Pāli Dictionary
monastic
तपस्या; आत्म-कष्ट साधना
ascetic practice; self-mortification; exertion in austerity
DN 8
imāya ca, kassapa, mattāya iminā tapopakkamena sāmaññaṃ vā abhavissa brahmaññaṃ vā dukkaraṃ sudukkaraṃ, n'etaṃ abhavissa kallaṃ vacanāya, dukkaraṃ sāmaññaṃ dukkaraṃ brahmaññan'ti.
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