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Japa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Japa (जप):—(von jap)

1) adj. flüsternd, raunend; s. japatā, karṇejapa, kujapa . —

2) m. parox. [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa] oxyt. gaṇa uñchādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 160.] das flüsternde Aufsagen eines Gebetes, Liedes u.s.w.; ein auf diese Weise hergesagtes Gebet [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 61.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 7, 46.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 842.] hotṛ [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 38.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 31.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 4, 1, 9.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 1, 18. 38. 9, 25, 2.] devasya tveti purastājjapaḥ [LĀṬY. 2, 7, 13.] brahma [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 3. 137.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 34.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 74. 11, 200.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 22. 3, 309.] [Mahābhārata 3, 12837.] [Suśruta 1, 21, 19.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 31.] jepatuḥ paramaṃ japam [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 25, 3.] — Vgl. jāpa .

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Japā (जपा):—f. die chinesische Rose [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1147.] [Meghadūta 37, v. l.] [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 17,b.] — Vgl. javā .

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Jāpa (जाप):—(von jap) m. = japa das Flüstern, das flüsternde Aufsagen eines Gebetes; das auf diese Weise hergesagte Gebet [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] jāpaṃ samāpya [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 31, 31.] jāpahomaparāyaṇa [51, 27.] — Vgl. karṇajāpa .

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Japā (जपा):—[Rāmāyaṇa 7, 35, 23.] [Śiśupālavadha 9, 8.]

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Jāpa (जाप):—, an der ersten Stelle, wo das Metrum eine Länge verlangt, liest die ed. Bomb. jāpyaṃ, an der zweiten japa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Japa (जप):——

1) Adj. flüsternd , raunend. —

2) m. das halblaute Aufsagen eines Gebets , Liedes u.s.w. ein auf diese Weiser hergesagtes Gebet.

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Japā (जपा):—f. Hibiscus_rosa sinensis [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 28,14.]

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Jāpa (जाप):—m. das Flüstern. Auch fehlerhaft für jāpya und japa.

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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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