Agnitapas, Agnitapa, Agnitāpa, Agni-tapas: 5 definitions

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Agnitapas means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Agnitāpa (अग्निताप) refers to the “heat of a (flaming) fire”, according to the Vāruṇī Pūjā [i.e., Varuni Worship] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Immersed in the heat of a flaming fire (jvalita-agnitāpa-vilīna) impelled by wind, seed syllables etc., a very young, bright colored, beautiful liquid, widely diffused, settled down, born of a Hūṃ, becoming pure liquefied immortality, becoming divine like Pātāla, with seven milky oceans, attract to one's self the five ambrosias”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Agnitapas in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnitapas (अग्नितपस्).—a. [agnibhiḥ tapyate]

1) practising very austere penance, standing in the midst of the five fires.

2) glowing, shining or burning like fire (tapatīti tapāḥ agniriva tapāḥ) hot as fire

Agnitapas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and tapas (तपस्).

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

Agnitapas (अग्नितपस्):—[=agni-tapas] [from agni] mfn. hot as fire, glowing, [Ṛg-veda x, 68, 6.]

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Agnitapas 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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