Mapi, Māpī: 6 definitions
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Mapi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymāpī (मापी).—a (māpa) Determined by a measure of capacity. 2 Of capacity: opp. to vajanī Of weight. It is prefixed to words expressing measure; as māpī khaṇḍī-maṇa-śēra.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmāpī (मापी).—a Determined by a measure of capacity.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMapi (मपि).—m., and maṣī f. maṣī, and masi m., masī f. masi, 1. Ink, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 4, 69 (ṣī); also in Pehlewi masi, Haug, in Journ. of the German Oriental Society, xix. 305; if it was originally the juice of the cuttle-fish, which the Romans also used for writing, it may be akin to Zend. maśyo = Sskr. matsÿa. 2. The stalk of the Nyctanthes tristis.
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 dictionaryMāpī (मापी):—(nm and a) a meter; measuring.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMāpi (ಮಾಪಿ):—
1) [noun] a container of standard capacity used as a measure.
2) [noun] the extent, dimensions, capacity, etc. of anything, esp. as determined by a standard; a measure.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMāpi (மாபி) noun < Arabic muāf. Excuse, pardon; மன்னிப்பு. [mannippu.] (C. G.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mapi-vakkutanam, Mapicatci, Mapidasa, Mapihamang, Mapijinisu, Mapika, Mapila, Mapilla, Mapille, Mapilxochit, Mapimva, Mapinawe, Mapinawin, Mapinawo, Mapiramanga, Mapisu, Mapita, Mapiva.
Ends with: Kallutaitumapi, Kimapi, Pramapi, Somapi, Ushnamapi, Ushnatamapi.
Full-text (+2): Mapicatci, Somadhi, Vikirana, Vashpa, Bashpa, Mapi-vakkutanam, Vashp, Vikiran, Vega, Audasya, Prakasha, Veg, Kridakopa, Bhukampa, Bhukamp, Vayu, Akartri, Prakash, Mappu, Gol.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 3.33.8 < [Sukta 33]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
6. Nibbāna (Liberation) in Theravāda Buddhism (Introduction) < [Chapter 4 - Comparative Study of Liberation in Jainism and Buddhism]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 4.1e - Yogabīja (Seeds of Yoga) < [Chapter 4 - The Eight Yogadṛṣṭis and the nature of a Liberated Soul]