# लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā)

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लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the wife of the sage Agastya, the wife of the saint Agastya, agastya's wife, the wife of Agastya, the daughter of the king of Vidarbha and wife of Agastya, a wife of Agastya. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Wife/Consort of Sage Agastya, Lopamudra as Hrādi.

- **SLP1:** `lopAmudrA`  **IAST:** lopāmudrā  **Devanagari:** लोपामुद्रा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopamudra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/lopamudra/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Wife/Consort of Sage Agastya (9 definitions)
- the wife of the sage Agastya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 904,3] लोपा - मुद्रा (lopā-mudrā) f. N. of the reputed wife of the sage Agastya (she is said to have been formed by the sage himself and then secretly introduced into the palace of the king of Vidarbha, where she grew up as his daughter; she asked her husband to acquire immense riches; so he went to the rich demon Ilvala, and having conquered him, satisfied his wife with his wealth; she is considered as the authoress of Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 179, 4 ), Ṛg-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title) &c. [ ID=182995 ]
- the wife of Agastya  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 265-2 ] लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) lópā-mudrā, f. N. of Agastyaʼs wife. [ ID=15687 ]
- The wife of the saint Agastya.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोप (lopa) ामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 725 ] लोप (lopa) ामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) f. ( - द्रा (-drā) ) The wife of the saint AGASTYA. E. लोप (lopa) losing (reputation), अमुद्रा (amudrā) sad, not happy. [ ID=33136 ]
- Agastya's wife  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 648-a ] लोपा _ मुद्रा (lopā_mudrā) ( द्रा ) ((drā)) 1. m. Agastya's wife. [ ID=32719 ]
- The wife of the saint Agastya and daughter of the king of Vidarbha  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोप (lopa) ामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 622-a ] लोप (lopa) ामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) f. ( - द्रा (-drā) ) The wife of the saint AGASTYA and daughter of the king of Vidarbha. It was for her that the saint went out to acquire riches and destroyed VĀTĀPI and ILVALA in the attempt. E. लोप (lopa) losing, (reputation,) अमुद्रा (amudrā) sad, not happy. [ ID=34590 ]
- The wife of Agastya  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 0802-a ] लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) lopāmudrā, f. The wife of Agastya, Utt. Rāmac. 48, 1. [ ID=12518 ]
- The daughter of the king of Vidarbha and wife of Agastya.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 448-2 ] Lopāmudrā, daughter of the Vidarbha king and wife of Agastya. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 442.—§ 382 (Agastyop.): III, 96, 8563 (created by Agastya as the daughter of the Vidarbha king); 97, 8571, 8574, 8576, 8577, 8582 (married to Agastya), 8589, (8590), (8592); 99, 8633, (8634), (8637) (mother of Dṛdhasyu or Idhmavāha).—§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 110, 10092 ( L°ā vā yathā hy Agastyaṃ ).—§ 410 (Plakṣāvataraṇag.): III, 130, 10541 ( etat Sindhor mahā- tīrthaṃ yatrāgastyam arindama|L°ā samāgamya bhartāram avṛṇīta vai, cf. § 382).—§ 551 (Kīśakavadhap.): IV, 21, 654 ( °ā tathā bhīru vayorūpasamanvitā|Agastyam anvayād dhitvā kāmān sarvān amānuṣān ). Cf. Vaidarbhī. [ ID=6575 ]
- 1. The consort of Agastya. 2. A female philosopher or Vedic scholar.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 3-127 ] Lopāmudrā (I) — consort of Agastya; a Brahmavādinī. Br. II. 33. 19; IV. 10. 78; Vā. 108. 55. [ ID=12002 ]
- A wife of Agastya.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > लोपामुद्रा (lopāmudrā) [Printed book page 2-234 ] Lopā-mudrā appears in one hymn of the Rigveda, 1 where she is seemingly the wife of Agastya, whose embraces she solicits. 2 [ Footnote: 1) i. 179, 4.] [ Footnote: 2) The story is differently told in the Bṛhaddevatā, iv. 57 et seq., with Mac- donell's notes. See also Oldenberg, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenldndischen Gesellschaft, 39, 68; Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1909, 76 et seq.; Sieg. Die Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 120 et seq.; Winter- nitz, Vienna Oriental Journal, 20, 2 et seq.; von Schroeder, Mysterium und Mimus, 156 et seq.; Keith, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1909, 204; 1911, 997, n. 3.] [ ID=2759 ]

### Lopamudra as Hrādi (1 definition)
- Hrādi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Lopāmudrā (II) — is Hrādi. Br. IV. 38. 9-10. [ ID=12003 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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