tapasvin a. 1 Practising penance, devout. 2 Poor, miserable, helpless, pitiable; sA tapasvinI nirvftA Bavatu Ś. 4 ; Māl. 3 ; N. 1. 135. — m. 1 An ascetic; tapasvisAmAnyamavekzaRIyA R. 14. 67. 2 A mendicant, pauper. 3 An epithet of Nārada. 4 A sparrow. — nI 1 A female ascetic. 2 A poor or wretched woman. Comp. — patraH the sun-flower.