Lepana: 27 definitions
Introduction:
Lepana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Lepna.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Lepana (लेपन) or Upalepa refers to “smoothening/smearing (the earth)” which is prescribed as one of the operations/ preliminary ceremonies related to the kuṇḍa (“fire-pit”), according to the various Āgamas and related literature. Lepana is mentioned in the Acintyaviśvasādākhya (chapter 14). The Mṛgendra-āgama (Kriyā-pāda, chapter 6) mentions Pralepana (“smoothing”). The Kiraṇa-āgama (kriyā-pāda, chpater 4) and the Ajita-āgama (Kriyā-pāda, chapter 21) mentions Samālepana (“smoothening”). The Pūrvakāmika-āgama (chapter 8) mentions Upalepa (=Lepana).
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Lepana (लेपन, “ointment”) is another name for Lepa: a type of medicinal preparation, as defined in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva..—Lipta, lepana and ālepa are other names of Lepa (ointment). Drugs are pasted and then ghee, oil, honey etc are added to it if necessary. This pate form of drugs is applied thickly on the affected part. It is of three kinds, viz. doṣaghna (destroyer of ailments), viṣahara (anti-poison) and varṇya (complexion promoting). They should be applied with the thickness of four, three and half finger respectively.
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Lepana (लेपन) refers to “herbal gel” and represents one of the modes of treatment for the venom (viṣa) of snakes, as taught in the Viṣacikitsā of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā. The Viṣacikitsā teaches both general first aid as well as specialised treatment and regimen for the different varieties of snakes. The Kāśyapa Saṃhitā deals exclusively and extensively with the symptoms and the corrective herbal treatment for poisonous bites of snakes. Various modes of treatment like are recommended in different prakaraṇas [e.g., lepana or herbal gel].
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Lepana (लेपन) refers to “anointing” (the heat-tormented elephants), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 11, “On the keeping of elephants and their daily and seasonal regimen”]: “6. One shall sprinkle elephants brought from the forest with cold water, and give them to drink of it, and let them bathe in water up to the ears in the morning, to counteract their weariness, etc., and likewise at the close of day freely; so (after this) one shall tie them up (for the night). Afterward one shall also have them sprinkled and anointed (lepana) with ‘hundred-fold purified’ ghee [secanalepanādi śatadhautājyena kuryādapi]”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Lepana (लेपन):—Anointing / application here application of antiseptics, any other germicidal solution to vitiated land to maintain biologically hygiene.
Lepana (लेपन) refers to “adhering” and is the action (karma) associated with Picchila (“cloudy”): one of the twenty Śārīraguṇa (or Gurvādiguṇa), which refers to the “twenty qualities of the body”—where guṇa (property) represents one of the six divisions of dravya (drugs).—Śārīraka-guṇas are twenty in number. There are ten guṇas with their opposite guṇas. [...] Sūkṣma (“clear”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of fire, air, ether (space) and the associated actions of “cleansing/kṣālana”; while Picchila (“cloudy”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of earth, water and is associated with the action “adhering/lepana”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Lepana (लेपन) refers to “smearing (one’s own body)”, according to the Haṭhapradīpikā 3.90.—Accordingly, “Pure ashes, which were produced by burning cow-dung, [should first be] placed in water. After having sex in which Vajrolī Mudrā [was performed], the woman and man, who are sitting comfortably and have finished love making, [should] immediately smear their own bodies (svāṅga-lepana) [with the ashes mixed with water]
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Lepana (लेपन) refers to “scrubbing” (the ground of the courtyard), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.52 (“The bridegroom’s party is fed and Śiva retires to bed”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “O dear one, then the clever chief of mountains caused suitable arrangements to be made in the courtyard for feeding the visitors. He caused the ground to be swept clean and scrubbed (lepana) well. Different kinds of fragrant stuffs were used to make the place attractive and pleasing. [...]”.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Lepana in India is the name of a plant defined with Altingia excelsa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Liquidambar altingiana Blume.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1977)
· Verhandelingen van het bataviaasch genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen (1790)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Lepana, for example health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
lepana : (nt.) a smearing; coating.
Lepana, (nt.) (fr. lip) smearing, plastering, anointing Vin. II, 172 (kuḍḍa°); A. IV, 107 (vāsana°), 111 (id.); J. II, 117. Cp. abhi°, ā°, pa° (Page 586)
lepana (လေပန) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ipa+yu．limpati anenāti lepano,kappadduma．(pu,na) lepana-saṃ．levaṇa-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[လိပ+ယု။ လိမ္ပတိ အနေနာတိ လေပနော၊ ကပ္ပဒ္ဒုမ။ (ပု၊န) လေပန-သံ။ လေဝဏ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
lepana—
(Burmese text): (၁) လိမ်းကျံအပ်သော (လိမ်းကျံ-ဖွယ်-စရာ-ဝတ္ထု)။ (၂) လိမ်းကျံ-ကပ်ငြိ-ဖွဲ့-တတ်သောတဏှာ။ (န) (၃) လိမ်းကျံကြောင်းဖြစ်သောဝတ္ထု။ (၄) လိမ်းကျံခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Glued (a substance for gluing). (2) A type of adhesive that can stick together. (3) A substance that causes gluing. (4) The act of gluing.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
lēpana (लेपन).—n S Plastering, smearing, daubing. 2 Any material to be smeared or rubbed over.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Lepana (लेपन).—[lip-lyuṭ] Incense.
-nam 1 Anointing, smearing, plastering; भूशिद्धिः (bhūśiddhiḥ) ...... गृहं मार्जनलेपनात् (gṛhaṃ mārjanalepanāt) Y.1.188.
2) A plaster, an ointment.
3) Mortar, white-wash.
4) Flesh.
Derivable forms: lepanaḥ (लेपनः).
Lepana (लेपन).—[, error for lapana, q.v.]
Lepana (लेपन).—m.
(-naḥ) Incense. n.
(-naṃ) 1. Smearing, plastering, anointing. 2. An ointment. 3. Flesh. E. lip to smear, lyuṭ aff.
Lepana (लेपन).—i. e. lip + ana, n. 1. Anointing, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 11, 2. 2. Smearing. 3. Plastering,
Lepana (लेपन).—[neuter] smearing, daubing, ointment, plaster, mortar.
1) Lepana (लेपन):—[from lip] n. the act of smearing, anointing, plastering, spreading on [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] ointment, plaster, mortar (ifc. = smeared or plastered with), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] flesh, meat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] m. olibanum, incense, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Lepana (लेपन):—(naṃ) 1. n. A smearing.
Lepana (लेपन):—(von lip)
1) m. Olibanum, ostindischer Weihrauch (turuṣka) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) n. a) das Anstreichen, Bestreichen, Aufstreichen [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2, 3, 3.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 188.] candanaiḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 101, 127.] pāṣāṇe gandhalepanam [Spr. 4397.] sugandhādi [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 8, 22.] bhasma [Oxforder Handschriften 85,b,4.] [Spr. 4855.] kastūrī [Scholiast] zu [Naiṣadhacarita 22, 56.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā): gośakṛtkṛtalepanā [Mahābhārata 13, 6792.] — b) das womit Etwas bestrichen wird, Salbe, Teig, Tünche [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 3, 11, 1.] sudhāmṛttika [Mahābhārata 5, 7477.] pāṇḍumṛttika adj. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 91, 41.] sudhāpāṇḍaralepanā adj. [Harivaṃśa 8959.] māṃsaśoṇita adj. vom Körper [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 76] [?(= Mahābhārata 12, 12463). Mahābhārata 3, 13452. 11, 107.] — c) Fleisch [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 127.] palala kann nicht vermuthet werden, da dieses im Text steht. — Vgl. bhūmi .
Lepana (लेपन):——
1) m. Olibanum [Rājan 12,106.] —
2) n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) das Anstreichen , Bestreichen ([Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,305,6]) , Tünchen , — mit (Instr. oder im Comp. vorangehend). — b) das womit Etwas bestrichen wird , Salbe , Teig , Tünche. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. bestrichen u.s.w. mit — c) Fleisch. — d) Blut [Galano's Wörterbuch]
Lepana (लेपन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Liṃpaṇa, Levaṇa.
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
1) Lepana (लेपन):—(nm) anointing; coating; smearing.
2) Lepanā (लेपना) [Also spelled lepna]:—(v) to anoint; to coat; to smear.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Lēpana (ಲೇಪನ):—[noun] = ಲೇಪ - [lepa -] 1 & 2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Lepana (लेपन):—n. smearing; plastering; 2. applying balm or ointment;
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)
Partial matches: Ipa, Yu, Ao, Yu.
Starts with: Lepanam, Limpana.
Full-text (+49): Limpana, Upalepana, Vilepana, Bhumilepana, Avalepana, Mukhalepana, Pralepana, Alepana, Lepanam, Anulimpana, Gandhalepana, Kuttalepana, Mattikalepana, Bhasmalepana, Mamsalohitalepana, Ratanamattikalepana, Kaddamalepanakara, Vasanalepanasampanna, Asappayalepana, Vanalepana.
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