Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
तापक · noun · masculine
ताप उत्पन्न करनेवाला · रजोगुण · ज्वर । बुखार — Śabdasāgara
तापक · tāpak · adj.
Heating, burning, inflaming — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 303
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
heating, inflaming, refining, and
Verified derivationMultiple readings (13)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "tāpaka" is derived from "tāpa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
tāpa m. (√ 2. tap; g. uñchādi) heat, glow, Mn. xii, 76; Śak. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Kum. vii, 84)
heating, Nyāyam. x, 1, 22
tāpaka mfn. heating, inflaming, refining, Sarvad. xv, 14 and 16
causing pain, RV. iii, 35, 3; Sāy.
Dictionary citations
tāpaka mfn. heating, inflaming, refining, Sarvad. xv, 14 and 16
causing pain, RV. iii, 35, 3; Sāy.
tāpaka m. fever, L.
a cooking stove, Hcar. vii
tāpaka a. [tap-ṇvul] Heating, burning, inflaming. — kaḥ Fever, morbid heat.
tāpa m. (√ 2. tap; g. uñchādi) heat, glow, Mn. xii, 76; Śak. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Kum. vii, 84)
heating, Nyāyam. x, 1, 22
Alternative readings
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