The corpus record — Sanskrit

sapta

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Where it lives

Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 12 · 1.59/10k
Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. säpti-

säpti- m. Gespann, Bespannung, Roß (RV + [s.u.]); saptivanı zusammengespannt (RV 10,6,6), Rossefahrer (RV 7,94,10) - lir.? Fraglich *u-safti- (und *hafti-) N. pr., s. Hinz, NÜ 110 128, mit Lit. - Wohl mit SAP zu verbinden. $. die Lit. in KEWA III 432, Ausgangsbedeutung von s” war wohl „Gespann“ (Liebert 197f., Renou, EVP 4 [1958] 43, KEWA Il! 432 und Anm *, mit Lit.). Nach Schmid, Wort und Zahl 13f hatt. die … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. säpti-, p. 728]

2. śapta

śapta mfn. id. , Suparṇ. ; MBh. &c. (vat mfn. = pf. śaśāpa, MBh. )

3. sāpta

1. sāpta or sāpta n. ( fr. saptan, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp. ) the number seven, a heptad, RV. ; TS.

4. sāpta

2. sāpta n. ( fr. sapti) a horse-race, running-match for horses or the prize given for one, RV. ii, 19, 7.

In the wild

sapta Bhagavad Gita 10.6
sapta Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.13
sapta Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.13
sapta Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.3
sapta Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.3
sapta Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_2,2.1

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. sapta (vol. 3, scan p. 601; entry #6484).

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