Tapaka, Tāpakā, Tāpaka, Ṭapaka: 14 definitions
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Tapaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Tapak.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Tāpakā (तापका).—(c)—a western country.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 60.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
ṭapakā (टपका).—m (ṭapa!) A falling drop. 2 fig. A continuous dropping (as of rain, fruits, or of men or animals under epidemic or murrain). v lāva. 3 (Properly ṭhapakā) A stigma, stain, blot. v āṇa, ṭhēva, yē.
ṭapakā (टपका).—m A falling drop. A continuous dropping. A stigma, stain, blot.
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
Tāpaka (तापक).—a. [tap-ṇvul] Heating, burning, inflaming.
-kaḥ 1 Fever, morbid heat.
2) A cooking stove or frying pan.
3) A boiler.
Tāpaka (तापक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Burning, inflaming, heating. m.
(-kaḥ) Fever, morbid heat. E. tap to burn, ṇvul aff.
Tāpaka (तापक).—[adjective] heating, burning, purifying.
1) Tāpaka (तापक):—[from tāpa] mfn. heating, inflaming, refining, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha xv, 14 and 16]
2) [v.s. ...] causing pain, [Ṛg-veda iii, 35, 3; Sāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] m. fever, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a cooking stove, [Harṣacarita vii]
Tāpaka (तापक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Fever. a. Burning.
Tāpaka (तापक):—(wie eben)
1) adj. erhitzend, brennend [Śabdakalpadruma] [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
2) m. Fieber [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Tāpaka (तापक):—
1) brennend, glühend, läuternd [SARVADARŚANAS. 154, 18. 22.]
Tāpaka (तापक):——
1) Adj. brennend , glühend , läuternd. —
2) *m. Fieber. —
3) *f. tāpikā etwa Kochtopf [Hemacandra's Deśīnāmālā 1,163,2,46.]
Tapaka (तपक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Tavaya.
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
1) Ṭapakā (टपका):—(a) fallen (from the tree); [ṭapake kā] (a fruit that has) fallen by itself (from the tree)—e.g. [ṭapake kā āma].
2) Tapāka (तपाक) [Also spelled tapak]:—(nm) warmth; apparent cordiality; promptitude; —[se] with open arms, cordially; with promptitude, instantaneously.
3) Tāpaka (तापक) [Also spelled tapak]:—(nm) a heater.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Tāpaka (ತಾಪಕ):—
1) [adjective] heating; making warm or hot.
2) [adjective] causing trouble; distressing.
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Tāpaka (ತಾಪಕ):—
1) [noun] an apparatus for heating or warming; a heater.
2) [noun] a state of increased body temperature caused by infections or other bodily disorders; fever.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Ṭapaka (टपक):—n. (of liquid) drop;
2) Tapaka (तपक):—n. 1. an effect of extreme heat or warmth from sun or fire; 2. soldering substance;
3) Tāpaka (तापक):—adj. providing heat; heat-generating;
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.
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