सान्तपन

Shabda-Sagara

सान्तपन  n.  ( -नं)
   1. A sort of penance; the lighter kind is feeding on a mixture of curds, &c. for one day and fasting the next; the severer is feeding six successive days, severally, on the same articles, or on cow's urine, cow's ordure, milk, curds, ghee, and water in which Kuśa grass has been steeped, and fasting on the seventh.
    E. सम् completely, तपन austerity, अण् added.

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सम् तपन अण्