As a deity name
Name 487 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
जप · noun · masculine
[वि॰ जपतव्य, जपनीय, जपी, जप्य] · किसी मंत्र या वाक्य का बार बार धीरे धीरे पाठ करना · पूजा या संध्या आदि में मंत्र का संख्यापूर्वक पाठ करना — Śabdasāgara
जप · jap · s.m.
Muttering prayers, repeating in a murmuring tone passages from scripture, charms, names of a deity, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 376
जप · masculine
repetition in a low tone of an incantation, or the name of a deity; counting silently the beads of a rosary; a muttered prayer or spell; meditation on the name of a deity
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi जप — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जप (japa) or deverbal form of जपना (japnā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
japa mfn. ‘muttering, whispering’, see karṇe-, ku-
japa m. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 61; oxyt. g. uñchādi) muttering prayers, repeating in a murmuring tone passages from scripture or charms or names of a deity, &c., muttered prayer or spell, AitBr. ii, 38; ŚBr. ii; ŚāṅkhŚr.; Nir. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
muttering prayers, repeating in a murmuring tone passages from scripture or charms or names of a deity, &c., muttered prayer or spell, &c.
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M1 · same meaning "japa" is the vocative of "japā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
japa mfn. ‘muttering, whispering’, see karṇe-, ku-
japa m. (Pāṇ. iii, 3, 61; oxyt. g. uñchādi) muttering prayers, repeating in a murmuring tone passages from scripture or charms or names of a deity, &c., muttered prayer or spell, AitBr. ii, 38; ŚBr. ii; ŚāṅkhŚr.; Nir. &c.
japa a. [jap-kartari ac] 1 Muttering, whispering. — paḥ 1 Muttering prayers, repeating prayers &c. in an under-tone. 2 Repeating passages of the Veda or names of deities &c.; Ms. 3. 74; Y. 1. 22. 3 A muttered prayer. 4 Counting silently the beads of a rosary &c. Comp. — parāyaṇa a. engaged in muttering prayers. — mālā a rosary of beads. — yajñaḥ, — homaḥ muttering prayers as a sacrifice.
japa r. 1st cl. (japati) 1 To speak, to say or tell. 2 To meditate, to speak internally, to say to one's self. With upa prefixed, To divide.
japa m. (-paḥ) Muttering prayers, repeating inaudibly passages from the scriptures, charms, names of a deity, counting silently the beads of a rosary, &c. f. (-pā) The China rose, the flower or plant; also javā. E. japa to repeat inaudibly, affix ap; the flower is a sacred object.
japā f. (= javā) the China rose, VarBṛS. xxviii, 14; BrahmaP. ii, 1, 7.
japā [jap-ac ṭāp] The China rose (the plant or its flower); sāṃdhyaṃ tejaḥ pratinavajapāpuṣparaktaṃ dadhānaḥ Me. 36.
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