Taptamasha, Taptamāṣa, Tapta-masha, Tapta-māṣa: 1 definition
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTaptamāṣa (ತಪ್ತಮಾಷ):—[noun] an instance of holding or an ordinance to hold a fistful of black gram in one’s fist putting the hand in a vessel containing boiling ghee and other hot materials, as a method of proving one’s honesty, chastity, integrity or innocence.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Masha, Tapta.
Starts with: Taptamashaka.
Full-text: Divya.
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The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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Shukra Niti by Shukracharya (by Benoy Kumar Sarkar)