Japa: 38 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJapa (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 FassungJapa (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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Starts with (+167): Japa-kusum, Japa-pushpee, Japa-pushpi, Japaa, Japaa-kusum, Japaapushpa, Japadhyana, Japagayatrisamkalpa, Japaguttu, Japahoma, Japahomaka, Japahomapaddhati, Japajapya, Japaka, Japakavalige, Japakhya, Japakimshuka, Japakoti, Japakshitija, Japakusum.
Ends with (+48): Ajapa, Ajapagayatrijapa, Ajapajapa, Alijapa, Amajjapa, Balajapa, Bhakshajapa, Brahmajapa, Devajapa, Dolajapa, Gahajapa, Gayatrijapa, Golasanjapa, Grahajapa, Hamsamantrajapa, Hotrijapa, Hotrisamsthajapa, Ijapa, Jipi japa, Karnajapa.
Full-text (+726): Karnajapa, Japamala, Ajapa, Upajapa, Java, Japayajna, Prajapa, Japapushpa, Karnejapa, Japakusuma, Japaparayana, Anvaroha, Vyupajapa, Japahoma, Rudrajapa, Hotrisamsthajapa, Japaka, Tushnimjapa, Japam, Shivamantrajapa.
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Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati (study) (by J. P. Prajith)
42. Description of Sudarsana (rites and rituals) < [Chapter 4 - Worship of Gods and Goddesses]
36. Description of Vishnu (rites and rituals) < [Chapter 4 - Worship of Gods and Goddesses]
32. Description of Surya (rites and rituals) < [Chapter 4 - Worship of Gods and Goddesses]
Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 17 - The glorification of the syllable Om and the five-syllabled mantra < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]
Chapter 23 - The glorification of the Rudrākṣa and of the names of Śiva < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]
Chapter 14 - The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (3) < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 38 - Procedure of Practising the Royal mantra
Chapter 43 - Types of Initiation and True Service of the Preceptor
Chapter 35 - The preparation of materials of worship in Mahāpadmāṭavī
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.153 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.2.12 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.2.28 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 49 - Installation of Aghoreśa < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chapter 85 - The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (pañcākṣara-māhātmya) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 89 - Characteristics of good conduct (sadācāra) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 85 - Greatness of Sannihitā < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 6 - The Greatness of Vasudhārā < [Section 3 - Badarikāśrama-māhātmya]
Chapter 25 - Agastya visits Skanda < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
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