Kuntapa, Kuntāpa: 4 definitions
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Kuntapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKuntāpa (कुन्ताप).—[neuter] cert. organs in the belly; [Name] of a section of the Atharvaveda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuntāpa (कुन्ताप):—n. Name of certain organs or glands (twenty in number, supposed to be in the belly), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xii, xiii]
2) Name of a section of the [Atharva-veda] ([xx, 127 and 128] according to, [Sāyaṇa on Aitareya-brāhmaṇa vi, 32]; or xx, 127-136 according to the [manuscripts]), [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
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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: Kuntapadhyaya, Kuntapalaka.
Full-text: Ajijnasenya, Aitashapralapa, Aitasha, Ahanasya, Rikparishishta, Mahanaman.
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
5. Contents of the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 1 - The Atharvaveda and its importance in the Vedic Literature]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 4 - Practice of Medicine in the Atharva-veda < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]