Samtapana, Saṃtapana, Saṃtāpana: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃtapana (संतपन).—

1) Heating, inflaming.

2) Torturing.

Derivable forms: saṃtapanam (संतपनम्).

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Saṃtāpana (संतापन).—a. (- f.) Burning, inflaming.

-naḥ Name of one of the 5 arrows of Cupid.

-nam 1 Burning, scorching.

2) Paining, afflicting.

3) Exciting passion.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃtāpana (संतापन).—i. e. sam-tap, [Causal.], + ana, I. adj. Burning. Ii. m. One of the arrows of Kāmadeva. Iii. n. 1. Burning. 2. Paining, afflicting. 3. Exciting passion.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃtapana (संतपन).—[adjective] warming; [neuter] becoming warm.

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Saṃtāpana (संतापन).—[adjective] tormenting, afflicting.

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Sāṃtapana (सांतपन).—[adjective] warming, warm; [masculine] [neuter] (±kṛccha) a kind of penance.

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

1) Saṃtapana (संतपन):—[=saṃ-tapana] [from saṃ-tap] mfn. heating, warming, [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] the act of becoming warm, [Kauśika-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] inflaming, tormenting, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) Saṃtāpana (संतापन):—[=saṃ-tāpana] [from saṃ-tāpa > saṃ-tap] mfn. burning, paining, afflicting ([compound]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] m. Name of one of the arrows of Kāma-deva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] of a demon possessing children, [Harivaṃśa]

7) [v.s. ...] of one of Śiva’s attendants, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] n. the act of burning, paining, afflicting, exciting passion, [Horace H. Wilson]

9) [v.s. ...] Name of a [particular] mythical weapon, [Rāmāyaṇa]

10) Sāṃtapana (सांतपन):—mfn. ([from] saṃ-tapana) heating, warming, warm (said of the Maruts), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???]

11) relating to the sun, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] ([Mahīdhara])

12) sacred to the Sāṃtapana Maruts, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

13) m. or n. (with and without kṛcchra) a kind of penance, [Baudhāyana-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti xi, 124 etc.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saṃtāpana (संतापन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃtāvaṇa.

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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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