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जापक

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Script: Devanagari

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Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English
JĀPAKA   A Brāhmaṇa who was constantly engaged in uttering Gāyatrī. Jāpaka was ordered to go to hell because certain mistakes were detected in the uttering of Gāyatrī. But Devī Sāvitrī intervened. She appeared before him and gave him heaven. This Jāpaka was a contemporary of Ikṣvāku. [M.B. Śānti Parva, 3 Chapters from 197] .

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वि.  जप करणारा ; जाप्यक . जे गायत्री मंत्र जापक । - भारा किष्किंधा ११ . ९१ . [ सं . जप ]

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English
जापक  mfn. mfn. muttering prayers or names of a deity (in comp.)
जापक  m. m. a priest who mutters prayers, [MBh. xii, 7153 f.] ; [BhP. ix, 6, 10] ; [Kathās. lxix] ; [NṛsUp.] ; [Hcat.]
relating to a muttered prayer, [MBh. xii, 7249 and 7336]
जापक  n. n.v.l. for जायक, [L.]

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जापक [jāpaka]   a.
Muttering prayers.
belonging to the muttering of prayers; अथवा सर्वमेवेह मामकं जापकं फलम् [Mb.12.199.5.]
-कः   A mutterer of prayers; जापकानां फलावाप्तिं श्रोतुमिच्छामि भारत । किं फलं जपतामुक्तं क्व वा तिष्ठन्ति जापकाः [Mb.12.196.3.]
-कम्   A kind of fragrant wood.

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Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English
जापक  mfn.  (-कः-का-कं) Muttering prayers, one who does so.
E. जप and ण्वुल् aff.
ROOTS:
जप ण्वुल्

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