सप्ताह saptāh

सप्ताह saptāh (sanskrit)

Seven days, a week, the eighth day after any other day.

S سپتاه सप्ताह saptāh = H سپتاها सप्ताहा saptāhā (सप्त+अहस्), s.m. Seven days, a week, the eighth day after any other day: — saptāh-pārāyaṇ, or saptāh-yajna, s.m. The ceremony of reading the Bhāgavat Purāṇ through in seven days (one of the many ways by which Hindūs believe that they may secure emancipation from the necessity for further transmigration immediately after death).