Saptasapti, Saptan-sapti: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSaptasapti (सप्तसप्ति).—The Sun God with seven rays emitting fire before the deluge.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 2. 4; 55. 8.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaptasapti (सप्तसप्ति).—an epithet of the sun; सर्वैरुस्रैः समग्रैस्त्वमिव नृपगुणैर्दीप्यते सप्तसप्तिः (sarvairusraiḥ samagraistvamiva nṛpaguṇairdīpyate saptasaptiḥ) M.2.12; Ś.6.29; Kirātārjunīya 5.34.
Derivable forms: saptasaptiḥ (सप्तसप्तिः).
Saptasapti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saptan and sapti (सप्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptasapti (सप्तसप्ति).—m.
(-ptiḥ) The sun. E. sapta seven, sapti a horse.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptasapti (सप्तसप्ति).—m. the sun (properly, drawn by seven horses), [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 34.
Saptasapti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saptan and sapti (सप्ति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptasapti (सप्तसप्ति).—[adjective] having seven horses; [masculine] the sun.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saptasapti (सप्तसप्ति):—[=sapta-sapti] [from sapta > saptan] mfn. having 7 horses
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of the Sun (cf. saptāśva), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaptasapti (सप्तसप्ति):—[sapta-sapti] (ptiḥ) 2. m. The sun.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSaptasapti (ಸಪ್ತಸಪ್ತಿ):—[noun] = ಸಪ್ತಾಶ್ವ [saptashva].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 1 - Eulogy of the Sun-god in the Purāṇas < [Chapter 4 - Vedic Influence on the Sun-Worship in the Purāṇas]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Knowledge of Rhetoric (Alaṃkāra) in the Śiśupālavadha < [Introduction]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 43 - Establishment of Bhaṭṭāditya < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 32 - Arjuna’s Eulogy of the Sun-god < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 77 - The Vow of Saptamī in Houour of the Sun < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
Chapter 6: Translation and notes < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)
Chapter 6 - Shashtha-anka (sastho'nkah) < [Abhijnana Shakuntalam (text, translation, notes)]