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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kutapasaptaka (कुतपसप्तक).—seven things to be given in honour of the dead at the श्राद्ध (śrāddha) ceremony, namely, शृङ्गपात्र, ऊर्णावस्त्र, रौप्यधातु, कुशतृण, सवत्सा धेनुः, अपराह्णकाल, कृष्णतिल (śṛṅgapātra, ūrṇāvastra, raupyadhātu, kuśatṛṇa, savatsā dhenuḥ, aparāhṇakāla, kṛṣṇatila).

Derivable forms: kutapasaptakam (कुतपसप्तकम्).

Kutapasaptaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kutapa and saptaka (सप्तक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kutapasaptaka (कुतपसप्तक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A Sraddha in which seven constituents occur, noon, a horn platter, a Nepal blanket, silver, sacrificial grass, sesamum and kine. E. kutapa, and saptaka sevenfold.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kutapasaptaka (कुतपसप्तक):—[=ku-tapa-saptaka] [from ku-tapa > ku] n. a Śrāddha in which seven constituents occur (viz. noon, a horn platter, a Nepāl blanket, silver, sacrificial grass, Sesamum, and kine), [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kutapasaptaka (कुतपसप्तक):—[kutapa-saptaka] (kaṃ) 1. n. A particular Shrāddha of various materials.

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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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Partial matches: Saptaka, Kutapa.

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