Tapana (adjective/noun) [to tapati and tapa] burning, heat; figurative torment, torture, austerety. 1. (as neuter) Pv-a 98 (kāya-°saṅkhāto tapo). 2. (as feminine) tapanī Ja V 201 (in metaphorical play of word with aggi and brahmacārin; commentary visīvana-aggiṭṭha-saṅkhātātapanī).
tapana , ( 1 ) m. or nt. , and °nā , box or basket , in which infants are enclosed and thrown into a river: (tāhi dāni) antaḥpurikāhi te dārakā tapanasmiṃ cailakaṃ upastaritvā tatra prakṣiptāḥ, taṃ tapanaṃ sv-apihitaṃ subaddhaṃ kṛtvā rājakyena tāpanīyena tāpayitvā mudrayitvā nadīye gaṅgāye prakṣiptā Mv iii.163.9 , by the harem-women those infants in a tapana, putting a cloth on, were laid in there, and making that tapana carefully closed and tied, soldering it with the royal solder (?gold) and (so) sealing it, they were thrown into the River Ganges ; referring to the same incident, (te) cāsmābhiḥ tapanāye ( loc. f. ) prakṣipitvā etc. 166.6 ; the same receptacle is called mañjūṣā, basket , in 166.10 ff. , which makes the mg. clear. Senartʼs note compares tapu , in Divy , q.v. , but this is a false reading. It seems unlikely that Skt. tapanī, Kochtopf , Schmidt, Nachträge , or Deśīn. 2.59 comm. tavaṇī, frying-pan , are directly connected; ( 2 ) m. , less often nt. (= Pali id. ), n. of a hot hell (see also Tāpana ): Dharmas 121 (°naḥ); Mv i.6.3 ; 9.9 ( m. ); 14.15 ; ii.350.8 = iii.274.10 ; ii.369.14 ; iii.454.8 ( nt. ); Divy 67.22 ; 138.6 ; 366.29 ; Av i.4.8 etc. ; Samādh 19.20 ; Kv 18.13 ; Mmk 114.26 ; Mironov tapanaḥ for Mvy 4925 tāp°.
【中】 光亮，明亮。
tapana a. [ tap-lyu ] 1 Warming, heating, burning, shining &c. 2 Causing distress, paining. 3 The sun; pratApAttapano yaTA R. 4. 12 ; lalAwaMtapastapati tapanaH U. 6 ; Māl. 1. 4 The hot season. 5 The sun-stone. 6 N. of a hell. 7 An epithet of Śiva. 8 The Arka plant. 9 N. of Agastya. — naM 1 Heat, burning. 2 Paining, grieving. 3 Mental agony, anguish. Comp. — aMSuH, -karaH, -dIDitiH 1 the sun. 2 a sun-beam. — AtmajaH, -tanayaH an epithet (1) of Yama. (2) of Karṇa. (3) of Sugrīva. — AtmajA, -tanayA an epithet of the Yamunā and of the Godāvarī. — izwaM copper. — upalaH , — maRiH the sun-stone. — CadaH the sun-flower.
(nt, nt) shining, brightness Construction: tapa +