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Taptakancana, Tapta°ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹, Tapta-kancana: 3 definitions

Introduction:

Taptakancana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Taptakanchana.

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Tapta°ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹ (तपà¥à¤¤à¤•ाञà¥à¤šà¤¨) refers to “heated goldâ€�, according to the ManthÄnabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess KubjikÄ.—Accordingly, “[...] She has eighteen eyes and great arms, above and below. She is illumined by great jewels and her beautiful light is like heated gold [i.e., ³Ù²¹±è³Ù²¹°ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹-²õ³Ü±è°ù²¹²ú³óÄå]. The mantra on her head is divided into twenty-seven divisions and twenty-seven depositions (²Ô²âÄå²õ²¹). The goddess of the gods, she is the mistress of the hosts (of the god’s attendants). She is comfortably seated on a lion throne and shines beautifully, dark blue and red. [...]â€�.

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Shakta (शाकà¥à¤�, Å›Äkta) or Shaktism (Å›Äktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tapta°ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹ (तपà¥à¤¤à¤•ांचà¤�).—n S Heated (and purified) gold. Ex. ta0 jaisÄ“á¹� suá¸hÄḷa || taisÄ“á¹� nirmaḷa nijÄá¹…ga tujhÄ“á¹� ||.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tapta°ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹ (तपà¥à¤¤à¤•ाञà¥à¤šà¤¨).—gold purified with fire.

Derivable forms: ³Ù²¹±è³Ù²¹°ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹³¾ (तपà¥à¤¤à¤•ाञà¥à¤šà¤¨à¤®à¥).

Tapta°ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tapta and °ìÄåñ³¦²¹²Ô²¹ (काञà¥à¤šà¤¨).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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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