Pipilikamadhya, Pipilika-madhya, Pipīlikamadhyā, Pipīlikāmadhya: 5 definitions
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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Pipīlikamadhyā (पिपीलिकमध्या).—(or पिपीलिकमध्यमा (pipīlikamadhyamā)) name given to a stanza of त्रिष्टुप् (triṣṭup) or जगती (jagatī) or बृहती (bṛhatī) type consisting of three feet, the middle foot consisting of six or seven or eight syllables only; e. g. Ŗgveda X. 105, 2 and 7; IX. 110.l, VIII. 46.14; cf. उष्णिक् पिपीलिकामध्या हरीयस्येति दृश्यते (uṣṇik pipīlikāmadhyā harīyasyeti dṛśyate) R. Pr. XVI. 25, 28, 36.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Pipīlikāmadhya (पिपीलिकामध्य).—a. Name of a kind of fast; cf. Kull. on Manusmṛti 11.216.
Pipīlikāmadhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pipīlikā and madhya (मध्य).
1) Pipīlikamadhya (पिपीलिकमध्य):—[=pipīlika-madhya] [from pipīlika > pipīla] mf(ā)n. thin in the middle like an ant
2) Pipīlikamadhyā (पिपीलिकमध्या):—[=pipīlika-madhyā] [from pipīlika-madhya > pipīlika > pipīla] f. Name of any metre the middle Pāda of which is shorter than the preceding and following, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya]
3) Pipīlikāmadhya (पिपीलिकामध्य):—[=pipīlikā-madhya] [from pipīlikā > pipīla] mfn. Name of a kind of fast (beginning on the day of full moon with 15 mouthfuls, decreasing by one daily until the day of new moon, and after that increasing by one daily until the next day of full moon), [Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti on Manu-smṛti xi, 256.]
Pipīlikamadhya (पिपीलिकमध्य):—(pi + ma) adj. f. ā in der Mitte schmal wie eine Ameise; so heisst jedes Metrum, dessen mittlerer Pāda kürzer ist als der vorangehende und folgende, [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 13.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 15, 17, 8.] [LĀṬY. 4, 7, 1.] [CHANDAS] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 100, 16.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 16, 24.] eben so pipīlikamadhyama [27. 35.] pipīlikāmadhya Bez. einer Art Fasten, die am Vollmondstage mit 15 Bissen beginnen, bis zum Neumondstage täglich um einen Bissen abnehmen und dann bis zum zweiten Vollmondstage täglich um einen Bissen wieder zunehmen, [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 216.]
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Pipīlikamadhya (पिपीलिकमध्य):—[Z. 5] lies kamadhyamā .
Pipīlikamadhya (पिपीलिकमध्य):—und ma Adj. in der Mitte schmal wie eine Ameise. f. ā jedes Metrum , dessen mittlerer Pāda kürzer ist als der vorangehende und folgende , [Tāṇḍyabrāhmaṇa 15,11,8.]
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Pipīlikāmadhya (पिपीलिकामध्य):—n. Fasten , die am Vollmondstage mit 15 Bissen beginnen , bis zum Neumondstage täglich um einen Bissen abnehmen und donn bis zum zweiten Vollmondstage täglich um einen Bissen wieder zunehmen.
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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Partial matches (+0): Madhya, Pipilika.
Starts with (+0): Pipilikamadhyama.
Full-text (+0): Pipilaka, Aupamika, Candrayana, Madhyejyotis.
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