As a deity name
Name 411 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
तापस · noun · masculine
तप करनेवाला । तपस्वी · तमाल । तेजपत्ता · दमनक । दौना नामक पौधा — Śabdasāgara
तापस · adj
तपस्या या तपस्वी से संबंधित — Śabdasāgara
तापस · tāpas · adj.
Performing penance, practising austerities; devout — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 303
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a practiser of religious austerities (tapas), &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
tāpasa mfn. (g. chattrādi, Pāṇ. v, 2, 103) a practiser of religious austerities (tapas), ŚBr. xiv; Mn. vi, 27 &c.
relating to religious austerity or to an ascetic, R. G. ii, 52, 5
tāpasa m. an ascetic, Mn.; Nal. &c.
the moon, Gal.
Ardea nivea, L.
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