kṣapā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] [kṣapayati ceṣṭāṃ; kṣi-ṇic ac] 1 A night; vigamayatyunnidra eva kṣapāḥ Ś. 6. 4; R. 2. 20; Me. 110. --2 Turmeric. --Comp. --aṭaḥ 1. night-stalker. --2. a demon, goblin; tataḥ kṣapāṭaiḥ pṛthupiṃ- galākṣaiḥ Bk. 2. 30. --āṃdhyaṃ night-blind- ness. --karaḥ, --nāthaḥ 1. the moon. --2. camphor. --ghanaḥ a dark cloud. --caraḥ a demon, goblin.

[mw] See 4. kṣ/ap. 039153 326,2 59027

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[kṣapayati ceṣṭāṃ; kṣi-ṇic ac] 1 A night; vigamayatyunnidra eva kṣapāḥ Ś. 6. 4; R. 2. 20; Me. 110. --2 Turmeric. --Comp. --aṭaḥ 1. night-stalker. --2. a demon, goblin; tataḥ...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

75

Texts Appeared In

27

DCS: name of a particular fabulous being | Monier-Williams: kzapA/ See 4. kza/p .

Semantic Classification

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1. Mahābhārata 24 32.0%
2. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 7 9.3%
3. Daśakumāracarita 5 6.7%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 4 5.3%
5. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 4 5.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: kṣapāḥ

  tās tāḥ kṣapāḥ preṣṭhatamena nītā mayaiva vṛndāvanagocareṇa

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kṣapā

  lokakāntasya kāntatvaṃ śītaraśmer iva kṣapā

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kṣapāḥ

  ṛtavaś caiva pakṣāś ca māsāḥ saṃvatsarāḥ kṣapāḥ