धूप (dhūpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning see Dhupa on page, to heat, to speak, to shine, incense or aromatic smoke from burning fragrant resin, incense, aromatic vapour. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Incense, Perfume, Aromatic Substance/Vapor, Verbal Root 'dhūp' (to heat, speak, shine), A Ritual Act or Offering.
धूप (dhūpa) [Printed book page 133-2] धूप (dhūpa) dhū-pa, m. (sg. & pl.) incense, aromatic vapour: -ka,m.id. (gnly.—°a.). [ID=10083]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Incense or aromatic smoke from burning fragrant resin.
धूप (dhūpa) m. (-पः (-paḥ)) Incense, the aromatic vapour that proceeds from the combustion of any fragrant gum or resin, the use of which is authorized by scripture.
E. धूप (dhūpa) to heat, affix अच् (ac).
[ID=20698]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Incense
धूप (dhūpa) [Printed book page 397-b] धूप (dhūpa)(पः) ((paḥ)) 1. m. Incense. [ID=20190]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Incense or any fragrant substance. 2. Fragrant vapor. 3. A fragrant powder.
धूप (dhūpa) [Printed book page 361-15] धूप (dhūpa)m. 1. Incense, frankincense, any fragrant substance; 2. the vapour proceeding from any fragrant substance, धूप (dhūpa)ैर्जालविनिःसृतैर्वलभयः संदिग्धपारावताः (dhūpairjālaviniḥsṛtairvalabhayaḥ saṃdigdhapārāvatāḥ)Vikr. iii., K.S. vii.14, R. xvi.50, Megh. i.32; 3. a fragrant powder. [ID=18505]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Incense
धूप (dhūpa)
m. (-पः (-paḥ)) Incense, the aromatic vapour that proceeds from the combustion of any fragrant gum or resin, the use of which is authorized by scripture.
E. धूप (dhūpa)् (dhūp) to heat, affix अच् (ac).धपयति रोगान् ( dhapayati rogān)दोषान् वा । (doṣān vā .)
[ID=20684]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Incense. 2. Fragrant smoke from burning incense.
incense, frankincense, perfume, or aromatic smoke and fragrant powder
धूप (dhūpa) [Printed book page 0457-b] Dhūpa, as, m. (by native authorities derived fr. a rt. dhūp, q. v.), incense, frankincense, perfume, aromatic vapour or smoke, the vapour proceeding from fragrant gum or resin, (often in pl. dhūpās); fragrant powder; [cf. kṛtrima-dh°, kḷpta-dh°,kha-dh°, &c.] —Dhūpa-dāna, am, n. ‘the giving of incense,’ N. of a chapter of the Purāṇa-sarva-sva by Halāyudha. —Dhūpa-dhūpita, as, ā, am, made fragrant or fumigated with incense. —Dhūpa-pātra,am, n. a vessel for incense, censer; a perfume box. —Dhūpa-vṛkṣa or dhūpavṛkṣaka, as, m. ‘incense-tree,’ a species of pine, Pinus Longifolia. —Dhūpāguru (°pa-ag°), u, n. a kind of Agallo- chum used for incense. —Dhūpāṅga (°pa-aṅ°), as, m. turpentine. —Dhūpārha (°pa-ar°), am, n. a black kind of Agallochum used or fit for incense. [ID=23471]
one of the 16 acts of homage or offerings in the Panchayatana ceremony
one of the 16 acts of homage or offerings in the Pañcāyatara ceremony, Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 415. [ID=101514]
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
