Katipaya: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Katipaya means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Katipay.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsKatipaya (कतिपय) refers to “some” (i.e., ‘several’), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “This world totters to the limit of the world of Brahmā with the fear of the beginning of a frown, and mountains immediately fall asunder by force of [the fact that] the earth is overcome by the weight of the heavy feet, of those heroes who are all led to death by the king of time in [the space of] some days (katipaya—yeṣāṃ te 'pi pravīrāḥ katipayadivasaiḥ). Nevertheless, desire is intense only in a living being who is bereft of sense”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykatipaya : (adj.) some; several.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKatipaya, (adj.) (cp. Sk. katipaya) some, several; a few (in cpds. or in pl.) J. I, 230, 487; III, 280, 419; IV, 125; V, 162; Pv. II, 920 (=appake only a few); DhA. I, 94 (very few); PvA. 46. In sg. little, insignificant Vv 5320 (=appikā f.). °vāre a few times, a few turns J. V, 132; VI, 52; PvA. 135; Mhbv 3. (Page 182)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKatipaya (कतिपय).—a. [kati-ayac puk c]
1) Some, several, a certain number; कतिपयकुसुमोद्गमः कदम्बः (katipayakusumodgamaḥ kadambaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.2; Meghadūta 23; कतिपयदिवसापगमे (katipayadivasāpagame) some days having elapsed; वर्णैः कतिपयैरेव ग्रथितस्य स्वरैरिव (varṇaiḥ katipayaireva grathitasya svarairiva) Śiśupālavadha 2.72; कतिपयेन (katipayena) or कतिपयात् (katipayāt) with some effort.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKatipaya (कतिपय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) 1. How many. 2. A certain number, so many.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKatipaya (कतिपय).— (from kati), adj., f. yā and yī, Some, [Pañcatantra] 9, 6.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKatipaya (कतिपय).—[feminine] ī (ā) some, several. *Instr. & [ablative] [neuter] [adverb] with some exertion, hardly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Katipaya (कतिपय):—[from katama] mf(ī, ā [only [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 18, 39]])n. (m. [plural] e and ās) several, some
2) [v.s. ...] a certain number, so many (e.g. katipayenāhar-gaṇena, after some days; also katipayair ahobhiḥ, katipayāhasya, etc.), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] n. a little, some (at the end of Tatpuruṣa compounds, e.g. udaśvit-katipayam, a little Udaśvit), [Pāṇini 2-1, 65]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKatipaya (कतिपय):—[kati-paya] (yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a. Idem.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKatipaya (कतिपय) [Also spelled katipay]:—(a) some, a few; several.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKatipaya (ಕತಿಪಯ):—[pronoun] a certain indefinite or unspecified number, quantity, etc. as distinguished from the rest; some; a few.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKatipaya (कतिपय):—adj. some; several;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Katipayahasya, Katipayakusuma, Katipayaratram, Katipayat, Katipayatha.
Full-text: Katipay, Katipayatha, Katipayena, Katipayat, Thuk, Katipahan, Sthayin, Th, Samkhya.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 7.17 - Poetic conventions regarding to the Lakṣmī < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)
Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)
Chapter 2 - Dvitiya-anka (dvitiyo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Shakuntalam (text, translation, notes)]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
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Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (July – December, 1967) < [Purana, Volume 10, Part 1 (1968)]