As a deity name
Name 195 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
सुतपा · noun · masculine
सूर्य · एक मुनि का नाम · रौच्य मनु के एक पुत्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
सुतपा · adj
कठोर तपस्या की साधना करनेवाला वानप्रस्थाश्रमी · जो अतिशय तापयुक्त हो — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सुतपा" is सुत + -पा: सुत means "son", and the suffix -पा forms abstract nouns (masc.); first vowel shortens. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(11) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सुतपा" is सु- + तपा: तपा means "The hot season, a season of great heat ( = tap, q.v.)", and the prefix सु- forms good, easily. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "सुतपा" is सुतप + -आ: सुतप means "सोम पान करनेवाला", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or suta—pāvan, drinking the S˚-juice
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sutapā" is the feminine form of "sutapa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
suta—pā or suta—pāvan, mfn. drinking the S˚-juice, RV.
suta—pa m. (for su-tapa See p. 1223, col. 3) a drinker of the S˚-juice
pl. N. of a class of deities, MW.
Alternative readings
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