Supatra, Su-patra, Supatrā, Supātra: 16 definitions
Introduction:
Supatra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Supātra (सुपात्र) is the name of a mountain situated at lake Aruṇoda and mount Mandara, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 75. The Mandara mountain lies on the eastern side of mount Meru, which is one of the seven mountains located in Jambūdvīpa, ruled over by Āgnīdhra, a grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
1) Supatrā (सुपत्रा) is another name for Rudrajaṭā, a medicinal plant identified with Aristolochia indica (Indian birthwort or duck flower) from the Aristolochiaceae or “birthwort family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.79-81 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Supatrā and Rudrajaṭā, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Supatrā (सुपत्रा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Śāliparṇī, a medicinal plant identified with Desmodium gangeticum (sal leaved desmodium), from the Fabaceae or “legume” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.17-20. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Supatra and Śāliparṇī, there are a total of twenty-nine Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
3) Supatrā (सुपत्रा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Śatāvarī, a medicinal plant identified with Asparagus racemosus Willed. (or “buttermilk root”) from the Asparagaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.116-119. Together with the names Supatrā and Śatāvarī, there are a total of thirty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
4) Supatra (सुपत्र) is mentioned as a synonym for Ādityapatra, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Helianthus annuus Linn. or “common sunflower” from the Asteraceae or “aster” family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.173-174. Together with the names Supatra and Ādityapatra, there are a total of eleven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Supātra (सुपात्र) refers to a “beautiful cup”, as mentioned in verse 5.4-5 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Indric water placed in a beautiful cup [viz., supātra] (and remaining) unspoiled one may always drink. In case of its absence, however, (it is water springing) in a clean, vast, and black- or white(-soiled) region (and) hit by sun and wind that (is) most similar to atmospheric (water)”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Supātra (सुपात्र) is the name of a Buddha under whom Śākyamuni (or Gautama, ‘the historical Buddha’) acquired merit along the first through nine bhūmis, according to the Mahāvastu. There are in total ten bhūmis representing the ten stages of the Bodhisattva’s path towards enlightenment.
Supātra is but one among the 500 Buddhas enumerated in the Mahāvastu during a conversation between Mahākātyāyana and Mahākāśyapa, both principle disciples of Gautama Buddha. The Mahāvastu is an important text of the Lokottaravāda school of buddhism, dating from the 2nd century BCE.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Supatra in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis hohenackeri Kunth (among others).
2) Supatra is also identified with Prosopis cineraria It has the synonym Adenanthera aculeata Roxb. (etc.).
3) Supatra is also identified with Spinacia oleracea It has the synonym Atriplex stocksii Boiss. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1976)
· Malpighia (1937)
· Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1919)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Supatra, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
supātra (सुपात्र).—n (S Good vessel or recipient.) A person worthy of gifts and honors. See pātra.
supātra (सुपात्र).—n A person worthy of gifts and honours.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Supatra (सुपत्र).—a.
1) having beautiful wings.
2) well-feathered (an arrow).
Supatra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and patra (पत्र).
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Supātra (सुपात्र).—
1) a good or suitable vessel, worthy receptacle.
2) a fit or competent person, any one well-fitted for an office, an able person.
Derivable forms: supātram (सुपात्रम्).
Supātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and pātra (पात्र).
Supātra (सुपात्र).—(1) (= Pali Supatta), name of a crow king in the Kāka Jātaka (= Pali Supatta-j°, 292): Mahāvastu iii.125.14 ff.; (2) name of one or two former Buddhas: Mahāvastu i.137.2; iii.234.7 ff.
Supatra (सुपत्र).—n.
(-traṃ) The leaf of the Laurus cassia. E. su good, and patra leaf.
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Supātra (सुपात्र).—m.
(-traḥ) 1. An able or clever man. 2. A vessel of earthen ware, &c. 3. Any suitable vessel. E. su good, and pātra a vessel.
Supātra (सुपात्र).—n. 1. an earthen vessel. 2. a very fit or respectable person.
— Cf. [Gothic.] fôdr; perhaps [Latin] patera.
Supātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms su and pātra (पात्र).
1) Supātra (सुपात्र):—[=su-pātra] [from su > su-pakva] m. (more correctly -yātra) Name of a man, [Vāsavadattā [Introduction]]
2) [v.s. ...] n. a beautiful cup or receptacle, [Pañcarātra]
3) [v.s. ...] a very fit or worthy person ([especially] to receive gifts), [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra etc.]
1) Supatra (सुपत्र):—[su-patra] (traṃ) 1. n. Leaf of the Laurus cassia.
2) Supātra (सुपात्र):—[su-pātra] (traḥ) 1. m. An able or clever man; an earthen vessel.
Supātra (सुपात्र):—
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [HALL] in der Einl zu [VĀSAVAD. 52.] —
2) n. a) ein schönes Gefäss [PAÑCAR. 3, 7, 30.] — b) eine (insbes. zum Empfang einer Gabe) sehr würdige Person [Spr. (II) 2751. 3841. 4256. 5793. 6002. 7189.] [PRAŚNOTTARAM. 29] in Monatsberr. [?d. K. Pr. Amarakoṣa d. Ww. 1868, S. 111.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 14, 41.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Supātra (सुपात्र):—(nm) a deserving (person), one who deserves; (a) deserving; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Nepali dictionary
Supātra (सुपात्र):—n. 1. good vessel; 2. a worthy or deserving person; one suitable (for a task or purpose); 3. a respectable man;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Patra, Cu, Shu.
Starts with (+0): Supatradana, Supatraka, Supatrata.
Full-text (+0): Supaatr, Abhayapura, Suparshva, Arunoda, Rudrajata, Adityapatra, Bhata, Shatavari, Svaka, Shaliparni.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 382 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 197 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 287 < [Hindi-Gujarati-English Volume 3]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XI - The Jātaka of the Crow (kāka) < [Volume III]
Chapter XV - The eighth Bhūmi < [Volume I]
Chapter XXI - Former Buddhas < [Volume III]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 13 < [Chapter 3 - Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana (Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana–niṣṭhā-bhajana)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.12.14 < [Chapter 12 - Description of Śrī Nanda’s Festival]
The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal (by Rajendralala Mitra)