Ritapa, Ṛtapā: 4 definitions
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Ritapa has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ṛtapā can be transliterated into English as Rtapa or Ritapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṚtapā (ऋतपा):—(ṛta + pā) adj. das Rechte —, die Ordnung wahrend; am Glauben —, am Gesetz festhaltend; die Uṣas [Ṛgveda 1, 113, 12.] Agni [3, 20, 4.] agne.sa kṣeṣadṛta.ā ṛte.ā u.u jyotirnaśate deva.uṣṭe [6, 3, 1. 7, 20, 6.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 17, 80.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungṚtapā (ऋतपा):—Adj. das heilige Gesetz u.s.w. wahrend.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Ritaparna, Ritapatra.
Ends with: Amritapa, Apritapa, Ghritapa, Jitatritapa, Mritapa, Muritapa, Paritapa, Samsaraparitapa, Shritapa, Tritapa.
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