Nepa, Nēpā, Nepā: 8 definitions

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Nepa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Dictionary

nēpā (नेपा).—m Properly nēphā.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nepa (नेप).—A family-priest.

-pam Water.

Derivable forms: nepaḥ (नेपः).

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

Nepa (नेप).—m.

(-paḥ) 1. The family priest. 2. Water. E. ṇī to guide, Unadi aff. pa.

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

1) Nepa (नेप):—m. (√?) the family priest, [Uṇādi-sūtra iii, 23 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) n. water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Nepa (नेप):—(paḥ) 1. m. Family priest; water.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nepa 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nepa (ನೆಪ):—

1) [noun] that which brings about the result; a cause.

2) [noun] something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; an excuse; a pretext.

3) [noun] the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating.

4) [noun] that by which something is done or obtained; that which helps achieving something.

5) [noun] an accusing (chiefly, baselessly).

6) [noun] the state or quality of being similar; resemblance or likeness.

7) [noun] a way or method in which something is done or happens; a manner.

8) [noun] the state of being disguised; disguise.

9) [noun] ನೆಪ ಮಾತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ [nepa matrakke] nepa mātrakke just for the purpose of putting forth some excuse; 2. without having any intention; unintentionally; ನೆಪ ಮಾಡು [nepa madu] nepa māḍu to put forth an excuse or pretext; ನೆಪ ಹೂಡು [nepa hudu] nepa hūḍu = ನೆಪ ಮಾಡು [nepa madu].

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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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