Taptavaluka, Tapta-valuka, Taptavāluka, Taptavālukā: 5 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Taptavālukā (तप्तवालुका) refers to “hot sand”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering manual of the root-heart] “[...] If Nāgas are desirous of destroying that province, hot sand (taptavālukā) will fall on their heads. As many heads, tails and trunks they have, that many sword-rain showers fall on their bodies. Then all Nāgas will roam terrified and frightened. Then they send forth rain showers in Jambudvīpa duly at the proper time. All hostile Nāgas will be subdued. [...]”
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Taptavāluka (तप्तवालुक).—Name of different hells.
Derivable forms: taptavālukaḥ (तप्तवालुकः).
Taptavāluka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapta and vāluka (वालुक). See also (synonyms): taptaloha, taptaśūrmikuṇḍa, taptasurākuṇḍa, taptasūrmi.
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Taptavālukā (तप्तवालुका).—hot gravel; भुङ्क्ष्वैता भूयसी राजन्नर्जितास्तप्तवालुकाः (bhuṅkṣvaitā bhūyasī rājannarjitāstaptavālukāḥ) Kathāsaritsāgara 72.15.
Derivable forms: taptavālukāḥ (तप्तवालुकाः).
Taptavālukā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapta and vālukā (वालुका).
1) Taptavāluka (तप्तवालुक):—[=tapta-vāluka] [from tapta > tap] mfn. having hot gravel, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 30, 23]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a hell, [Padma-purāṇa v, 159, 3]
3) Taptavālukā (तप्तवालुका):—[=tapta-vālukā] [from tapta-vāluka > tapta > tap] f. [plural] hot gravel, [Kathāsaritsāgara lxxii, 105.]
Taptavāluka (तप्तवालुक):—[tapta-vāluka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
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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: Tapta, Valuka.
Full-text: Taptaloha, Taptasurmi, Taptasurakunda, Taptashurmikunda.
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