Mahaputa, Mahāpuṭa, Maha-puta: 4 definitions
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Mahaputa 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: archive.org: Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: Or Ocean of indian chemistry and alchemyMahāpuṭa (महापुट).—Fill up a pit, of cubical shape, two cubits in length, breadth, and height, with one thousand pieces of cowdung balls, found dried in a pasture. The prescribed article, confined in a crucible, tightly covered, is to be put upon this heap of cowdung cakes. Five hundred pieces of the same fuel are then to be put upon the crucible, and fire set upon the heap. Heating an article in this way is called, burning it by “mahaputa”. (see Bhudeb Mookerji and his Rasajalanidhi)
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāpūta (महापूत):—[=mahā-pūta] [from mahā > mah] mfn. exceedingly pure, [Pañcarātra]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Mahaputana.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
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