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Grammar Search
"kapila" has 2 results
kapila: masculine vocative singular stem: kapila
kapila: neuter vocative singular stem: kapila
Amarakosha Search
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kaḍāraḥ1.5.16MasculineSingularkadruḥ, piṅgalaḥ, kapilaḥ, piṅgaḥ, piśaṅgaḥtwany
kāntāram3.3.179MasculineSingularviṣṇuḥ, indraḥ, kapilaḥ, ahiḥ, aṃśuḥ, arkaḥ, anilaḥ, bhekaḥ, śukaḥ, siṃhaḥ, candraḥ, yamaḥ, kapiḥ, vājī
Monier-Williams Search
29 results for kapila"
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kapilamf(ā-)n. ( kam- ;more probably connected with kapi- ),"monkey-coloured", brown, tawny, reddish etc. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilamf(ā-)n. red-haired View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. the brown or tawny or reddish colour View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a kind of mouse View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a kind of ape View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a (brown) dog View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. incense View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. Name of an ancient sage (identified by some with viṣṇu- and considered as the founder of the sāṃkhya- system of philosophy) etc.
kapilam. Name of several other men View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. of a dānava- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. of a nāga- etc. View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. of a varṣa- in kuśa-dvīpa- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. of several mountains View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a form of fire View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. Name of the sun View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. plural Name of a people View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. of the Brahmans in śālmala-dvīpa- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a fabulous cow celebrated in the purāṇa-s View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a kind of leech View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a kind of ant View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. Dalbergia Sissoo View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. Aloe Perfoliata View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a sort of perfume View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a kind of medicinal substance View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. a kind of brass View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. Name of a daughter of dakṣa- View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. of a kiṃnara- woman View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. of a river View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
kapilam. Name of the female of the elephant puṇḍarīka- (q.v) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
Apte Search
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kapila कपिल a. [कपि-लच्] 1 Tawny, reddish; वाताय कपिला विद्युत् Mbh. on P.II.3.13. -2 Having tawny hairs; नोद्वेहेत्कपिलां कन्याम् Ms.3.8. (Kull. = कपिलकेशा). -लः 1 N. of a great sage. [He reduced to ashes 6 sons of Sagara, who while searching for the sacrificial horse of their father taken away by Indra, fell in with him and accused him of having stolen it (see U.1.23.). He is also said to have been the founder of the Sāṅkhya system of philosophy.] ऋषि प्रसूतं कपिलं यस्तमग्रे ज्ञानैर्बिभर्ति Śāṅk Bhāṣ. on Bād. Sūtras 2.1; सिद्धानां कपिलो मुनिः Bg.1.26. -2 A dog. -3 Benzoin. -4 Incense. -5 A form or fire. -6 The tawny colour. -7 Impure benzoin. -8 N. of the sun. -9 N. of a country. -1 One of the incarnation of Viṣṇu. -ला 1 A brown cow; कपिला चेत्तारयति भूयश्चासप्तमं कुलम् Y.1.25. -2 A kind of perfume. -3 A kind of timber. -4 The common leech. -5 N. of the female elephant of the south east. -Comp. -अक्षी a kind of deer. -अञ्जनः N. of Śiva. -अश्वः an epithet of Indra. -आचार्यः Viṣṇu. -द्युतिः the sun. -द्राक्षा A vine with brown grapes. -द्रुमः A kind of perfume. -धारा N. of the Ganges. -2 A holy place. -वस्तु N. of the town in which Buddha was born. (कपिला) षष्ठी The sixth day in the dark half of भाद्रपद. -संहिता N. of an Upa-purāṇa. -स्मृतिः f. Sāṅkhya Sūtras of Kapila.
Macdonell Search
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kapila a. (monkey-coloured), brown ish, reddish; m. species of monkey; N. of an ancient sage; â, f. brown or reddish cow; species of leech; -gata, m. N. of a sage; -dhûsara, a. brownish grey; -½rishi,m. the sage Kapila; -vastu, m. N. of Buddha's birth place; -sarman, m. N. of a Brâhman.
Vedic Index of
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kapila Appears in the śvetāśvatara Upanisad as a teacher, according to Weber and Garbe, who think that the expres­sion kapila rsih there refers to the founder of the Sāñkhya philosophy. But this is doubtful.
Vedabase Search
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kapila by KapilaSB 3.33.30
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kapila noun (neuter) brass name of the Varṣa ruled by Kapila
Frequency rank 27384/72933
kapila noun (masculine) (brown) dog (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of ape (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of mouse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brown or tawny or reddish colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
form of fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
incense (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Nāga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Siddha name of a son of Bhadrāśva name of a son of Jyotiṣmat name of a Varsha in Kuśadvipa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an ancient sage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several mountains (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several other men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the Brāhmans in Shālmaladvīpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))

Frequency rank 2864/72933
kapila adjective brown (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
monkeycoloured (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red-haired (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reddish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tawny (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))

Frequency rank 4671/72933
Ayurvedic Medical
Dictionary
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kapila

leech used for blood letting.

kapila

sage, who propounded Śānkhya philosophy.

Wordnet Search
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kapila

kapila, kāmpilya   

rājā bhṛmyaśvasya pañcasu putreṣu ekaḥ।

kapilasya varṇanaṃ vāyumatsyādiṣu purāṇeṣu dṛśyate।

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