Japahoma, Japa-homa: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJapahoma (जपहोम).—muttering prayers as a sacrifice; विधियज्ञाज्जपयज्ञो विशिष्टो दशभिर्गुणैः (vidhiyajñājjapayajño viśiṣṭo daśabhirguṇaiḥ) Ms.2.85; Y.1.11; Ms.1.111.
Derivable forms: japahomaḥ (जपहोमः).
Japahoma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms japa and homa (होम). See also (synonyms): japayajña.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryJapahoma (जपहोम).—m. the oblation consisting in prayers, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 111. Darvī, m. oblation with a spoon, Mahābhārata 2, 537 (vī).
Japahoma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms japa and homa (होम).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJapahoma (जपहोम).—[masculine] sgl. & [plural] the same or ( = [dual]) muttered prayers and ablations.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Japahoma (जपहोम):—[=japa-homa] [from japa > jap] m. sg. and [plural] muttering prayers as a religious offering, [Manu-smṛti x, 111]
2) [v.s. ...] [xi, 34; Mahābhārata xii, 3756; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā vli, 51 and 58]
3) [v.s. ...] (maka), [Rudrayāmala ii, 8, 1]
4) [v.s. ...] m. [dual number] a muttered prayer and an offering, [Śāktānanda-taraṅgiṇī xii.]
[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJapahoma (जपहोम):—m. —
1) Sg. und Pl. eine im Hermurmeln von Gebeten bestehende Spende. [Mahābhārata 12,102,4] ist wohl homaṃśca zu lesen. —
2) Du. ein herzumurmelndes Gebet und eine Spende [Aufrecht 103,a,10.]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Japahomaka, Japahomapaddhati.
Full-text: Japahomaka, Gayatrijapa, Japayajna, Mritasanjivani, Saptakotishvaralinga, Saptakotishvara, Patra, Yajurveda, Vishnutilaka, Abhivadana.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 144 - The Greatness of Dvādaśī Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 201 - The Greatness of Deva Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 203 - The Greatness of Koṭi Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.63 < [Section VI - Offences: their Classification]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.219 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 16 - Uplift from the hell < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
Chapter 13 - The greatness of the five-syllabled Mantra (2) < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
Chapter 38 - The dialogue between Kṣuva and Dadhīca < [Section 2.2 - Rudra-saṃhitā (2): Satī-khaṇḍa]