As a deity name
Name 351 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
तापसी · noun · feminine
तपस्या करनेवाली स्त्री · तपस्वी की स्त्री — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "तापसी" is तापस + -ई: तापस means "Performing penance, practising austerities", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तापसी" is तापस + -ई: तापस means "Performing penance, practising austerities", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "तापसी" is तापस + -ई: तापस means "Performing penance, practising austerities", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(g. gaurādi, ) a female ascetic
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Dictionary citations
tāpasī (ī), f. (g. gaurādi, Gaṇar. 49) a female ascetic, MBh. i, 3006; Śak. iv, 4/5; Vikr.; Dhūrtas.
Curcuma Zedoaria, Npr.
Nardostachys Jaṭā-māṃsī, ib.
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