Vijnapaka, Vijñāpaka: 9 definitions

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Vijnapaka 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vijnapaka in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक).—a S That teaches, instructs, imparts knowledge.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक).—a That teaches, imparts know- ledge.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vijnapaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक).—

1) An informant.

2) A teacher, an instructor.

Derivable forms: vijñāpakaḥ (विज्ञापकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक).—adj. or subst. (= Pali viññāpaka; Sanskrit vijñāpayati plus -aka), instructing; instructor: in su-vi° Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 301.1, 10; Lalitavistara 403.5, 9; 404.8, [bahuvrīhi], lit. having a good instructor, but in the sense of making things easy for an instructor, i.e. easily instructed (proved by Saddharmapuṇḍarīka passage, s.v. viśodhaka, q.v.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Who or what makes known. m.

(-kaḥ) 1. An informant. 2. An instructor. E. vi, jñā to know, causal v., ṇvul aff.

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

Vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक).—i. e. vi-jñā, [Causal.], + aka, I. adj. Who or what makes known. Ii. m. 1. An informant. 2. An instructor.

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

1) Vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक):—[=vi-jñāpaka] [from vi-jñā] mfn. ([from] [Causal]) who or what makes known, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. an informant, instructor, [ib.]

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

Vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक):—[vi-jñāpaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. An informant, instructor.

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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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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vijnapaka in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vijñāpaka (विज्ञापक):—(nm) an advertiser.

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