Kshepaka, Kṣepaka: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣepaka can be transliterated into English as Ksepaka or Kshepaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kshepak.
In Hinduism
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Source: archive.org: Hindu MathematicsKṣepaka (क्षेपक) or Kṣepa refers to the “interpolator”, according to the principles of Bījagaṇita (“algebra” or ‘science of calculation’), according to Gaṇita-śāstra, ancient Indian mathematics and astronomy.—According to Pṛthūdakasvāmī (860) in his commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta (628): “An optionally chosen number is taken as the lesser root (hrasvamūla). That number, positive or negative, which being added to or subtracted from its square multiplied by the prakṛti (multiplier) gives a result yielding a square-root, is called the interpolator (kṣepaka). And this (resulting) root is called the greater root (jyeṣṭhamūla)”. The interpolator is called by Brahmagupta kṣepa, prakṣepa or prakṣepaka. Śrīpati occasionally employs the synonym kṣipti. When negative, the interpolator is sometimes distinguished as ‘the subtractive’ (śodhaka). The positive interpolator is then called ‘the additive’.
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 dictionaryKṣepaka (क्षेपक).—a. [kṣip-ṇvul] A thrower, sender; जलेऽग्निक्षेपकं शृणु (jale'gnikṣepakaṃ śṛṇu) Kathāsaritsāgara 61.9.
2) Interpolated, inserted (as a passage); cf. N.22.48.
3) Abusive, disrespectful.
-kaḥ 1 A spurious or interpolated passage.
2) An additive quantity.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣepaka (क्षेपक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Who or what throws or sends. 2. Abusing disrespectful. E. kṣip to throw, ṇvul aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣepaka (क्षेपक).—[adjective] throwing, destroying; inserted, interpolated.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣepaka (क्षेपक):—[from kṣip] mfn. ifc. one who throws or sends, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxi, 9]
2) [v.s. ...] destroying, [Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] inserted, interpolated, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, [chapter] 96 [Scholiast or Commentator]; Naiṣadha-carita xxii, 48 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
4) [v.s. ...] abusive, disrespectful, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] m. a spurious or interpolated passage, [Horace H. Wilson]
6) [v.s. ...] (in [arithmetic]) an additive quantity
7) [v.s. ...] a pilot, helmsman, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣepaka (क्षेपक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Throwing; abusing; disrespectful.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kṣepaka (क्षेपक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khevaya.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKṣepaka (क्षेपक) [Also spelled kshepak]:—(nm) interpolation; ~[kāṃśa] interpolation, interpolated passages.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣēpaka (ಕ್ಷೇಪಕ):—
1) [noun] a man who throws, hurls (something) up or away.
2) [noun] a man who sends, pushes, impels (something) onward, forward or ahead; a man who propels; a propeller.
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 DictionaryKṣepaka (क्षेपक):—n. 1. a sailor; 2. a spurious/interpolated passage;
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.
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