Tanunaptra, Tānūnaptra: 4 definitions
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Tānūnaptra (तानूनप्त्र).—[neuter] a cert. ceremony relating to Agni Tanūnapāt ([ritual or religion]).
1) Tānūnaptra (तानूनप्त्र):—[from tāna] n. a ceremony in which Tanū-napāt (-naptṛ) is invoked and the oblation touched by the sacrificer and the priests as a form of adjuration, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā iii, 1, 2, 2; Kapiṣṭhala-saṃhitā xxxviii, 2] (-tva n. abstr.), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa i, 24] (also -tva), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iii]
2) [v.s. ...] used in that ceremony, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra viii; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra v; Lāṭyāyana v; Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra]
Tānūnaptra (तानूनप्त्र):—
1) n. eine Schwurhandlung, bei welcher unter Anrufung des Tanūnapāt (= Tanūnaptar) das Ājya vom Opfernden und von den Priestern berührt wird: yadvaruṇasya rājño gṛhe tanūḥ saṃnyadadhata tattānūptramabhavat tattānūnaptrasya tānūnaptratvam [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 24.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 4, 2, 8. 3, 1. 12. 13.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 1, 2, 2.] satānūnaptrin heisst der Genosse bei dem Tānūnaptra - Gelöbniss: na satānūnaptriṇe drogdhavyam [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 24.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 4, 2, 9.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 1, 26.] —
2) adj. bei dieser Handlung gebraucht: ājya [ĀPASTAMBA] bei [Sāyaṇa] zu [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 24.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 1, 24. 23.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 8, 2.] [LĀṬY. 5, 6, 6.]
Tānūnaptra (तानूनप्त्र):——
1) n. eine Schwurhandlung , bei welcher unter Anrufung des Tanūnaptar das Ājya vom Opfernden und von den Priestern berührt wird. pātra n. [Vaitānasūtra] Nom.abstr. naptratva n. [Kapiṣṭhalakaṭhasaṃhita 38,2.] —
2) Adj. bei dieser Handlung gebraucht.
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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Archives of Social Sciences of Religions
The Contractual Bodies of the Gods: Insights on the Tānūnaptra Rite < [Volume 59-1 (1985)]
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 2.4: Rite of hospitality in honour of Soma (ātithyeṣṭi) < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]
Aitareya Brahmana (a comprehensive analysis) (by Sanghamitra Mukherjee)
The Tānūnaptra Rite < [Chapter 1 - Rituals]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda III, adhyaya 4, brahmana 2 < [Third Kanda]
Kanda III, adhyaya 4, brahmana 3 < [Third Kanda]
Paraskara-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)