तपस्

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तपस् n.  -एक शिवावतार । वाराह कल्पान्तर्गत वैवस्वत मन्वन्तर के ग्यारहवे चौखट के कलियुग में, गंगाद्वार पर यह शिवावतार हुआ । इसके चार पुत्र थे । उनके नाम लंबोदर, लबाक्ष, केशलंब तथा प्रलंबक [शिव. शत.५] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

तपस्  n.  n. warmth, heat ( पञ्च तपांसि, the 5 fires to which a devotee exposes himself in the hot season, viz. 4 fires lighted in the four quarters and the sun burning from above, [Mn. vi, 23]; [R.]; [BhP. iv]; [BrahmaP.]; cf. [Ragh. xiii, 41]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
   pain, suffering, [RV. vii, 82, 7]
   religious austerity, bodily mortification, penance, severe meditation, special observance ( e.g. ‘sacred learning’ with Brāhmans, ‘protection of subjects’ with क्षत्रियs, ‘giving alms to Brāhmans’ with वैश्यs, ‘service’ with शूद्रs, and ‘feeding upon herbs and roots’ with ऋषिs, [Mn. xi, 236]), [RV. ix, 113, 2]
    x (personified, 83, 2 f. & 101, 1, ‘father of मन्यु’ [RAnukr.]), [AV.] &c.
  m. ( m., [L.]) N. of a month intervening between winter and spring, [VS.]; [TS. i]; [ŚBr. iv]; [Suśr.]; [Pāṇ. 4-4, 128], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]; [Śiś. vi, 63]
   the hot season, [L.] Sch.
°पो-लोक   = , [Vedântas. 120]

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°पो लोक

धर्म   the 9th lunar mansion (), [VarBṛ. i, 19; ix, 1 and 4]
    N. of a कल्प period, [VāyuP. i, 21, 27.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

तपस् [tapas]  n. n. [तप्-असुन्]
   Warmth, heat, fire, light; एकः सूर्यस्तपसो योनिरेका [Mb.12.351.1.]
   Pain, suffering; न तपः कुतश्चन [Rv.7.82.7.]
   Penance, religious austerity, mortification; तपः किलेदं तदवाप्तिसाधनम् [Ku.5.64.]
   Meditation connected with the practice of personal self-denial or bodily mortification; गीरा वाऽऽशंसामि तपसा ह्यनन्तौ [Mb.1.3.57.;] [Bhāg.12.11.24.]
   Moral virtue, merit.
   Special duty or observance (of any particular caste); यत्सप्तान्नानि मेधया तपसाजनयत्पिता [Bṛi. Up. 1.5.1.]
   One of the seven worlds; i. e. the region above the world called जनस्.
   The month of religious austerities.
   A long period of time, Kalpa.
   (In astrol.) The ninth lunar mansion.
   Chastisement (दण्ड); आयुः शक्तिं च कालं च निर्दिश्य तप आदिशेत् [Mb. 12.267.35.] -m.
   The month of Māgha; तपसि मन्द- गभस्तिरभीषुमान् [Śi.6.63.]
   An epithet of Agni. -m., -n.
   The cold season (शिशिर).
   The winter (हेमन्त).
   The hot season (ग्रीष्म). -Comp.
-अनुभावः   the influence of religious penance.
-अर्थीय a.  a. destined for austerities; तपोर्थीयं ब्राह्मणी धत्त गर्भम् [Mb.11.26.5.] -अवटः the Brahmāvarta country.
-कर a.  a. undergoing penance; also तपस्कर>
-करः   the mango-fish (Polynemus Risua).
-कृश a.  a. emaciated by austerities.-क्लेशः the pain of religious austerity.
-गच्छः   (also तपागच्छः) the 6th गच्छ of the Śvetāmbara Jainas.-चरणम्,
-चर्या   the practice of penance.
-तक्षः, -तङ्कः   an epithet of Indra.
-धन   a.
   rich in religious penance.
   pious, ascetic.
   consisting in penance, (-नः) 'rich in penance', an ascetic, devotee; रम्यास्तपोधनानां क्रियाः [Ś.1.13;] शमप्रधानेषु तपोधनेषु 2.7;4.1; [Śi.1.23;] [R.14.19;] [Ms.11.242.]
-निधिः   an eminently pious man, an ascetic; [R.1.56.]
-निष्ठ a.  a. performing penance; [Ms.3.134;] [Y.1.221.]
-पतिः  N. N. of Viṣṇu; [Bhāg.4.24.14.]
-प्रभावः, -बलम्   the power acquired by religious austerities; efficacy or potency of devotion.-भृत् a. ascetic, pious.
   मूर्तिः an ascetic.
   the Supreme spirit.
-मूल a.  a. founded on religious austerity; तपोमूलमिदं सर्वं दैवमानुषकं सुखम् [Ms.11.234.]
-यज्ञः   sacrificing by austerites; [Bg.4.28.]
-राजः   the moon.
   राशिः an ascetic.
  N. N. of Viṣṇu (पुरुषोत्तम).
-लोकः   the region above the world called जनस्; [Bhāg.2.5.4.]
-वनम्   a penance-grove, a sacred grove in which ascetics practise penance; कृतं त्वयोपवनं तपोवनमिति प्रेक्षे Ś1; [R.1.9;2.18.]
-वासः   a place of penance or religious austerities.
-विशेषः   excellence of devotion, pre-eminent religious austerities.
-वृद्ध a.  a. very ascetic or devout.-शील a. inclined to practise penance.
-समाधिः   the practice of penance or religious austerities; तपःसमाधेः प्रतिकूलवर्ती [Ku.3.24;5.6,18.]
-सुतः  N. N. of Yudhi- ṣṭhira; [Mb.3.313.19.]
   स्थली a seat of religious austerity.
  N. N. of Benares.

Shabda-Sagara

तपस्  m.  ( -पाः)
   1. The name of a month, Magha, (January February.) 2. The cold or dewy season.
   3. The hot season.
  n.  ( -पः)
   1. Religi- ous austerity, penance, mortification, the practice of mental or perso- nal self-denial, or the infliction of bodily tortures.
   2. A world, the region above the Janaloka, inhabited by saints or devotees after death.
   3. Virtue, moral merit.
   4. Duty, the special observance of certain things: thus the Tapas of a Brahman is sacred learning; of a Kshetrya, the protection of subject; of a Vaisya, almsgiving to Brahmans; of a Sudra, the service of the same tribe; and of a Rishi or saint, feeding upon herbs and roots.
    E. तप् to heat or in- flame, affix असुन्.

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तप् असुन्