Vakrapada, Vakra-pada: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vakrapada (वक्रपद).—a cloth marked with various patterns.

Derivable forms: vakrapadam (वक्रपदम्).

Vakrapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vakra and pada (पद).

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

Vakrapāda (वक्रपाद).—[adjective] having crooked legs.

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

1) Vakrapada (वक्रपद):—[=vakra-pada] [from vakra > vaṅk] n. a cloth marked with various patterns, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Vakrapāda (वक्रपाद):—[=vakra-pāda] [from vakra > vaṅk] mfn. crooked-legged, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Gaṇeśa, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

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Vakrapada in German

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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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