Taptakricchra, Taptakṛcchra, Tapta-kricchra: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Taptakṛcchra can be transliterated into English as Taptakrcchra or Taptakricchra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Taptakrichchhra.
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Taptakṛcchra (तप्तकृच्छ्र).—a kind of penance consisting in drinking hot water, milk and ghee for three days each, and inhaling hot air for three days; Manusmṛti 11.214; Y.3.318.
Derivable forms: taptakṛcchram (तप्तकृच्छ्रम्).
Taptakṛcchra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapta and kṛcchra (कृच्छ्र).
Taptakṛcchra (तप्तकृच्छ्र).—n.
(-cchraṃ) A sort of penance, drinking hot water, milk, and ghee for three days each, and inhaling hot air for three days. E. tapta heated, kṛcchra penance.
Taptakṛcchra (तप्तकृच्छ्र).—m. and n. a kind of penance, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 214.
Taptakṛcchra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapta and kṛcchra (कृच्छ्र).
Taptakṛcchra (तप्तकृच्छ्र).—[masculine] [neuter] a kind of penance.
Taptakṛcchra (तप्तकृच्छ्र):—[=tapta-kṛcchra] [from tapta > tap] m. n. a kind of religious austerity (drinking hot water, milk, and ghee for 3 days each, and inhaling hot air for 3 days), [Manu-smṛti xi, 157 and 215; Yājñavalkya iii, 318.]
Taptakṛcchra (तप्तकृच्छ्र):—[tapta-kṛcchra] (cchraṃ) 1. n. A sort of penance, drinking hot water, milk or ghee for three days each, and inhaling hot air.
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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: Kricchra, Tapta.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.214 < [Section XXIX - Description of the Expiatory Penances]
Verse 11.156 < [Section XVII - Expiation for the Sin of taking Forbidden Food]
Verse 11.150 < [Section XVII - Expiation for the Sin of taking Forbidden Food]
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 14 - Directions Regarding Dharma and Propitiatory rites < [Part 1 - Prathama-pāda]
Chapter 30 - The Mode of Expiation < [Part 1 - Prathama-pāda]
Ritual drink in the Iranian and Indian traditions (by Nawaz R. Guard)
20. The drink associated with various Kricchras < [Chapter 7 - Drinks under Prayashcittas and ordeals]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 19 - Purificatory Acts for Other Sins < [Section 4 - Brahma-khaṇḍa (Section on Brahman)]
Chapter 126 - The Importance of Māgha As Told by Dattātreya < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 47 - The Birth of Garuḍa < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Gautama Dharmasutra (by Gautama)
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