Mahatapas, Mahātapas, Maha-tapas: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahātapas (महातपस्):—[(ma + ta)]
1) adj. strenge Askese übend [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 107.] [Mahābhārata 1, 7689. 5, 6014. 7000. 7123. 7270.] [Nalopākhyāna 14, 5.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 31, 3. 52, 6. 55, 12. Śiva] [Mahābhārata 13, 1152. 1164.] —
2) m. a) Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 71.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Muni [Oxforder Handschriften 58,a,2] [?(Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 485. fg.). Hitopadeśa 113,6.]
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Mahātapas (महातपस्):—
2) b) [Kathāsaritsāgara 101, 16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahātapas (महातपस्):——
1) Adj. — a) sehr betrübt [61,12.] — b) strenge Askese übend. —
2) m. — a) *Beiname Viṣṇu's. — b) Nomen proprium eines Muni.
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: Mahatapashcita, Mahatapasvin.
Ends with: Sumahatapas.
Full-text: Mahatapahsaptami, Sumahatapas, Maha, Dirghatapas.
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 98 - Thousand names of Śiva (Sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 35 - Śiva-sahasranāma: the thousand names of Śiva < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
History of Lakulisa-Pasupata order < [Chapter 1 - The Historical Context]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter CI < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]