tapas 1 · tapas 2 · tapas 3
tapas n. [ tap-asun ] 1 Warmth, heat, fire. 2 Pain, suffering. 3 Penance, religious austerity, mortification; tapaH kiledaM tadavAptisADanaM Ku. 5. 64. 4 Meditation connected with the practice of personal selfdenial or bodily mortification. 5 Moral virtue, merit. 6 Special duty or observance of any particular caste. 7 One of the seven worlds; i. e. the region above the world called janas . 8 The month of religious austerities. 9 A long period of time, Kalpa. 10 (In astr. ) The ninth lunar mansion. — m. 1 The month of Māgha; tapasi maMdagaBastiraBIzumAn Śi. 6. 63. 2 An epithet of Agni. — m. , — n. 1 The cold season; ( SiSira ). 2 The winter ( hemaMta ). 3 The hot season ( grIzma ). Comp. — anuBAvaH the influence of religious penance. — avawaH the Brahmāvarta country. — kara a. undergoing ( pb ) penance; also tapaskara . — kleSaH the pain of religious austerity. — caraRaM, -caryA the practice of penance. — takzaH an epithet of Indra. — Dana a. 1 rich in religious penance. 2 pious, ascetic. 3 consisting in penance, — (naH) ‘rich in penance’, an ascetic, devotee; ramyAstapoDanAnAM kriyAH Ś. 1. 13 ; SamapraDAnezu tapoDanezu 2. 7 ; 4. 1 ; Śi. 1. 23 ; R. 14. 19 ; Ms. 11. 242. — niDiH an eminently pious man, an ascetic; R. 1. 56. — nizWa a. performing penance. — praBAvaH, -balaM the power acquired by religious austerities; efficacy or potency of devotion. — Bft a. ascetic, pious. — mUrtiH 1 an ascetic. 2 the Supreme spirit. — rAjaH the moon. — rASiH an ascetic. — lokaH the region above the world called janas . — vanaM a penance-grove, a sacred grove in which ascetics practise penance; kftaM tvayopavanaM tapovanamiti prekze Ś. 1 ; R. 1. 90 , 2. 18. — vAsaH a place of penance or religious austerities. — viSezaH excellence of devotion, pre-eminent religious austerities. — vfdDa a. very ascetic or devout. — SIla a. inclined to practise penance. — samADiH the practice of penance or religious austerities; Ku. 3. 24 ; 5. 6 , 18 . — sTalI 1 a seat of religious austerity. 2 N. of Benares.
(masc, masc, mano group, from tapati) spiritual practice; religious practice religious austerity, morality [lit.] burning Construction: √tap + as
(masc, masc, mano group, from tapati) self-mortification; ascetic practice; austerity penance [lit.] burning Construction: √tap + as
(masc, masc, mano group, from tapati) heat; warmth [lit.] burning Construction: √tap + as