Ekapatra, 膾kap膩tra, 贰办补辫腻迟谤补, Eka-patra: 6 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureEkapatra (啶忇啶い啷嵿ぐ) refers to a 鈥渟ingle leaf鈥�, according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly, [As the Bhagav膩n teaches an offering manual]: 鈥淭he great sealing of the boundary is present until the stake is drawn out. All crops, all flowers and fruits will be well protected. Furthermore, not even a single leaf (ekapatra) will wither. How much less the ends of branches will become dry. All kinds of pests, wild animals and birds will be bound in the beak. They cannot cause destruction. [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary贰办补辫腻迟谤补.鈥�(EI 27), probably, Y膩vad别办补-辫腻迟谤补 (q. v.); official designion; cf. P膩tra and Mah膩p膩tra. Note: 别办补辫腻迟谤补 is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary膿kap膩tra (啶忇啶ぞ啶む啶�).鈥攏 The law or rule of having one's leafplate and ghee-leaf (butter-boat) of one kind of leaf. Opp. to 产丑颈苍苍补辫腻迟谤补.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkapatra (啶忇啶い啷嵿ぐ).鈥擭ame of a plant (肠补苍岣嵞乴补办补苍诲补).
Derivable forms: 别办补辫补迟谤补岣� (啶忇啶い啷嵿ぐ啶�).
Ekapatra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and patra (啶い啷嵿ぐ). See also (synonyms): ekadala.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary贰办补辫腻迟谤补 (啶忇啶ぞ啶む啶�):鈥擺=别办补-辫腻迟谤补] [from eka] mfn. being in one and the same vessel, [Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it膩 vi.]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus膾kapatra (嗖忇矔嗖菠喑嵿舶):鈥�
1) [noun] a single leaf, umbel, etc.
2) [noun] the plant Centella asiatica ( = Hydrocotyle asiatica) of Umbelliferae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Ekapatrabhinaya.
Full-text: Ekapatrika, Ekadala, Bhinnapatra, Mahapatra, Patra.
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