hermit
Tāpasa [from tapa and tapas] one who practises tapas, an ascetic (brahmin). Eight kinds are enumerated at Sv I 270 and Pj II 295. — Ja II 101, 102; V 201; Pv-a 153; °pabbajjā the life of an a. Ja III 119; Dhp-a IV 29; Sv I 270. — feminine tāpasī a female ascetic Mhv 7, 11, 12.
【陽】 苦行者。~sī,【陰】 女苦行者。
(masc, masc, from tapas) ascetic; hermit hermit Construction: √tap > tāp + as + *a tapas + *a