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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
Noun
तपस् • (tápas) stem, n (root तप्)
- warmth, heat
- pain, suffering
- religious austerity, bodily mortification, penance, severe meditation, special observance
- name of a month intervening between winter and spring
- name of the hot season
- name of the 9th lunar mansion (धर्म (dharma))
- name of a Kalpa period
Declension
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