyakashipucchedin, Hiranyakashipudarana, Anuhlada, Kashipupabarhana, Prahlada, Kujambha, Iraniyakacipu, Hiranya, Samhrada, Shukra, Dhrishti, Kalanabha, Hiranyaksha, Prahrada, Jambha, Shishupala, Punarvasu.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Hitopadesha (English translation) (by Sir Edwin Arnold)
Chapter 4 - The Story of the Cat Who Served the Lion < [Book Two - The Parting of Friends]
Selected Examples of Indian Painting and Sculpture < [November-December, 1929]
The Interplay of Arts in Ancient India < [September 1944]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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