Japahoma, Japa-homa: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJapahoma (जपहोम):—(japa + homa) m. dass.: japahomairapaityeno yājanādhyāpanaiḥ kṛtam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 111. 11, 34.] [Mahābhārata 12, 3756.] salilavikāre kuryātpūjāṃ vāruṇairmantraiḥ . taireva ca japahomam [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 51. 58.] homaka [RUDRAYĀM.] in [Oxforder Handschriften 88,b.] Nach den Uebersetzern des [Manu’s Gesetzbuch] leise Gebete und Opfer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJapahoma (जपहोम):—m. —
1) Sg. und Pl. eine im Hermurmeln von Gebeten bestehende Spende. [Mahābhārata 12,102,4] ist wohl homaṃśca zu lesen. —
2) Du. ein herzumurmelndes Gebet und eine Spende [Aufrecht 103,a,10.]
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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Starts with: Japahomaka, Japahomapaddhati.
Full-text: Japahomaka, Gayatrijapa, Japayajna, Mritasanjivani, Pujopakaranalakshana, Dikshabhisheka, Pujopakarana, Saptakotishvaralinga, Saptakotishvara, Yajurveda, Vishnutilaka, Pujasadhanalakshana, Ramamantrabheda, Patra, Abhivadana.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 144 - The Greatness of Dvādaśī Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 201 - The Greatness of Deva Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 203 - The Greatness of Koṭi Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 32 - The gift of golden earth < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chapter 33 - The mode of gifting the kalpa tree < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Chapter 6 - The origin and activities of Alakṣmī < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Sun-worship Vratas (52) Siddhārthakādi-saptamī < [Chapter 5 - Rituals Related to the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Part 8 - Purāṇic Religion and Its Link to the Vedic Tradition < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]
Varahi Tantra (English Study) (by Roberta Pamio)
Chapter 36 - The Pūjā (worship) of the Goddess Vārāhī < [Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra]
Chapter 5 - Details of Puraścaraṇa and Japa < [Summary of the Vārāhī Tantra]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.4.219 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]