Kupaka, Kūpaka: 14 definitions

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Kupaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, biology. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kūpaka (कूपक).—A commander of Bhaṇḍa.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 21. 82.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Kavya (poetry)

Source: academia.edu: Gleanings from Atula’s Musikavamsa

Kūpaka (कूपक) refers to one of the regions unearthed by Paraśurāma.— In Kerala region, the myth [as found in the Atula’s Mūṣikavaṃśa] has a different theme. Here, in the anonymous Keralotpatti, Paraśurāma is introduced as throwing his axe from Gokarṇa to Kanyākumarī to reclaim the land underneath the sea. The reclaimed regions are Tulu, Mūṣika, Kerala and Kūpaka.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kupaka [कुपाक] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Strychnos nux-vomica L. from the Loganiaceae (Logania) family. For the possible medicinal usage of kupaka, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kupaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos nux-vomica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos nux-vomica var. oligosperma Dop (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France (1910)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Lloydia (1973)
· Taxon (1980)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kūpaka : (m.) the mast.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kūpaka, =kūpa 1. Vism. 361 (akkhi°), 362 (nadītīra°), 449 (id.); =kūpa. 2. J. II, 112; IV, 17. (Page 225)

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kūpaka (कूपक).—1 A well (temporary).

2) A hole, cave, cavity.

3) The hollow below the loins.

4) A stake to which a boat is moored.

5) The mast of a ship.

6) A funeral pile.

7) A hole under a funeral pile.

8) A leather oil-vessel.

9) A rock or tree in the midst of a river.

1) A boat.

-pikā A stone or rock in the midst of a stream.

Derivable forms: kūpakaḥ (कूपकः).

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

Kūpaka (कूपक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. The mast of a vessel. 2. A stake, &c. to which a boat is moored. 3. A leather oil vessel. 4. The hollow below the loins. 5. A funeral pile. 6. A well. 7. A temporary well, a hole dug for water in the dry bed of a rivulet. 8. A tree or rock in the middle of a stream. E. kan added the preceding.

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

1) Kupāka (कुपाक):—[=ku-pāka] [from ku] m. ‘not digestive’, Strychnos nux vomica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Kūpaka (कूपक):—[from kūpa] m. ([gana] prekṣādi) a hole, hollow, cave, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the hollow below the loins, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a pore, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

5) [v.s. ...] a small well

6) [v.s. ...] a hole dug for water in the dry bed of a rivulet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] a stake etc. to which a boat is moored, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] the mast of a vessel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] a rock or tree in the midst of a river, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] a funeral pile (or ‘a hole dug under a funeral pile’), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] a leather oil vessel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

12) [v.s. ...] = a-cyutā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

13) [v.s. ...] Name of a people, [Inscriptions]

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

Kūpaka (कूपक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. The mast of a vessel; a stake in the ground; a well; a leathern oil vessel; the hollow below the loins; a fune. ral pile; a tree in the river.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kūpaka (कूपक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kuṃpaya, Kūvaya.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kupāka (ಕುಪಾಕ):—[noun] food that is not properly cooked.

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Kūpaka (ಕೂಪಕ):—

1) [noun] = ಕೂಪ [kupa]2 - 1 & 3.

2) [noun] a long, narrow, deep cleft or crack; a fissure.

3) [noun] a pit dug for water, on the bed of a dried river.

4) [noun] a rock or tree in a river.

5) [noun] the cavity of the loins just above the hips of a woman.

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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.

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