Tulapurushadana, Tulāpuruṣadāna: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Tulāpuruṣadāna can be transliterated into English as Tulapurusadana or Tulapurushadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaTulāpuruṣadāna (तुलापुरुषदान).—See under Merudāna.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTulāpuruṣadāna (तुलापुरुषदान).—n.
(-naṃ) Gift of gold or valuables of the weight of the donor. E. tulāpuruṣa, and dāna gift.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryTulāpuruṣadāna (तुलापुरुषदान):—[=tulā-puruṣa-dāna] [from tulā-puruṣa > tulā > tul] n. gift of gold etc. equal to a man’s weight, [Atharva-veda.Pariś. x; Yājñavalkya iii] (named as a penance), [Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa ii; Matsya-purāṇa cclxxiii; Liṅga-purāṇa ii, 28; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi i, 4 f]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTulāpuruṣadāna (तुलापुरुषदान):—[tulāpuruṣa-dāna] (naṃ) 1. n. A gift of gold, the weight of the donor.
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: Tulapurusha, Dana, Tana.
Starts with: Tulapurushadanapaddhati, Tulapurushadanaprakarana, Tulapurushadanaprayoga, Tulapurushadanavidhi.
Full-text: Tulapurana, Mahadana.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 267 - Importance of Tulāpuruṣadāna (Tulāpuruṣa-dāna) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 5 - The Greatness of Viśālā < [Section 3 - Badarikāśrama-māhātmya]
Chapter 268 - Description of Pṛthvīdāna (Pṛthvī-dāna) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
Other works dealing with the history and culture of Kerala < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
8. Balarama Bharatam by Balarama Varma Maharaja < [Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Sanskrit works bearing on Kerala history]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 119 - In Praise of a Fast for a Month < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
4. Ritual Gift as a Mode of Expiation < [Chapter 4 - Socio-Cultural aspects of Expiatory Rites]