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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Bhūtasaṃtāpana (भूतसंतापन).—A son of Hiraṇyākṣa. A follower of Vṛtra in his battle with Indra.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VII. 2. 18; VI. 10. [20]; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 5. 31; Matsya-purāṇa 6. 14; Vāyu-purāṇa 67. 68; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 21. 3.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Bhūtasaṃtāpana (भूतसंतापन):—[=bhūta-saṃtāpana] [from bhūta > bhū] m. ‘torturer of beings’, Name of a Daitya (son of Hiraṇyākṣa), [Harivaṃśa]

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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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Partial matches: Samtapana, Santapana, Bhuta.

Full-text: Bhutasamtapa.

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