Suryatapa, Sūryātapa, Surya-atapa: 8 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureSūryātapa (सूर्यातप) refers to the “hotness of the Sun”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [after the Bhagavān taught the great heart-dhāraṇī], “[...] If it is otherwise and you neglect the Tathāgata’s authorization and his dignity of speech, then all Nāga residences are ignited and burnt. [...] Running around with burnt radiance, heated by the hotness of the Sun (sūryātapa-paritāpitā), let them be burnt with their bodies heated. They will be seized by various diseases, misfortune and trouble. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySūryātapa (सूर्यातप).—heat or glare of the sun, sunshine.
Derivable forms: sūryātapaḥ (सूर्यातपः).
Sūryātapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūrya and ātapa (आतप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySūryātapa (सूर्यातप).—m. sunshine, [Pañcatantra] 121, 13; heat of the sun, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 1, 10.
Sūryātapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūrya and ātapa (आतप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySūryātapa (सूर्यातप).—[masculine] the heat of the sun.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySūryātapa (सूर्यातप):—[from sūrya > sūr] m. the sun’s heat (pe-√dā, ‘to expose to the sun’ [Macdonell’s Dictionary, etc.]), [Kāvya literature]
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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 corpusSūryātapa (ಸೂರ್ಯಾತಪ):—[noun] the heat of the sun.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySūryātapa (सूर्यातप):—n. the sun; the sunshine;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Surya, Atapa.
Starts with: Suryatapacchinnadrishti, Suryatapaparikshipta, Suryatapas.
Full-text: Suryatapaparikshipta, Suryatapacchinnadrishti, Atapa, Tapita, Paritapita, Pratapana, Kship.
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