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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Japat (जपत्) refers to “muttering” (a mantra), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.22 (“Description of Pārvatī’s penance”).—Accordingly, after Menā spoke to Pārvatī: “[...] Neatly cleaning the ground, the beautiful lady built the altar. Then the penance, difficult to be performed even by the sages, was begun. Suppressing her sense-organs with her mind, she started the great penance in a place within the proximity. In the summer she kept a perpetually blazing fire all round and remaining within continued muttering [i.e., japat] the mantra. [...]”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Japat (जपत्).—m. An ascetic; प्रणतो विनयाद्वीरो वसिष्ठं जपतां वरम् (praṇato vinayādvīro vasiṣṭhaṃ japatāṃ varam) Rām.1.52.1.

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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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Starts with: Japata, Japataba, Japatapa, Japatavada, Japataya, Japati, Japatkala, Japatre, Japatri, Japattu.

Ends with: Bhujapat.

Full-text: Japata.

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