Pāli Dictionary

tapati

taprootasuffix

via inflected form tapassu · 2nd person·imperative·reflexive singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

tap1burn; radiate heat

Synonyms

bhāsati, pakāseti, sobhati, dahati, dibbati, paritāpeti, ābhāti, jāleti,

general

  • shines; radiates; glows; blazes

  • SN 2.29

    seyyathā'pi nāma maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭh'aṃso suparikammakato paṇḍukambale nikkhitto bhāsate ca tapate ca virocati ca

  • Dhp 26

    divā tapati ādicco, rattim'ābhāti candimā, sannaddho khattiyo tapati, jhāyī tapati brāhmaṇo, atha sabbam'ahorattiṃ, buddho tapati tejasā.

  • burns; scorches

  • DN 5

    rājā mahāvijito… balavā caturaṅginiyā senāya samannāgato assavāya ovādapaṭikarāya tapati maññe paccatthike yasasā

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Tapassu
Person

  • A merchant of Ukkalā who, together with his companion Bhalluka, offered the Buddha his first meal after the Enlightenment and became his first lay disciples.

Tapassu2
Person

  • Chief lay disciple of Dīpaṅkara Buddha, evidently identical with the merchant who visited Ānanda at Uruvelakappa to ask how young men in the prime of life could give up household life for the Order.

AN 9.41

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