Mahapataka, Mahāpātaka, Maha-pataka: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāpātaka (महापातक):—[(ma + pā)] n. ein schweres Verbrechen, deren fünf namhaft gemacht werden: Brahmanenmord, Genuss von Branntwein, Diebstahl, Unzucht mit der Frau des Lehrers und Umgang mit denen, die sich eines jener vier Verbrechen schuldig gemacht haben; vgl. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 54. - 245. 257.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 206.] manye nirdhanatā prakāmamaparaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ mahāpātakam [Spr. 3098.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 174, 10.] pañcaka [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 25,17.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 51,57.] [Oxforder Handschriften 74,b,43. 281,b,9.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 356,5], wo vielleicht mahāpātakapāpiṣṭhaiḥ zu lesen ist.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāpātaka (महापातक):—n. ein schweres Verbrechen ( Brahmanenmord , Genuss von Branntwein , Diebstahl , Unzucht mit der Frau des Lehrers und Umgang mit solchen , die sich jener Verbrechen schuldig gemacht haben ) [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra]
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Partial matches: Maha, Pataka.
Starts with: Mahapatakachihnita, Mahapatakacihnita.
Ends with: Pancamahapataka, Panchamahapataka.
Full-text: Upapataka, Suvarnasteya, Mahapapa, Pancamahapataka, Anupataka, Mahapatakin, Makapatakam, Pancamahapatakin, Khanitra, Mahapataki, Pancanantarya, Panca-aparadha, Pataka, Sura, Dash-aparadha, Prakama, Mahapatakacihnita, Puja.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.54 < [Section VI - Offences: their Classification]
Verse 11.245 < [Section XXXI - Austerity (tapas): its Value]
Verse 11.259 < [Section XXXII - Expiation of Secret Sins]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.20.3 < [Chapter 20 - The Killing of Pralamba]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.2.146 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Verse 2.1.103 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 7 - On the curses of Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī and Lakṣmī < [Book 9]
Chapter 14 - On the greatness in holding the Bibhūti < [Book 11]
Chapter 34 - On the description of the various hells < [Book 9]
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
6.1.4. Expiatory Rites in Vasiṣṭha-dharmasūtra < [Chapter 1 - Expiatory Rites: Concept and Evolution]
6.2.1. Expiatory Rites in Manusmṛti < [Chapter 1 - Expiatory Rites: Concept and Evolution]
1.3. Expiatory Rites in Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 106 - Glorification of Brāhmaṇas < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 227 - Means to Save One from Tortures in Hells < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 1 - Praise of Kārttika Vow < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]
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