Pancatapas, Pañcatapas, Pancan-tapas: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्).—m. an ascetic who in summer practises penance sitting in the middle of four fires with the sun burning right over his head; cf. हविर्भुजामेधवतां चतुर्णां मध्ये ललाटंतपसप्तसप्तिः (havirbhujāmedhavatāṃ caturṇāṃ madhye lalāṭaṃtapasaptasaptiḥ) R.13.41; Kumārasambhava 5.23; Manusmṛti 6.23 and Śiśupālavadha 2.51. also; ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपा वीरो वर्षास्वासारषाण्मुनिः (grīṣme pañcatapā vīro varṣāsvāsāraṣāṇmuniḥ) Bhāg. 4.23.6; Rām.3.6.5.
Pañcatapas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and tapas (तपस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्).—m.
(-pāḥ) An ascetic, who in the hot weather, sits amongst four fires, and has the sun for the fifth. E. pañca, and tapas penance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्).—adj. sitting exposed to five fires, i. e. four blazing around him with the sun above, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 23.
Pañcatapas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and tapas (तपस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्).—1. [neuter] the five fires (i.e. four fires and the sun).
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Pañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्).—2. [adjective] exposed to the five fires.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्):—[=pañca-tapas] [from pañca] n. ([in the beginning of a compound]) the 5 fires (to which an ascetic who practices self-mortification exposes himself. viz. one fire towards each of the 4 quarters, and the sun overhead)
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. sitting between the 5 fires, [Manu-smṛti vi, 23] (cf. [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 30 n. 2])
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcatapas (पञ्चतपस्):—[pañca-tapas] (pāḥ) 1. m. An ascetic exposed to four fires and the sun.
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Partial matches: Tapas, Panca.
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