As a deity name
Name 19 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 821 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 821 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
शत्रुतापन · adj
शत्रुओं को जलानेवाला । शत्रुहंता — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "शत्रुतापन" is शत्रुता + -पन: शत्रुता means "enmity, hostility, animosity", and the suffix -पन forms abstract nouns (masc.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(10) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
tormenting en˚ (said of Śiva)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
śatru—tāpana mfn. tormenting en˚ (said of Śiva), Śivag.
śatru—tāpana m. N. of a demon producing illness, Hariv.
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