Saptati: 11 definitions
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Saptati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Tamil. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
saptati (सप्तति).—f S Seventy.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Saptati (सप्तति).—f. Seventy. °तम (tama) a. 7th.
Derivable forms: saptatiḥ (सप्ततिः).
Saptati (सप्तति).—f. Sing.
(-tiḥ) Seventy. Du. (-tau) Two seventies. Plu.
(-tayaḥ) Many seventies. E. saptan seven, ḍati aff.
Saptati (सप्तति).—i. e. saptan + ti, numeral, f. Seventy, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 79.
Saptati (सप्तति).—[feminine] seventy.
1) Saptati (सप्तति):—[from saptan] f. 70 (with the counted noun in apposition or in [genitive case] [plural] or [in the beginning of a compound] or ifc.), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; ???] etc.; 70 years, [Manu-smṛti; Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work] (= sāṃkhyakārikā)
3) [v.s. ...] [dual number] 2 seventies, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] [plural] many sev°, [ib.]
Saptati (सप्तति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. Seventy.
Saptati (सप्तति):—(wie eben) f. siebzig [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 59.] [Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 1, 7.] das Gezählte congruirt im Casus mit dem Zahlwort, steht im gen. pl. oder geht im comp. voran oder nach. [Ṛgveda 2, 18, 5.] sa.ta.iṃ ca sa.ta ca [10, 93, 15. 8, 46, 26.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 25, 2. 19, 6, 16. 47, 3.] saptatiṃ padāni [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 8, 3, 14.] [LĀṬY. 9, 6, 10.] [Mahābhārata 1, 416. 13, 1032.] saptatyā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ [Harivaṃśa 9365.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 4, 43. 5, 1, 47.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 8, 25.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 17. 54, 84.] hāyana [BṚH. 69, 23.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 133, 4.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 52.] varṣa [?311. SĀṂKHYAK. 72 (HALL 4).] ein Siebzig so v. a. siebzig Jahre [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 394.] [Suśruta 1, 125, 4.] — Vgl. aṣṭā (auch [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8, 23]), eka (auch [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 22.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 46, 34]), catuḥ, tri (auch [Mahābhārata 4, 1732. 6, 5391]), dvā (auch [Praśnopaniṣad 3,
6) u.s.w.] śuka, śūnyatā, sāptatika .
Saptati (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 七十 [qī shí]: “seventy”.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Saptati (ಸಪ್ತತಿ):—[adjective] totaling to seventy.
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Saptati (ಸಪ್ತತಿ):—[noun] the cardinal number seventy; 70.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Saptati (ஸப்ததி) noun < saptati. Seventy; எழுபது. [ezhupathu.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Saptatihayana, Saptatika, Saptatima, Saptatiratnamalika, Saptatisambandha, Saptatisamkhyaka, Saptatitama.
Full-text (+47): Pancasaptati, Shukasaptati, Dvisaptati, Catuhsaptati, Ekasaptati, Dvasaptati, Saptasaptati, Trayahsaptati, Navasaptati, Shatsaptati, Saptatitama, Trisaptati, Ashtasaptati, Yatirajasaptati, Prakritasaptati, Prashnasaptati, Saptatisambandha, Suryasaptati, Vedantacaryasaptati, Saptatika.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.93.15 < [Sukta 93]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 11 - Rigveda VII.19: praise of Trasadasyu’s gifts < [Chapter 6 - Deities of Rigveda VII.50–X.17]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 874 < [Malayalam-English-Kannada (1 volume)]
Page 486 < [Malayalam-English (1 volume)]
Page 740 < [Kannada-English-Malayalam (1 volume)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)