Kshipani, Kṣipaṇi, Kṣipaṇī: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kṣipaṇi and Kṣipaṇī can be transliterated into English as Ksipani or Kshipani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣipaṇi (क्षिपणि) or Kṣipaṇī (क्षिपणी).—f.
1) An oar.
2) A priest.
3) A net.
4) A weapon.
-ṇiḥ A stroke with a whip.
Derivable forms: kṣipaṇiḥ (क्षिपणिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣipaṇi (क्षिपणि).—m.
(-ṇiḥ) A missile weapon f. (-ṇiḥ-ṇī) An oar. E. kṣip to throw to cast, Unadi affix aṇi, and the radical vowel unchanged.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣipaṇi (क्षिपणि).—[feminine] gallop, course.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣipaṇi (क्षिपणि):—[from kṣip] f. ‘moving speedily’, gallop ([Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung]), [Ṛg-veda iv, 40, 4]
2) [v.s. ...] a missile weapon, [Uṇādi-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of net, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] = mantra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] = adhvaryu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] an oar [commentator or commentary] on [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (also ṇī, f., [ib.])
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣipaṇi (क्षिपणि):—(ṇiḥ) 2. m. A missile weapon. f. (ṇiḥ or ṇī) An oar.
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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 corpusKṣipaṇi (ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿ):—
1) [noun] the act of throwing, hurling, projecting (up, toward or away).
2) [noun] a weapon or other object, as a spear, bullet, rocket, etc., designed to be thrown, fired or launched toward a target, esp. a guided or ballistic missile.
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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