Patrapala, Patrapāla, Patra-pala, Pātrapāla: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patrapāla (पत्रपाल).—a long dagger, large knife. (-) 1 the feathered part of an arrow.

2) a pair or scissors.

Derivable forms: patrapālaḥ (पत्रपालः).

Patrapāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patra and pāla (पाल).

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Pātrapāla (पात्रपाल).—

1) a large paddle used as a rudder.

2) the rod of a balance (tulāghaṭa).

Derivable forms: pātrapālaḥ (पात्रपालः).

Pātrapāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pātra and pāla (पाल).

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

Patrapāla (पत्रपाल).—m. (-la) A large knife. f. (-lī) A pair of shears or scissors. E. patra a leaf, pāl to nourish, aff. ac (kāṃci) .

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Pātrapāla (पात्रपाल).—m.

(-laḥ) A large oar used as a rudder. 2. The rod of a balance. E. pātra a vessel, (a boat,) and pāla what cherishes, affix. aṇ.

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

Pātrapāla (पात्रपाल):—[=pātra-pāla] [from pātra > pā] m. ‘vessel-guiding’, a large paddle used as a rudder, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Patrapāla (पत्रपाल):—[patra-pāla] (laḥ) 1. m. A large knife. f. () Pair of shears.

2) Pātrapāla (पात्रपाल):—[pātra-pāla] (laḥ) 1. m. A rudder.

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Patrapala 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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