कपीस

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपीश (kapīśa, literally “the lord of monkeys”).

Noun

कपीस (kapīsa) m

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of Hanuman
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā :

     जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर
     जय कपीस तिहुँ लोक उजागर

     jaya hanumāna jñāna guna sāgara
     jaya kapīsa tihum̐ loka ujāgara

     Victory to Hanuman, the ocean of wisdom and virtue.
     Victory to the Lord of monkeys, the one who is known in the three worlds.