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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry तपस्विन्

  1. तपस्विन्tapasvinAn ascetic; तपस्विसामान्यमवेक्ष- णीया R.14.67.
    1. An ascetic; तपस्विसामान्यमवेक्ष- णीया R.14.67.
    2. A mendicant, pauper.
    3. An epithet of Nārada.
    4. A sparrow.
    5. A mango-fish; (see तपस्कर).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • तपस्विन् tapasvin, Adjective

      1. Practising penance, devout.
      2. Poor, miserable, helpless, pitiable; सा तपस्विनी निर्वृता भवतु Ś.4; Māl 3; Name1.l35. -Masculine
    • -नी

      1. female ascetic.
      2. A poor or wretched woman.
    • -पत्रः the sun-flower.

    In the Gita6·467·9

    तपस्विभ्योऽधिको योगी ज्ञानिभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः ।

    tapasvibhyo'dhiko yogī jñānibhyo'pi mato'dhikaḥ, — The Yogin is greater than the doers of askesis, greater than the men of knowledge, greater than the men of works; become then the Yogin, O Arjuna. 6·46
    • तपस्विभ्यःtapasvibhyaḥablative plural of the masculine noun tapasvin (the doer of askesis).
    • तपस्विषुtapasviṣulocative plural of the masculine noun tapasvin (the doer of askesis).

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Headwords under त

Part 2 of 8 तपस् – तलाचीAll parts
  1. त – तपनीय
  2. तपस् – तलाची
  3. तलिका – तारकिणी
  4. तारकित – तिष्ठद्धोम
  5. तिष्य – तुष्य
  6. तुस् – तैलिनम्
  7. तैलिनी – त्रैशङ्कव
  8. त्रोटकम् – त्सारुक