Taponitya, Tapas-nitya: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTaponitya (तपोनित्य).—adj. practising perpetually religious austerities, 14, 264.
Taponitya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapas and nitya (नित्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Taponitya (तपोनित्य):—[=tapo-nitya] [from tapo > tap] mfn. devoting one’s self incessantly to religious austerities, [Mahābhārata iii, xiv]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man (with the [patronymic] Pauruśiṣṭi), [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka vii, 9, 1.]
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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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Partial matches: Nitya, Tapo, Tapas.
Full-text: Atmanitya.
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Taittiriya Upanishad (by A. Mahadeva Sastri)
Lesson IX - Upāsaka’s Duties < [Book I - Shiksha Valli]
Atithi or Guest Reception (study) (by Sarika. P.)
Part 1 - Introduction to the Dharmaśāstra Literature < [Chapter 5 - The Dharmaśāstra Literature]