कुतप

{ kutapḥ, kutapa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KUTAPA   After-noon, considered to be auspicious for performing obsequies. The offerings made to Pitṛs at Kutapa are the best. [Ādi Parva, Southern text, Chapter 93] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

The eighth portion of the day, the period of noon. An eligible time for sacrifices to the manes.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. सुर्योदयापासुन आठवा मुहुर्त ; मध्यान्हकाळ ; पितृयज्ञ करण्यास योग्य वेळ . ( सं . कुतप )
 न. भारतीय वृंदसंगीत . - के ३० . ६ . १९३९ .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कु—तप  mfn.  a mfn. slightly hot, [W.]

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कु—तप  mn.  mn. ( g. अर्धर्चा-दि) a sort of blanket (made of the hair of the mountain goat), [Gaut.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [VarBṛS.]

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कु—तप  m.  m. the कुश grass ( Poa cynosuroides), [Hcat.]

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the eighth मुहूर्त or portion of the day from the last दण्ड of the second watch to the first of the third or about noon (an eligible time for the performance of sacrifices to the Manes), [MBh. xiii, 6040]; [MatsyaP.]
grain, [L.]
a daughter's son, [L.]
a sister's son, [L.]
a twice-born man (one of the first three classes), [L.]
a Brāhman, [L.]
a guest, [L.]
the sun, [L.]
fire, [L.]
an ox, [L.]
a kind of musical instrument, [L.]
कु-तप    b &c. See, ib.

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कुतपः [kutapḥ]   1 A Brāhmaṇa.
A twice-born man (द्विजन्मन्).
The sun.
Fire
A guest.
An ox, a bull.
A daughter's son.
A sister's son.
Grain.
The eighth Muhūrta of the day; [Mb.13.126.36;] cf. अह्नो मुहूर्ता विख्याता दश पञ्च च सर्वदा । तत्राष्टमो मुहूर्तो यः स कालः कुतपः स्मृतः ॥
A musical instrument.
A time suitable for the performance of sacrifices to the manes.
पम् The Kuśa grass.-Comp.
-अष्टकम्   eight कुतपs namely, मध्याह्न, शृङ्गपात्र, ऊर्णावस्त्र, रौप्य, दर्भ, वत्स, धेनु, दौहित्र.
-सप्तकम्   seven things to be given in honour of the dead at the श्राद्ध ceremony, namely, शृङ्गपात्र, ऊर्णावस्त्र, रौप्यधातु, कुशतृण, सवत्सा धेनुः, अपराह्णकाल, कृष्णतिल.

Shabda-Sagara

कुतप  mfn.  ( -पः-पा-पं) Slightly hot, mild, tepid.
 mn.  ( -पः-पं)
1. The eight Muhurta or portion of the day, from the last Danda of the second watch to the first of the third or about noon; an eligible time for the performance of sacrifices to the manes.
2. A daughter's son. 3. A musical instrument.
4. A sort of blanket made of the hair of the mountain goat.
5. Sacrificial grass, (Poa cynosuroides.)
 m.  ( -पः) 1. The. sun.
2. Fire.
3. A twice born man, one of the three first classes.
4. A guest.
5. A sister's son.
6. An ox.
E. कु the earth, and तप what warms, or कु diminutive, and तप heat; the sun being on the decline, &c.

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