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महासांतपन

   
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महासांतपन     

हिन्दी (hindi) WN | Hindi  Hindi
noun  एक व्रत विशेष   Ex. महासांतपन में पाँच दिन तक पंचगव्य फिर छठे दिन कुश जल पीकर सातवें दिन उपवास किया जाता है ।
ONTOLOGY:
सामाजिक कार्य (Social)कार्य (Action)अमूर्त (Abstract)निर्जीव (Inanimate)संज्ञा (Noun)
Wordnet:
benমহাসান্তপন
gujમહાસાંતપન
kasمہاسانت پن
malമഹാസന്താപന വ്രതം
oriମହାସାନ୍ତପନ ବ୍ରତ
panਮਹਾਂਸਾਂਤਪਨ
sanमहासान्तपनम्।
tamமகாசாந்தபன்
telమహాసాంతపన్
urdمہاسانتپن

महासांतपन     

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
महा—सांतपन  m. m. ‘greatly tormenting’, a kind of severe penance (viz. subsisting for 6 successive days respectively on cow's urine, cow-dung, milk, curds, ghee and water in which कुश grass has been boiled, and fasting on the 7th; or instead of 1 day some authorities assign a period of 3 days to each penance, considering the first kind as the common सांतपन [[Mn. xi, 212] ]; others omit the 6th and 7th penance, making the whole last 15 days), [Yājñ.]
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महा सांतपन

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