Tapassin (adjective/noun) [tapas + vin; see tapati and tapa] one devoted to religious austereties, an ascetic (non-Buddhist). Figurative one who exercises self-control and attains mastery over his senses Vin I 234 = A IV 184 (tapassī samaṇo Gotamo); D III 40, 42 f., 49; S I 29; IV 330, 337 f.; M I 77; Snp 284 (isayo pubbakā āsuṃ saññatattā tapassino); Vv 22 10 ; Pv I 3 2 (°rūpa, under the appearance of a "holy" man: samaṇa-patirūpaka Pv-a 15); II 614 (= saṃvāraka Pv-a 98; tapo etesaṃ atthī ti ibid).