tapa

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [tap-ac] 1 Burning, warming, consuming by heat. --2 Causing pain or trouble, distressing. --paḥ 1 Heat, fire, warmth. --2 The sun. --3 The hot season; Śi. 1. 66. --4 Penance, religious austerities. --Comp. --atyayaḥ, --aṃtaḥ the end of the hot season and the [Page0530-b+ 57] beginning of the rainy season; ravipītajalā tapātyaye punaroghena hi yujyate nadī Ku. 4. 44; 5. 23; Ś. 3. 12. --ātmaka a. practising...

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a. [tap-ac] 1 Burning, warming, consuming by heat. --2 Causing pain or trouble, distressing. --paḥ 1 Heat, fire, warmth. --2 The sun. --3 The hot season; Śi. 1. 66. --4 Penance,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

264

Texts Appeared In

73

DCS: a particular position of the hands (the palms being placed together, and the thumbs turned towards the root of the ring-finger) | Monier-Williams: tApa cf. paScAt- .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 20 7.6%
2. Viṣṇupurāṇa 20 7.6%
3. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 19 7.2%
4. Ānandakanda 13 4.9%
5. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: tāpa

  kāṃsyāyasaṃ kledakatāpakārakaṃ rītyau ca sammohanaśoṣadāyike

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: tāpa

  tāpāpanodo bhūyastvam ambhaso vṛttayas tv imāḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: tāpa

  taṃ jīvakarmapadavīm anuvartamānās tāpatrayopaśamanāya vayaṃ bhajema