As a deity name
Name 311 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 981 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 239 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 899 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
कपि · noun · masculine
बंदर · हाथी । गज · करंज । कजा — Śabdasāgara
कपि · kapi · s.m.
A monkey, an ape (syn. bandar) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 811
कपि · masculine
monkey, ape
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कपि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कपि (kapi).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kapi is, m. (√ kamp, Uṇ. iv, 143), an ape, monkey, RV. x, 86, 5; AV.; Mn.; Suśr. &c.
an elephant, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
is, (√ kamp, ), an ape, monkey, &c.
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Dictionary citations
kapi is, m. (√ kamp, Uṇ. iv, 143), an ape, monkey, RV. x, 86, 5; AV.; Mn.; Suśr. &c.
an elephant, L.
Emblica Officinalis, L.
a species of Karañja, L.
Olibanum, L.
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