dīpaka : [nt.] a small island. (adj.) shawing; explaining.
Dīpaka1 (=dīpa1) (a) f. dīpikā a lamp, in daṇḍa˚ a torch DhA i.220, 399, -- (b) (˚ -- ) an image of, having the appearance of, sham etc.; in -- kakkara a decoy partridge J ii.161; -- tittira same J iii.358; -- pakkhin a decoy bird J v.376; -- miga a d. antelope J v.376.
Dīpaka2 (=dīpa2) a (little) island J i.278, 279; ii.160.
Dīpaka3 in vaṇidīpaka PvA 120 for vanibbaka (q. v.).
dīpaka mfn. kindling, inflaming, illuminating Pañc. iii, 27, 221/222
• exciting, stimulating (digestion) Suśr.
• skilful in managing a lamp (g. ākarṣâdi)
• m. a light, lamp Hariv. Bhartṛ. BhP.
• the shining body, Lilāv
• N. of two plants having digestive properties, Ptychotis Ajowan or Celosia cristata L.
• a bird of prey L.
• (in music) N. of a Rāga
• a kind of measure
• N. of Kāma (the inflamer) L.
• of a son of Garuḍa (cf. MBh. v, 3596) &c
• m. or n. saffron L.
• (ikā), f. a light, lamp, lantern Hariv. Kāv. &c
• moonlight W.
• 'illustrator' or 'illustration' at the end of titles of books (cf. kula-, gūḍhârtha-, trailokya-) and also alone, N. of wks. ( below)
• Ptychotis Ajowan or the √of Calmus L.
• (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī
• n. a partic. class of rhet. figures (throwing light upon an idea) Sāh. Kuval.
• N. of a metre,