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Sanskrit dictionary

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक).—A large black ant.

Derivable forms: pipīlakaḥ (पिपीलकः).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A large black ant. f.

(-likā) The common small red ant. E. api, pīla to stop, ṇvul aff. and the initial rejected.

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

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक).—[pipīla + ka], m., f. likā, An ant, Mahābhārata 13, 5476.

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

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक).—[masculine] pipīlikā [feminine] the same.

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

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक):—[from pipīla] m. a large black ant, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata etc.]

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

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A large black ant. f. (likā) Small red one.

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

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक):—

1) m. dass. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1206.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 2, 1.] [Mahābhārata 13, 5476.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 3, 22. 7, 3.] —

2) f. pipīlikā [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 1, 8.] dass. (nach den Lexicographen eine kleinere Art) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1207.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 56, 7.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 4, 2, 9. 29.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 5, 6, 10.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 13.] aṇḍāni bibhrati svāni na bhindanti pipīlikāḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 3042. 13, 5497] (der pl. nicht am Platze). [Suśruta 1, 4, 20. 45, 3. 155, 11. 2, 510, 4.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 87, 23.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 13, 59. 39, 123.] [Spr. 1355. 1954.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 27, 18.] vaṭa [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20, 134, 6.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 23, 10.] pipīlikodvāpa ebend. [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 11. 93. 116.] pipīlikotkaraṇa [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 110.] kala [Suśruta 2, 90, 9.] parisarpaṇa Ameisenlaufen [267, 18.] pipīlikāśākuna [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 896.] Den nom. pl. pipīlikāḥ und den gen. pl. pipīlikānām haben wir hierhergestellt, obgleich er auch auf pipīlika m. zurückgeführt werden kann. pipīlikā in der Bed. Ameisenweibchen [Harivaṃśa 1276.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक):——

1) m. und pipīlikā f. Dass. —

2) f. pipīlikā = pipīlikamadhyā [Pratijñāsūtra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Pipīlaka (पिपीलक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pipīlia.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pipīlaka (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 臂卑履也 [bì bēi lǚ yě]: “ant”.
2) 蟻 [yǐ]: “ant”.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Pipīlaka (ಪಿಪೀಲಕ):—

1) [noun] a kind of large, black ant.

2) [noun] (fig.) a man of no importance or of inferior status.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Full-text (+0): Akitapatamgapipilakam, Pipilika, Pipilia, Bi bei lu ye, Kipillika, Kipillaka, Yi.

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