As a deity name
Name 351 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
तापन · noun · masculine
ताप देनावाला · सूर्य · कामदेव के पाँच बाणों में से एक — Śabdasāgara
तापन · adj
कष्टद । कष्टकारक · गरमी देनेवाला । तापकारक — Śabdasāgara
तापन · tāpan · s.m.
Heating, warming, burning, inflaming; distressing; the sun; name of a division of hell — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 303
Cited formation "तापन" is ता + -पन: ता means "to", and the suffix -पन forms abstract nouns (masc.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(10) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "तापन" is ताप + -न: ताप means "heat, warmth", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "तापन" is तापना + -न: तापना means "to warm, heat", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sun
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tāpana" is the vocative of "tāpanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
tāpana mf(ī)n. ifc. illuminating, BhP. ii, 9, 8
burning, causing pain, distressing, MBh.; Hariv. 9427; R. (cf. indra-, candra-)
tāpana m. the sun, MBh. v, 1739
the hot season, Npr.
the sun-stone, L.
tāpanā f. austerity, HPariś. i, 68
Alternative readings
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