kṣipra

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [kṣip-rak] (compar. kṣepīyas; superl. kṣepiṣṭha) 1 Elastic (as a bow). --2 Quick, speedy. --praṃ 1 A mea- sure of time = (1/15) of a Muhūrta. --2 The part of the hand between the thumb and the forefinger. --praṃ ind. Quickly, speedily, immediately; vi- nāśaṃ vrajati kṣipramāmapātramivāṃbhasi Ms. 3. 179; Śānti. 3. 6; Bk. 2. 44. --Comp. --kārin a. acting quickly, prompt.

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a. [kṣip-rak] (compar. kṣepīyas; superl. kṣepiṣṭha) 1 Elastic (as a bow). --2 Quick, speedy. --praṃ 1 A mea- sure of time = (1/15) of a Muhūrta. --2 The part of the hand between...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

84

Texts Appeared In

22

DCS: (in music) a kind of dance

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 23 27.4%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 12 14.3%
3. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10 11.9%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 8 9.5%
5. Carakasaṃhitā 5 6.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: kṣipraṃ

  tādṛśaṃ vālinaḥ kṣipraṃ prākurvann aurdhvadehikam

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: kṣipra

  ebhyaś caivāpathyāhāradoṣaśarīraviśeṣebhyo vyādhayo mṛdavo dāruṇāḥ kṣiprasamutth

• Āyurvedadīpikā surface: kṣipra

  marmopaghātīti prāṇāyatanavyatiriktakṣipratalahṛdayādimarmopaghātakārī