As a deity name
Name 181 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a brown cow, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kapilāyai" is the dative of "kapilā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kapilāyai" is the dative of "kapila" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "kapila" is derived from "kapi" with the lac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kapi is, m. (√ kamp, Uṇ. iv, 143), an ape, monkey, RV. x, 86, 5; AV.; Mn.; Suśr. &c.
an elephant, L.
kapila mf(ā)n. (√ kam, Uṇ. i, 56; more probably connected with kapi, BRD.), ‘monkey-coloured’, brown, tawny, reddish, RV. x, 27, 16; ŚBr.; R. &c.
red-haired, Mn. iii, 8
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kapilā (ā), f. a brown cow, Yājñ. i, 205; MBh. &c.
a fabulous cow celebrated in the Purāṇas, W.
kapila mf(ā)n. (√ kam, Uṇ. i, 56; more probably connected with kapi, BRD.), ‘monkey-coloured’, brown, tawny, reddish, RV. x, 27, 16; ŚBr.; R. &c.
red-haired, Mn. iii, 8
kapi is, m. (√ kamp, Uṇ. iv, 143), an ape, monkey, RV. x, 86, 5; AV.; Mn.; Suśr. &c.
an elephant, L.
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