Shatapatha, Śatapatha: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śatapatha can be transliterated into English as Satapatha or Shatapatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śatapatha (शतपथ).—A Janapada.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 110.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śatapatha (शतपथ).—[adjective] having a hundred paths, many-sided; [masculine] & brāhmaṇa [neuter] T. of a Brāhmaṇa.
1) Śatapatha (शतपथ):—[=śata-patha] [from śata] mfn. having a h° (id est. numerous) paths, very many-sided, [Mahābhārata; Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] proceeding in a h° ways, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
3) [v.s. ...] m. = next
4) Śātapatha (शातपथ):—[=śāta-patha] [from śāta] mf(ī)n. relating or belonging to or based upon the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa, [Kāśikā-vṛtti; Śaṃkarācārya]
5) [v.s. ...] = śatapatha-br, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
Śatapatha (शतपथ):—gana devapathādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 100. Kārikā.] bei [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 60]; vgl. [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 64.]
1) adj. hundertpfadig: brāhmaṇamukha [Mahābhārata 12, 13198.] manas [Oxforder Handschriften 224,b, No. 546.] —
2) m. Name eines zur [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā] gehörigen, in zwei Recensionen erhaltenen, von [ALBRECHT WEBER] herausgegebenen Brāhmaṇa, [Mahābhārata 12, 11734. 11739.] [CARAṆAVYŪHA] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 269.] brāhmaṇa [Scholiast] zu [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 129] (wohl brāhmaṇe zu lesen). — Vgl. śātapatha .
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Śātapatha (शातपथ):—adj. (f. ī) zum Śatapathabrāhmaṇa in Beziehung stehend, zu ihm gehörig, darauf beruhend u.s.w. [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 60.] śruti [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 16.] prasiddhi [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 274.]
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
Śatapatha (ಶತಪಥ):—[noun] the well known brāhmaṇa (Saṃskṛta text, containing one hundred chapters) attached to Vājasanēyi samhita (Śukla yajurvēda).
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Śatapatha (ಶತಪಥ):—
1) [noun] a walking a short distance to and fro several times.
2) [noun] ಶತಪಥ ಹಾಕು [shatapatha haku] śatapatha hāku to walk a short distance to and fro reteadedly several times.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches (+0): Shata, Pata, Patta.
Starts with (+0): Shatapathabrahmana, Shatapathabrahmananuvakasamkhya, Shatapathambogu, Shatapathambrahmana, Shatapathashruti, Shatapathavrahmana.
Full-text (+6208): Shatapathabrahmana, Shatapathambrahmana, Shatapathashruti, Shatapathika, Kanvashatapathabrahmanam, Videha, Vajasaneyi-brahmana, Chandoga, Ashvamedha, Shatapathiya, Rajjavya, Vrikshya, Udac, Shvayatha, Shatapathambogu, Sphurjaka, Shatapada, Rajjudala, Shatapadamgey, Balkasa.
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