Rishitarpana, Ṛṣitarpaṇa, Rishi-tarpana: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Ṛṣitarpaṇa can be transliterated into English as Rsitarpana or Rishitarpana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ṛṣitarpaṇa (ऋषितर्पण).—libation offered to the Ṛiṣis.

Derivable forms: ṛṣitarpaṇam (ऋषितर्पणम्).

Ṛṣitarpaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṛṣi and tarpaṇa (तर्पण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Ṛṣitarpaṇa (ऋषितर्पण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—śr. L. 817.
—Av. B. 1, 144.
—Vs. W. p. 46.
—Maitr. L. 841. Kh. 59.

2) Ṛṣitarpaṇa (ऋषितर्पण):—śr. Oudh. Xxi, 108. Peters. 4, 6. Stein 12. 13 (different).

3) Ṛṣitarpaṇa (ऋषितर्पण):—Bd. 237-241. L.. 124.

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

1) Ṛṣitarpaṇa (ऋषितर्पण):—[=ṛṣi-tarpaṇa] [from ṛṣi] n. a handful of water presented as libation to the Ṛṣis, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] cf. [Manu-smṛti ii, 176]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Rishitarpana 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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