gupta गुप्त – secret; hidden
adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adjective
secret; hidden
Cappeller 1891 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
guptá ·a. kept, preserved, guarded, hidden, secret; n. adv. privately, secretly, loc. at a secret place; m. N. of sev. kings, esp. --°.
Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
Gupta (and Ved. gupita), as, ā, am, protected, guarded, preserved; hidden, concealed, kept secret, secret; invisible, withdrawn from sight, (e. g. with daṇḍa, a secret fine, a fine secretly imposed); joined, combined; (am), ind. privately, secretly; (as), m. an appellation forming often the last member of the name of a Vaiśya or man of the third class; a Vaiśya with this appellation was the founder of the renowned Gupta dynasty, in which the names of the sovereigns generally end in gupta [cf. candra-gupta, samudra- gupta, skanda-gupta]; (ā), f. a married woman who withdraws from her lover's endearments; a kind of cowach, Mucuna Pruritus; N. of a woman, a Śākya princess.
Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
gupta (partic. von 1. gup) 1〉 behütet (s. u. gup), ein beliebter Ausgang in Namen von Vaiśya: gupteti vaiśyasya (nāma kuryāt) PĀR. GṚHY. 1,17. UDVĀHAT._im_ŚKDR. VP. 298. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 190. in buddh. Namen WASSILJEW 267. gupta (als N. pr. parox. P. 6,1,205, Sch.) heisst ein Händler mit Wohlgerüchen, sein Sohn upagupta BURN. Intr. 377. āryaka oder guptāryaka der Sohn eines Kuhhirten MṚCCH. 107,17. Ein Vaiśya Gupta ist der Gründer der berühmt gewordenen Gupta — Dynastie, in der die Regentennamen meist auf gupta ausgehen (z. B. candragupta, samudra˚, skanda˚), LIA. II, 747. fgg. LIA. II,937. fgg. Z. f. d. K. d. M. 3,164. fgg. REINAUD, Mém. sur lʼInde 103. fg. VP. 479. — 2〉 f. ā a〉 eine verheirathete Frau, die im Geheimen einen Umgang mit einem Geliebten pflegt, RASAM._im_ŚKDR. — b〉 N. einer Pflanze, Mucuna pruritus Hook. (kapikacchu) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. guptāphala SUŚR. 2,156,14. SUŚR. 2,476,14 (guptaphala). Vgl. svayaṃguptā. — c〉 N. pr. eines Frauenzimmers P. 4,1,121, Sch. einer Śākya-Prinzessin SCHIEFNER, Lebensb. 238 (8).
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
gupta — 1〉 Adj. s. n. 1. gup. — 2〉 m. N. pr. verschiedener Fürsten KĀD. 3,1. Auch ein beliebter Vaiśya-Name. Häufig am Ende eines Comp. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 *eine verheirathete Frau, die im Geheimen Umgang mit einem Geliebten pflegt. — b〉 Mucuna pruriens. — c〉 ein Frauenname. — 4〉 n. das Verborgene. Loc. an einem versteckten Orte Chr. 114,7.
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
gupta p. p. [gup karmaṇi kta] 1 Protected, preserved, guarded; R. 10. 60. 2 Hidden, concealed, kept secret; Ms. 2. 150, Ms. 7. 76, Ms. 8. 374. 3 Secret, private. 4 Invisible, withdrawn from sight. 5 Joined. — ptaḥ 1 An appellation usually (though not necessarily) added to the name of a Vaiśya; as caṃdraguptaḥ, samudraguptaḥ &c. (Usually śarman or deva is added to the name of a Brāhmaṇa; gupta, bhūti or datta to that of a Vaiśya; and dāsa to that of a Śūdra; cf. śarmā devaśca viprasya varmā trātā ca bhūbhujaḥ . bhūtirdataśca vaiśyasya dāsaḥ śūdrasya kārayet). 2 An epithet of Viṣṇu. — ptaṃ ind. Secretly, privately, apart. — ptā One of the principal female characters in a poetical composition, a lady married to another (parakīyā) who conceals her lover's caresses and endearments past, present or future; vṛttasuratagopana vartiṣyamāṇasuratagopanā and vartamānasuratagopanā; see Rasamañjarī 24. Comp. — kathā a secret or confidential communication, a secret. — gatiḥ a spy, an emissary. — cara a. going secretly. — (raḥ) 1 an epithet of Balarāma. 2 a. spy, an emissary. — dānaṃ a secret gift or present. — veśaḥ a disguise.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
guptá behütet, beschützt, versteckt, verborgen; Fürstenname (oft —˚); n. heimlich, unbemekt; Loc. an einem geheimen Orte.
Burnouf 1866 adjective
Original text · French · adjective
gupta gupta pp. de gup 10. Protégé, défendu, etc. Les noms propres qui finissent par gupta désignent ordint. des hommes de la 3ᵉ caste, celle des Vaiśyas. guptaka m. protecteur, défenseur, gardien. guptagati m. espion, envoyé secret. guptacara m. (car) mms. Surn. de Balarāma.
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