The Sanskrit term Kṣapākara can be transliterated into English as Ksapakara or Kshapakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Kṣapākara (क्षपाकर) represents the number 1 (one) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 1—kṣapākara] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.

context information

Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣapākara (क्षपाकर).—

1) the moon; क्षिप्रं क्षपानाथ इवाधिरूढः (kṣipraṃ kṣapānātha ivādhirūḍhaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 3.22.

2) camphor.

Derivable forms: kṣapākaraḥ (क्षपाकरः).

Kṣapākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣapā and kara (कर). See also (synonyms): kṣapānātha.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣapākara (क्षपाकर).—m.

(-raḥ) The moon. E. kṣapā night, and kara who makes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣapākara (क्षपाकर).—[masculine] the moon (night-maker).

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

Kṣapākara (क्षपाकर):—[=kṣapā-kara] [from kṣapā > kṣap] m. ‘making the night’, the moon, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka; Daśakumāra-carita; Kādambarī]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣapākara (क्षपाकर):—[kṣapā-kara] (raḥ) 1. m. The moon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshapakara in German

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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 corpus

Kṣapākara (ಕ್ಷಪಾಕರ):—[noun] the moon.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kshapa, Kara.

Full-text: Kshapanatha.

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