Pancatapa, Pañcātapa, Pancan-atapa: 6 definitions

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Pancatapa 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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[«previous next»] — Pancatapa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pañcātapa (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 Dictionary

Pañcātapā (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 Dictionary

1) 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 Dictionary

Pañcātapā (पञ्चातपा):—[pañcā+tapā] (pā) 1. f. Penance by five fires, the sun being the fifth.

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Pancatapa in German

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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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