# विपाक (vipāka)

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विपाक (vipāka) is a Sanskrit word meaning ripe, cooking, the result or consequence of actions, digestion, any change of form or state, calamity or misfortune. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Cooking / Dressing of Food, Ripe, Mature (Adjective), Karmic Fruition / Consequence of Actions.

- **Root:** पच् (pac)
- **Etymology:** E. वि before पच to ripen, aff. घञ् — E. vi before paca to ripen, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `vipAka`  **IAST:** vipāka  **Devanagari:** विपाक
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vip%C4%81ka
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vipaka/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Cooking / Dressing of Food (7 definitions)
- cooking  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वि - पाक (vi-pāka) m. cooking, dressing (= पचन (pacana) ), L. [ ID=197522 ]
- 1. Cooking. 2. Ripening. 3. Flavor or taste. 4. An unexpected result. 5. Poverty or distress. 6. Change of form or state. 7. The consequences of past actions. 8. Digestion.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) पाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 775 ] वि (vi) पाक (vipāka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) 1 Cooking, dressing. 2 Ripening, maturing. 3 Flavour, taste.. 4 Unexpected or improbable result. 5 Poverty, distress. 6 Change of form or state. 7 The consequences of actions, either in this or in a former birth; the operation of time in maturing their results. 8 Assimilation of food, its conversion into a state differing from its original one, digestion. E. वि (vi) before पच (paca) to ripen, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=35384 ]
- 1. Cooking, ripening, or digestion. 2. Flavor. 3. Change of form or taste. 4. A startling result or punishment.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विपाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 695-a ] वि - पाक (vi-pāka) ( कः ) ((kaḥ)) 1. m. Cooking; ripening; digestion; flavour; change of form or taste; startling result; punishment. [ ID=34973 ]
- 1. Cooking or boiling. 2. Ripeness or maturity. 3. Digestion. 4. Distress, calamity, or difficulty. 5. Flavour or taste. 6. The result of actions in this or a former birth.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विपाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 668-22 ] विपाक (vipāka) m. 1. Cooking, boiling; 2. ripening, ripeness, maturity, अमी पृथुस्तम्बभृतः पिशंगतां गता विपाक (vipāka) ेन फलस्य शालयः (amī pṛthustambabhṛtaḥ piśaṃgatāṃ gatā vipākena phalasya śālayaḥ) Kir. iv.26; 3. digestion; 4. distress, calamity, difficulty; 5. flavour, taste; 6. the result of actions either in this or in a former birth, समैव जन्मांतरपातकानां विपाक (vipāka) विस्फूर्जथुरप्रसह्यः (samaiva janmāṃtarapātakānāṃ vipākavisphūrjathuraprasahyaḥ) R. xiv.62, Yaj. iii.181. [ ID=35176 ]
- 1. Cooking. 2. Ripening. 3. Taste. 4. An unexpected result. 5. Distress. 6. Change of form. 7. The karmic consequences of past actions. 8. Digestion.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) पाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 662-b ] वि (vi) पाक (vipāka) m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) 1. Cooking, dressing. 2. Ripening, maturing. 3. Fla- Page663-a+ 60 vour, taste. 4. Unexpected or improbable result. 5. Poverty, distress. 6. Change of form or state. 7. The consequences of actions, either in this or in a former birth; the operation or time in maturing their results. 8. Assimilation of food, its conversion into a state differing from its original one, digestion. E. वि (vi) before, पच् (pac) to ripen, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=37012 ]
- 1. Cooking. 2. Ripening or taking place. 3. The consequence of actions. 4. Unexpected or improbable result. 5. Distress. 6. Change of form or state. 7. Flavour or taste. 8. Digestion.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विपाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 0861-a ] विपाक (vipāka) vipāka, i. e. vi-pac + a, m. 1. Cooking. 2. Ripening, Kir. 4, 26; taking place, Utt. Rāmac. 52, 5. 3. The consequence of actions, Bhartṛ. 2, 97. 4. Unexpected or improbable result. 5. Distress, Utt. Rāmac. 96, 14. 6. Change of form or state. 7. Flavour, taste, MBh. 1, 716. 8. Digestion. — Comp. Karmavipāka, i. e. karman-, m. the ripening of actions, retribution, MBh. 4, 1405. Daśā-, m. state, Mālat. 149, 4. Dus-, adj. turning out destruc- tive, Utt. Rāmac. 29, 8. Daiva-dus-, m. cruelty (literally, the hard ripening) of fate, Utt. Rāmac. 164, 4; Hit. 18, 7; Utt. Rāmac. 27, 5. [ ID=13422 ]
- 1. Cooking thoroughly or dressing. 2. Ripening or maturity. 3. Digestion or conversion of food. 4. Change of state. 5. The unexpected consequence or result of past actions. 6. Calamity, distress, or difficulty. 7. Flavor or taste.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > विपाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 0926-c ] Vi-pāka, as, m. cooking thoroughly, cooking, dressing; ripening, maturing, ripeness, maturity; conversion of food into a state differing from its original one, digestion; change of state (in general); unexpected consequence of actions, unexpected event or occurrence, improbable result; the consequence or result of any action either in this or in a former birth matured by the operation of time; calamity, distress, poverty, difficulty, embarrassment; flavour, taste; ( as, ā, am ), having mature fruit, fruitful, (Sāy. = paripakva-phala. ) —Vipāka-visphūrja- thu, us, m. the thunder or thunderbolt of the con- sequences (of sins committed in a former birth). [ ID=43172 ]

### Ripe, Mature (Adjective) (3 definitions)
- ripe  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 973,2] वि - पाक (vi-pāka) a mf( आ (ā) )n. ripe, mature, RV. [ ID=197521 ]
- 1. Ripe. 2. Ripening or maturing. 3. Consequences or results of actions. 4. Digestion. 5. Misfortune.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विपाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 285-3 ] विपाक (vipāka) ví-pāka, a. ripe ( RV.¹ ); m. ( C. ) ripening; maturing of the fruit of actions, consequences; digestion; mischance, misfortune ( rare ): °—, = subsequently; -pākin, a. ripening, bearing fruit or consequences; -pāṭa, m. kind of arrow; -pāṭana, n. splitting; destruction; -pāṭala, a. very red; -pāṭha, m. kind of arrow; -pāṇḍu, a. pallid, pale: -tā, f. paleness: -ṃ yā, grow pale; -pāṇḍura, a. pallid, pale; -pādikā, f. blisters on the foot; -pāpá, a. sinless; ( vi )- pāpman, id.; free from suffering; -pāla, a. unattended by a herdsman ( cattle ); ( vi )- pāś, f. [unfettered], N. of a river in the Panjāb, now Beas; -pāśa, a. having no noose; freed from fetters; -pāśana, n. unfettering; ( vi ) -pāśin, a. without a trace ( car : RV.¹ ?). [ ID=16654 ]
- 1. Ripe. 2. Ripening, maturity, or digestion. 3. Consequence, issue, or result.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विपाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 499 ] विपाक (vipāka) a. ripe. m. ripening, maturity, consequence of actions; issue, result i.g.; digestion. [ ID=29712 ]

### Karmic Fruition / Consequence of Actions (2 definitions)
- 1. Maturing or ripening of the fruit of actions. 2. The result or consequence of actions.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ripening, maturing ( esp. of the fruit of actions), effect, result, consequence (of actions in the present or former births pursuing those who commit them through subsequent existences), Yājñ.; MBh. &c. [ ID=197523 ]
- 1. The ripening of the fruit of good or bad deeds, leading to consequences. 2. The issue in general.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > विपाक (vipāka) [Printed book page 245-b ] vípāka, m. the ripening, esp. of the fruit of good or bad deeds, and so the consequences; the issue, in general. [ √pac + vi, 216. 1.] [ ID=3889 ]

### Lexicographical Notes / Cross-references (2 definitions)
- See under vi- √pac  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 974,3] वि - (vi-) पाक (vi-pāka) b, वि - (vi-) पाक (vi-pāka) िन् (vi-pākin). See under वि - (vi-) √ पच् (√pac), p. 973. [ ID=197759 ]
- See under vi-pac.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0927-c ] विपाक (vipāka) vi-pāka. See under vi-pac. [ ID=43254 ]

### Bad Digestion (1 definition)
- bad digestion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > bad digestion, Car. [ ID=197525 ]

### Calamity / Distress / Misfortune (1 definition)
- calamity or misfortune  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > calamity, distress, misfortune, Yājñ.; Uttarar. [ ID=197527 ]

### Change of Form / State (1 definition)
- any change of form or state  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any change of form or state, Uttarar. [ ID=197526 ]

### Digestion / Assimilation of Food (1 definition)
- digestion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > maturing of food (in the stomach), digestion, conversion of food into a state for assimilation, MBh.; Hariv.; Suśr. [ ID=197524 ]

### Flavour / Taste (1 definition)
- Sweat or flavour.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ‘sweat’ or ‘flavour’ ( स्वेद (sveda) or स्वाद (svāda) ), L. [ ID=197529 ]

### Subsequently / Afterwards (Adverbial/Compounding use) (1 definition)
- subsequently, afterwards  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ibc. ) subsequently, afterwards (see comp. ) [ ID=197530 ]

### Withering / Fading (1 definition)
- withering or fading  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > withering, fading, Śiś. [ ID=197528 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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