Taptakumbha, Tapta-kumbha: 9 definitions
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Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaTaptakumbha (तप्तकुम्भ).—A hell. There are twentyeight hells according to Viṣṇu Purāṇa including Taptakumbha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexTaptakumbha (तप्तकुम्भ).—(Taptakuṇḍa, Viṣṇu-purāṇa); a hell, into which fall disloyal government servants, dealers in horses, gaolers, and women, those who have sexual intercourse with sisters, preceptor's wife, incestuous offenders, murderers of Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas and slayers of royal emissary.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 2. 147, 156; Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 146, 154; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 6. 2 and 9-10.
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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTaptakumbha (तप्तकुम्भ).—Name of a hell.
Derivable forms: taptakumbhaḥ (तप्तकुम्भः).
Taptakumbha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapta and kumbha (कुम्भ). See also (synonyms): taptakūpa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTaptakumbha (तप्तकुम्भ).—m.
(-mbhaḥ) A hell. E. tapta, and kumbha a jar.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTaptakumbha (तप्तकुम्भ).—m. the name of a hell, Mārk. P. 12, 34.
Taptakumbha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapta and kumbha (कुम्भ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Taptakumbha (तप्तकुम्भ):—[=tapta-kumbha] [from tapta > tap] m. a heated or red-hot jar, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa xii, 34 f.; xiv, 87]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a hell, [ib.] (cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India p.232]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTaptakumbha (तप्तकुम्भ):—[tapta-kumbha] (mbhaḥ) 1. m. A hell.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Tapta, Kumbha.
Full-text: Taptakupa, Naraka, Kumbhipaka, Kumbha, Avici.
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Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto XII - Conversation between the father and son (continued)
Canto XIV - Conversation between the father and son (continued)
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LVII - Cosmogeny of Hell and the nether regions < [Agastya Samhita]
Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 6 - The hell realms < [Book Two: The Word]
Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
7. Ministry (or Council) < [Chapter 11 - Political Structure]
Appendix 11 - Alphabetical list of Hells
5. Sub-castes and Occupations < [Social Structure]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)