Tapodhana, Tapas-dhana: 22 definitions
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Tapodhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Tapodhana (तपोधन) refers to “Sages”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.38 (“Description of the dais or maṇḍapa”).—Accordingly, as Himavat prepared the wedding of Menā and Śiva: “[...] Bhṛgu and other sages (tapodhana), secondary gods, Siddhas and others were represented by Viśvakarman. A wonderful image of Viṣṇu with his attendants, Garuḍa and others was created by him with wonderful features. I too was portrayed as surrounded by my sons, Vedas and Siddhas. O Nārada, I was represented as reciting the hymns. An artificial image of Indra seated on Airāvata and accompanied by his attendants was made by him looking as beautiful as the full moon. [...]”.
1a) Tapodhana (तपोधन).—(Paulastya): a sage of the epoch of the 4th Sāvarṇa Manu.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 1. 92.
1b) A son of Tāmasa Manu.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 9. 17.
1c) A sage of the XII epoch of Manu.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 2. 35.
1d) A son of Bhṛgu, the avatār of the Lord.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 149.
Tapodhana (तपोधन) refrers to one of the ten sons of Tāmasa Manu (of the fourth manvantara), according to the Harivaṃśa-purāṇa 1.7.20-29:—“In the Tāmasa-manvantara there were the gods called Satya. Tāmasa Manu had ten very strong sons, known as Dyuti, Tapasya, Sutapa, Tapomūla, Tapodhana, Taparati, Kalmāṣa, Tanvī, Dhanvī and Paraṃtapa. All of them were owned by vāyu”.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Tapodhana (तपोधन) is the name of a hermit (Muni) who taught the sciences (vidyā) to the two sons of the Sārvabhauma (emperor) Merudhvaja, as mentioned to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 118. Accordingly, as Indra said to emperor Merudhvaja: “... Muktāphaladhvaja and his younger brother [Malayadhvaja] shall obtain from the hermit Tapodhana the sciences and all weapons and a creature to ride on, that shall possess the power of assuming any shape”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Tapodhana, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Tapodhanā (तपोधना) is another name for Śrāvaṇī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.17-18 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Tapodhanā and Śrāvaṇī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
India history and geography
Tapodhana.—(CITD), in Telugu-Kannaḍa records, often used to indicate Jain monks; in Orissan records, a Śaiva ascetic. Note: tapodhana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Tapodhana in India is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia vulgaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artemisia opulenta Pampanini (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1989)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1988)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1991)
· Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (1987)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1987)
· Intern. Med.
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tapodhana, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
tapodhana : (m.) monk (lit. rich in asceticism).
[Pali to Burmese]
tapodhana—
(Burmese text): (အကျင့်သိက္ခာလျှင် ဥစ္စာရှိသော) ရဟန်း။
(Auto-Translation): (The monk with moral virtue.)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
tapōdhana (तपोधन).—m (S Whose austerities and devotions constitute his wealth.) A term of address, in epistles or otherwise, to Gosavis and other ascetics or devotees.
tapōdhana (तपोधन) [-nidhī, -निधी].—m A term of address to Gosavis, &c.
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
Tapodhana (तपोधन).—a.
1) rich in religious penance.
2) pious, ascetic.
3) consisting in penance,
-naḥ 'rich in penance', an ascetic, devotee; रम्यास्तपोधनानां क्रियाः (ramyāstapodhanānāṃ kriyāḥ) Ś.1.13; शमप्रधानेषु तपोधनेषु (śamapradhāneṣu tapodhaneṣu) 2.7;4.1; Śiśupālavadha 1.23; R.14.19; Manusmṛti 11.242.
Tapodhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapas and dhana (धन).
Tapodhana (तपोधन).—m.
(-naḥ) A devotee, an ascetic, one who performs religious penance. f.
(-nā) A plant: see muṇḍīrī. E. tapasa religious austerity, and dhana wealth tapodhanaṃ yasya .
Tapodhana (तपोधन).—adj., f. nā. 1. devout; subst. m. an ascetic, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 241. 2. Consisting in devotion, Mahābhārata 13, 2727.
Tapodhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapas and dhana (धन).
Tapodhana (तपोधन).—[adjective] rich in penance, ascetic, pious; [masculine] a devout or pious man.
1) Tapodhana (तपोधन):—[=tapo-dhana] [from tapo > tap] mf(ā)n. rich in religious austerities, (m.) a great ascetic, [Manu-smṛti xi, 242; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa ii, 69, 62 etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a son of Manu Tāmasa, [i, 7, 23]
3) [v.s. ...] of a Ṛṣi of the 12th Manv-antara, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa iii, 2, 34]
4) [v.s. ...] of a Muni, [Kathāsaritsāgara cxvii, 125]
5) [v.s. ...] = pasvipattra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Tapodhanā (तपोधना):—[=tapo-dhanā] [from tapo-dhana > tapo > tap] f. Sphaeranthus mollis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Tapodhana (तपोधन):—[tapo-dhana] (naḥ) 1. m. A devotee. f. (nā) The name of a creeping plant.
Tapodhana (तपोधन):—(tapas + dhana)
1) adj. f. ā dessen Besitz in Askese, in Frömmigkeit besteht: a) asketisch, fromm; subst. Asket, ein frommer Mann [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 76,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 173.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 183.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 241. Nalopākhyāna 12, 49.] [Sundopasundopākhyāna 2, 15.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 57, 4. 60, 18.] [Śākuntala 13. 40. 76. 110.] [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 19.] puruṣottama [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 31, 11.] f. [Mahābhārata 5, 7347. 13, 6795.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 36, 19. 3, 4, 1. 41, 34. 5, 21, 21.] — b) in Askese —, in Frömmigkeit bestehend: dharmadvāra [Mahābhārata 13, 2727.] den Besitz von Askese —, Frömmigkeit verleihend: sarvaratnavaraḥ svarge pārijātastapodhanaḥ [Harivaṃśa 7274.] —
2) m. a) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Manu Tāmasa [Harivaṃśa] [LANGL. I, 38.] tapośana Calc. Ausg. [428.] — b) Name einer Pflanze, = damanaka [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] = vulg. davaṇā Artemisia [NIGH. PR.] Vgl. tapasvipattra . —
3) f. ā Name eines Pflanze, Sphaeranthus mollis Roxb., = muṇḍīrī [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = vulg. muṃḍī [NIGH. PR.]
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Tapodhana (तपोधन):—
2) a) Nomen proprium eines Muni [Kathāsaritsāgara 117, 125.]
Tapodhana (तपोधन):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) dessen Besitz in Askese besteht , asketisch , fromm. —
2) m. — a) Asket , ein frommer Mann [Mahābhārata 13,52,12.] [Harivaṃśa 2,69,62.] — b) *eine Artemisia [Rājan 10,147.] — c) Nomen proprium — α) eines Sohnes des Manu Tāmasa [Harivaṃśa 1,7,23.] — β) eines Muni. —
3) *f. ā Sphaeranthus mollis.
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
Tapōdhana (ತಪೋಧನ):—[noun] a man whose pursuit is but meditation and austere, moral life.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Tapodhana (तपोधन):—adj. accepting penance as property/essence of life;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Tapo, Ta po, Da po, Tapas, Tapasa, Dhana, Tapa, Tana.
Starts with: Tapodhanagana.
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