The Sanskrit term Śabdapati can be transliterated into English as Sabdapati or Shabdapati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)

Śabdapati (शब्दपति) refers to “being a husband only in name”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 8.53.—Accordingly: “Surely I have not offended you even in my thoughts, why are you leaving me? Truly I am the earth’s husband only in name (śabdapati), my heart is bound with feelings to you”.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śabdapati (शब्दपति).—a lord in name only, nominal lord; ननु शब्दपतिः क्षितरेहं त्वयि मे भावनिबन्धना रतिः (nanu śabdapatiḥ kṣitarehaṃ tvayi me bhāvanibandhanā ratiḥ) R.8.52.

Derivable forms: śabdapatiḥ (शब्दपतिः).

Śabdapati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and pati (पति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdapati (शब्दपति).—m.

(-tiḥ) A nominal lord.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdapati (शब्दपति).—[masculine] lord only by name.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdapati (शब्दपति):—[=śabda-pati] [from śabda > śabd] m. ‘word-lord’, a mere nominal leader, [Raghuvaṃśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shabdapati in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Shabda, Paati, Pati.

Starts with: Shabdapatin.

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