Gurutalpa, Guru-talpa: 7 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGurutalpa (गुरुतल्प).—
1) the bed (wife) of a teacher.
2) violation or violator of a teacher's bed; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.56.32.
Derivable forms: gurutalpaḥ (गुरुतल्पः).
Gurutalpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and talpa (तल्प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGurutalpa (गुरुतल्प).—m. one who violates the bed of his guru, i. e. of his father or teacher, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 237.
Gurutalpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and talpa (तल्प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGurutalpa (गुरुतल्प).—[masculine] the teacher’s bed; violator or violation of it.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gurutalpa (गुरुतल्प):—[=guru-talpa] [from guru] m. ‘a teacher’s bed’, in [compound]
2) [v.s. ...] the violation of a teacher’s bed (intercourse with his wife), [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xxiv, 10; Manu-smṛti ix, xi; Yājñavalkya iii, 231]
3) [v.s. ...] a violator of his teacher’s bed, [Mahābhārata iii, 1761]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGurutalpa (ಗುರುತಲ್ಪ):—[noun] (fig.) one’s teacheṛs wife.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gurutalpabhigamana, Gurutalpaga, Gurutalpagamana, Gurutalpagamin, Gurutalpaka, Gurutalpapanutti, Gurutalparata, Gurutalpavrata.
Full-text: Gurutalpavrata, Gurutalpaga, Gurutalpin, Gaurutalpika, Gurutalparata, Gurutalpagamin, Gurutalpabhigamana, Gurutalpapanutti, Apanutti.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Section X - Expiation for the violating of the Preceptor’s Bed (gurutalpa) < [Discourse XI - Expiation of Sins]
Verse 11.103 < [Section X - Expiation for the violating of the Preceptor’s Bed (gurutalpa)]
Verse 11.173 < [Section XIX - Expiation for Wrongful Sexual Intercourse]
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
6.1.4. Expiatory Rites in Vasiṣṭha-dharmasūtra < [Chapter 1 - Expiatory Rites: Concept and Evolution]