तपस्

तपस्

See also: तापस

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tápas, from Proto-Indo-European *tépos (“heat”), from *tep- (“be warm, be hot”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐ́.pɐs̪/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.pɐs̪/

Noun

तपस् • (tápas) n

1. warmth, heat
2. pain, suffering
3. religious austerity, bodily mortification, penance, severe meditation, special observance
4. x (personified)
5. name of a month intervening between winter and spring
6. name of the hot season
7. name of the 9th lunar mansion (धर्म (dharma))
8. name of a Kalpa period

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of तपस् (tápas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तपः tápaḥ	तपसी tápasī	तपांसि tápāṃsi
Vocative	तपः tápaḥ	तपसी tápasī	तपांसि tápāṃsi
Accusative	तपः tápaḥ	तपसी tápasī	तपांसि tápāṃsi
Instrumental	तपसा tápasā	तपोभ्याम् tápobhyām	तपोभिः tápobhiḥ
Dative	तपसे tápase	तपोभ्याम् tápobhyām	तपोभ्यः tápobhyaḥ
Ablative	तपसः tápasaḥ	तपोभ्याम् tápobhyām	तपोभ्यः tápobhyaḥ
Genitive	तपसः tápasaḥ	तपसोः tápasoḥ	तपसाम् tápasām
Locative	तपसि tápasi	तपसोः tápasoḥ	तपःसु tápaḥsu

Related terms

• तापस (tāpasá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “तपस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0437.