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लोपा (lopA)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
लोपा
f.
 (-पा) The wife of the Muni AGASTYA.
E.
 लुप् to disturb, affs.
अच् and टाप्ः see लोपामुद्रा ।
Yates
English
लोपा (पा) 1.
f.
 Wife of
Agastya.
Wilson
English
लोपा
f.
 (-पा) The wife of the Muni AGASTYA.
E.
 लुप to disturb,
aff.
 अच् and टाष्.
Apte
English
लोपा [lōpā] लोपामुद्रा [lōpāmudrā], लोपामुद्रा
N.
 of a daughter of the king of Vidarbha and wife of the sage Agastya. [She is said to have been formed by the sage himself from the most beautiful parts of different animals so as to have a wife after his own heart, and then secretly introduced into the palace of the king of Vidarbha where she grew up as his daughter. She was afterwards married by Agastya. He was asked by her to acquire immense riches before he thought of having any connection with her. The sage accordingly first went to king Śrutarvan, and from him to several other persons till he went to the rich demon Ilvala and, having conquered him, got immense wealth from him and satisfisfied his wife.]
लोपा [lōpā] लोपायिका [lōpāyikā], लोपायिका A kind of bird.
Apte 1890
English
लोपा, लोपामुद्रा N. of a daughter of the king of Vidarbha and wife of the sage Agastya. [She is said to have been formed by the sage himself from the most beautiful parts of different animals so as to have a wife after his own heart, and then secretly introduced into the palace of the king of Vidarbha where she grew up as his daughter. She was afterwards married by Agastya. He was asked by her to acquire immense riches before he thought of having any connection with her. The sage accordingly first went to king Śrutarvan, and from him to several other persons till he went to the rich demon Ilvala and, having conquered him, got immense wealth from him and satisfied his wife].
Monier Williams Cologne
English
लो॑पा
f.
 a partic. bird,
TS.
a kind of bird,
L.
=
 लोपा-मुद्रा below.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
लोपा
स्त्री*
 - "लुप्+णिच्+अच्+टाप्, लोपा+आमुद्रा कर्म* स*"
"विदर्भराज की एक कन्या, अगस्त्य मुनि की पत्नी"
L R Vaidya
English
lopA {% f. %} An epithet of Lopāmudrā, wife of the sage Agastya.
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: लोपा
Root: लोपा
Gender: स्त्री
Number: all
अर्थः ⇒ लोपा इति पक्षिविशेषः
Meaning(s):
⇒ Kind of bird
Shloka(s):
2|3|25|2 ► दरणो दण्डिकीरौ च लोपालोपायिके समे॥ (अन्तरिक्षकाण्डः/खगाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 2|3|25|2 ⇢ लोपा (लोपा) (स्त्री) ⇒ Kind of bird ⇒ लोपा इति पक्षिविशेषः
➠ 2|3|25|2 ⇢ लोपायिका (लोपायिका) (स्त्री) ⇒ Kind of bird ⇒ लोपा इति पक्षिविशेषः
Related word(s):
परा_अपरासंबन्धः ➡ पक्षी
जातिः ➡ पक्षी
Vedic Reference
English
Lopā is mentioned in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha
(‘horse sacrifice’) in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ^1 where Sāyaṇa
explains it as a kind of bird, perhaps the carrion crow (śmaśāna-
śakuni).
1) v. 5, 18, 1. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 93.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
लोपा,
स्त्री,
 अगस्त्यमुनिपत्नी । इति जटाधरः ॥