तपस्

See also: तापस

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তপস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬧᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তপস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰢𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀧𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တပသ် (Burmese script)
• તપસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਪਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌪𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦥꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂣𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತಪಸ್ (Kannada script)
• តបស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕປສ຺ (Lao script)
• തപസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᢒᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘢𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢒᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧂𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐥𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତପସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢦꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆥𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖢𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තපස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩰𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚞𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• தபஸ் (Tamil script)
• తపస్ (Telugu script)
• ตปสฺ (Thai script)
• ཏ་པ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒣𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨞𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tápas (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *tépos, from *tep- (“be warm, be hot”). Cognate with Persian تب (tab, “fever”), Latin tepeō. Equivalent to तप् (tap) +‎ -अस् (-as).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́.pɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.pɐs̪/

Noun

तपस् • (tápas) stem, n (root तप्)

1. warmth, heat
2. pain, suffering
3. religious austerity, bodily mortification, penance, severe meditation, special observance
4. name of a month intervening between winter and spring
5. name of the hot season
6. name of the 9th lunar mansion (धर्म (dharma))
7. 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, page 0437.