Japtavya: 4 definitions
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Japtavya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric TraditionsJaptavya (啶溹お啷嵿い啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渢hat which is to be recited鈥�, according to the Mata峁単ap膩rame艣vara (with R膩maka峁囜弓ha鈥檚 commentary).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] [R膩maka峁囜弓ha]:鈥擭ow if you ask what this 惫颈诲测腻惫谤补迟补 is which he must have observed, this is what the text teaches: The power of the 惫颈诲测腻 that is mentioned here [in this compound 惫颈诲测腻惫谤补迟补] is first to be recited [i.e., japtavya] for a year in a temple to 艢iva, while exercising control of the senses, maintaining purity, eating daily [only the sacrificial gruel known as] caru, sleeping on the ground in the room reserved for 辫奴箩腻 and fire[-sacrifice] on a spread of 办耻艣补-grass, with his mind engaged [in meditation], focussed. [R膩maka峁囜弓ha]:鈥擨t [viz. the power of the 惫颈诲测腻] is the 惫测辞尘补惫测腻辫颈苍.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryJaptavya (啶溹お啷嵿い啶掂啶�):鈥擺from jap] mfn. to be muttered, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺 vii, 23, 4, 28; Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it膩 vli, 72; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺, iv, 24, 31.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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