Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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tāpasa : [m.] a hermit.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Tāpasa [from tapa & tapas] one who practises tapas, an ascetic (brahmin). Eight kinds are enumd at DA i.270 & SnA 295. -- J ii.101, 102; v.201; PvA 153;˚pabbajjā the life of an a. J iii.119; DhA iv.29; DA i.270. -- f. tāpasī a female ascetic Mhvs vii.11, 12.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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tāpasī , tapassī , tapassin , tapassinī , tapassu sutta , tapas , ṭāpara , tapanta , tapanīya , tāpana-karman