Yuthapa, aka: Yutha-pa, Yūthapa, Yūthapā; 4 Definition(s)
Introduction
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Yūthapā (यूथपा).—Dhūmra Parāśaras.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 201. 38.
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
Pali-English dictionary
yūthapa : (m.) leader of a herd.
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Yūthapa (यूथप).—
1) the leader of a troop or band.
2) the head of a flock or herd (usually of elephants), a lordly elephant; मृगेन्द्रविक्रीडितयूथपा इव (mṛgendravikrīḍitayūthapā iva) Bhāg.4.1.2; गजयूथप यूथिकाशबलकेशी (gajayūthapa yūthikāśabalakeśī) V.4.46.
Derivable forms: yūthapaḥ (यूथपः).
Yūthapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yūtha and pa (प). See also (synonyms): yūthanātha, yūthapati.
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYūthapa (यूथप).—m.
(-paḥ) The leader of a wild herd of elephants. E. yūtha a herd, and pa who protects: see the last.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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