कर्पर

{ see under ghaṭa, karparḥ, karpara }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KARPARA, See under Ghaṭa   

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : कपाल

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कर्पर  m.  m. a cup, pot, bowl, [Pañcat.]; [Kathās.] &c.
the skull, cranium, [L.]
the shell of a tortoise
a kind of weapon, [L.]
Ficus glomerata, [L.]
N. of a thief, [Kathās. lxiv, 43 ff.]
कर्पर  n.  n. a pot, potsherd, [Pañcat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कर्परः [karparḥ]   1 An iron sauce-pan, a frying-pan.
A pot or vessel in general (as of a potter).
A pot-sherd, piece of a broken jar; as in घटकर्पर; जीयेय येन कविना यमकैः परेण तस्मै वहेयमुदकं घटकर्परेण Ghaṭ.22.
The skull.
A kind of weapon.
A back-bone; न्यञ्चत्कर्परकूर्म [Māl.5.22.]
-रम्   A pot, pot-sherd.

Shabda-Sagara

कर्पर  m.  ( -रः)
1. The skull, the cranium.
2. An iron saucepan or frying pan.
3. A kind of weapon.
4. The Glomerous fig tree: see उडुम्बर. f. ( -री) A collyrium extracted from the Amomum anthorhiza, Rox.
E. कृप् to be able, अरन् aff.

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कृप् अरन्