Mukhapata, Mukhapaṭa, Mukha-pata: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mukhapaṭa (मुखपट).—a veil; कुर्वन् कामं क्षणमुखपट- प्रीतिमैरावतस्य (kurvan kāmaṃ kṣaṇamukhapaṭa- prītimairāvatasya) Meghadūta 64.

Derivable forms: mukhapaṭaḥ (मुखपटः).

Mukhapaṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mukha and paṭa (पट).

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

Mukhapaṭa (मुखपट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) A veil.

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

Mukhapaṭa (मुखपट).—m. or n. a veil, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 63.

Mukhapaṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mukha and paṭa (पट).

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

Mukhapaṭa (मुखपट).—[masculine] veil, screen (for the face).

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

Mukhapaṭa (मुखपट):—[=mukha-paṭa] [from mukha] m. ‘face-cloth’, a veil, [Meghadūta]

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Mukhapata in German

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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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