saptan num. a. (always pl. ; sapta nom. and acc. ) Seven. Comp. — aMSuH N. of Agni. — aMSupuMgavaH the planet Saturn. — aMga a. see saptaprakfti below. — Arcis a. 1 having seven tongues or flames. 2 evileyed, of inauspicious look. ( — m. ) 1 N. of fire. 2 of Saturn. 3 the Citraka plant. — aSItiH f. eighty-seven. — aSraM a heptagon. — aSvaH the sun. °vAhanaH the sun. — ahaH seven days, i. e. a week. — Atman m. an epithet of Brahman. — fzi ( saptarzi ) m. pl. 1 the seven sages; i. e. marIci, atri, aMgiras, pulastya , pulaha, kratu , and vasizWa . 2 the constellation called Ursa Major (the seven stars of which are said to be the seven sages mentioned above). — koRa a. septangular. — gaMgaM ind. in ( pb ) the place of the seven streams of the Ganges. — catvAriMSat f. fortyseven. — jihvaH, -jvAlaH fire. — taMtuH a sacrifice; Śi. 14. 6. — triMSat f. thirty-seven. — daSan a. seventeen. — dIDitiH N. of fire. — dvIpA an epithet of the earth; purA saptadvIpAM jayati vasuDAmapratiraTaH Ś. 7. 33. — DAtu m. pl. the seven constituent elements of the body; i. e. chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen; ( rasAsramAMsamedo' sTimajjAnaH SukrasaMyutAH ). — navatiH f. ninetyseven. — nAqIcakraM a kind of astrological diagram used as a means of foretelling rain. — padI the seven steps at a marriage (the bride and bridegroom walk together seven steps, after which the marriage becomes irrevocable). — parRaH (so saptacCadaH, saptapatraH ) N. of a tree. — (rRI) the sensitive plant. — prakftiH f. pl. the seven constituent parts of a kingdom; svAmyamAtyasuhftkoSarAzwradurgabalAni ca Ak. ; see prakfti also. — BadraH the Śirīṣa tree. — BUmika, -BOma a. seven stories high (as a palace). — raktaH one who has got the seven parts of the body red; ( pARipAdatale rakte netrAMtaranaKAni ca . tAlukADarajihvASca praSastA saptaraktatA .. ). — rAtraM a period of seven nights. — viMSatiH f. twentyseven. — viDa a. seven-fold, of seven sorts. — SataM 1 700. 2 107. — (tI) an aggregate or collection of 700 verses or stanzas. — SalAkaH a kind of astronomical diagram used for indicating auspicious days for marriages. — saptiH an epithet of the sun; sarvErusrEH samagrEstvamiva nfpaguRErdIpyate saptasaptiH M. 2. 13 ; Ś. 6. 29.