Kashtatapas, Kaṣṭatapas, Kashta-tapas: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kaṣṭatapas can be transliterated into English as Kastatapas or Kashtatapas, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKaṣṭatapas (कष्टतपस्).—a. one who practises hard penance; Ś.7.
Kaṣṭatapas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṣṭa and tapas (तपस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṣṭatapas (कष्टतपस्).—[adjective] doing severe penance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKaṣṭatapas (कष्टतपस्):—[=kaṣṭa-tapas] [from kaṣṭa] m. one who practises severe austerities, [Śakuntalā 282, 2.]
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: Kashta, Tapas.
Full-text: Kashta.
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