Pancatapa, Pañcātapa, Pancan-atapa: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPañcātapa (पञ्चातप).—a. doing penance with five fires. (i. e. with four fires and the sun); cf. R.13.41.
Pañcātapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and ātapa (आतप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcātapā (पञ्चातपा).—f.
(-pā) Doing penance with five fires, or four fires and the sun. E. pañca, and ātapa heat.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pañcatapa (पञ्चतप):—[=pañca-tapa] [from pañca] mfn. = -tapas mfn.
2) Pañcātapā (पञ्चातपा):—[from pañca] f. doing penance with 5 fires, [Kālikā-purāṇa] (cf. ca-tapas).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcātapā (पञ्चातपा):—[pañcā+tapā] (pā) 1. f. Penance by five fires, the sun being the fifth.
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Partial matches: Panca, Atapa, Tapa.
Starts with: Pancatapas.
Full-text: Pancatapas, Pancagnisadhana, Dirghatapas, Pancagni.
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