Sopakara, Sopakāra: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySopakāra (सोपकार).—a.
1) = सोपकरण (sopakaraṇa).
2) Assisted, befriended.
3) Beneficial (as a deposit in pawn); न त्वेवाधौ सोपकारे कौसीदीं वृद्धिमाप्नुयात् (na tvevādhau sopakāre kausīdīṃ vṛddhimāpnuyāt) Manusmṛti 8.143.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySopakāra (सोपकार).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) 1. Equipped, stocked, furnished or provided with necessary means or implements. 2. Assisted, abetted, befriended. E. sa with, upakāra an instrument or assistance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySopakāra (सोपकार).—adj., f. rā. 1. beneficial, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 143 (which may be used for one’s profit). 2. equipped, stocked. 3. assisted, befriended.
Sopakāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and upakāra (उपकार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySopakāra (सोपकार).—[adjective] beneficial.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sopakāra (सोपकार):—[from sopakaraṇa] mfn. furnished with necessary means or implements, well equipped or stocked, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] (a deposit in pawn) from which profit accrues, beneficial, [Manu-smṛti viii, 143]
3) [v.s. ...] assisted, befriended, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySopakāra (सोपकार):—[so+pakāra] (raḥ-rī-raṃ) a. Equipped. stocked; provided for; befriended.
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: Sha, Upakara, Ca.
Starts with: Sopakaraka, Sopakarana.
Full-text: Sopakaraka, Sopakarana, Upakara.
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