# तपती (tapatī)

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तपती (tapatī) is a Sanskrit word meaning burning, heating, or causing pain, the name of a daughter of the Sun, the name of a river, name of a river, commonly called Tapti, the river Tapti, Chaya, the wife of the sun. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Mythological Daughter of the Sun (often linked to a River), Name of a River, Linguistic References/Variants.

- **Root:** 2. तप् (2. tap)
- **Etymology:** E. तप heat or the sun, and अत who accompanies, fem. affix ङीष् — E. tapa heat or the sun, and ata who accompanies, fem. affix ṅīṣ
- **SLP1:** `tapatI`  **IAST:** tapatī  **Devanagari:** तपती
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/tapati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Mythological Daughter of the Sun (often linked to a River) (8 definitions)
- the name of a daughter of the Sun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 437,1] तपती (tapatī) f. ‘warming’, N. of a daughter of the Sun by Chāyā (married to Saṃvaraṇa and mother of Kuru), Mahābhārata (Title) i; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) vi, viii f.; VāmP. [ ID=82643 ]
- name of a daughter of the sun  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 0530-b ] 2 N. of a daughter of the sun, married to Saṃvaraṇa and mother of Kuru. [ ID=14393 ]
- 1. Chaya, the wife of the sun. 2. The daughter of the sun or the personified Tapti river.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तप (tapa) ती (tapatī) [Printed book page 366 ] तप (tapa) ती (tapatī) f. ( - ती (-tī) ) 1 A name of CHĀYĀ, wife of the sun. 2 Also of the daughter of the sun, or the personified Taptī river, married to SAṂVARAṆA of the Kuru family. E. तप (tapa) heat or the sun, and अत (ata) who accompanies, fem. affix ङीष् (ṅīṣ). [ ID=17027 ]
- 1. An epithet of Chhaya, wife of the sun. 2. The daughter of the sun, or the personified Tapti river married to Samvarana.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तप (tapa) ती (tapatī) [Printed book page 304-a ] तप (tapa) ती (tapatī) f. ( - ती (-tī) ) 1. A name of CHHAYA, wife of the sun. 2. Also of the daughter of the sun, or the personified Tapti river, married to SAMVARANA of the Kuru family. E. तप (tapa) heat or the sun, and अत (ata) who accompanies, fem. affix ङीष् (ṅīṣ). [ ID=17010 ]
- the name of a daughter of the Sun and a river  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 198 ] तपती (tapatī) f. N. of a daughter of the Sun & of a river. [ ID=11960 ]
- 1. Name of a daughter of the Sun and Chaya, married to Samvarana and mother of Kuru. 2. Name of a river, commonly called Tapti.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 0363-a ] Tapatī, f. ‘the warming one,’ N. of a daughter of the Sun and of his wife Chāyā, married to Saṃ- varaṇa and mother of Kuru; N. of a river, commonly called Taptī; [cf. tāpatya. ] [ ID=20426 ]
- daughter of Surya and wife of Samvarana  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 674-2 ] Tapatī, daughter of Sūrya (the Sun) and wife of Saṃvaraṇa. § 154 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3738 ( Saurī, by Saṃvaraṇa, mother of Kuru).—§ 156 (do.): I, 95, ††3791 ( Vaivasvatīṃ, do.).—§ 222 (Tapatyup.): I, 171, 6517, 6521, 6530, 6535; 172, 6563 (6578), 6578 ( Sāvitryavarajā sutā ); 173, 6598, 6605 ( Sāvitryavarajā sutā ), 6608, 6609, 6610, 6612, 6616, 6628, 6631, 6632 ( Vaivasvatī, the story of Saṃvaraṇa's getting T. as his wife). Cf. Saurī, Sāvitryavarajā, Vaivasvatī. [ ID=10766 ]
- 1. A daughter of Surya and Chhaya, wife of Samvarana, mother of Kuru, and later transformed into a river.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 2-006 ] Tapatī (I) — a daughter of Sūrya and Chāyā. Married Saṃvaraṇa, and became the mother of Kuru; became the river. Bhā. VI. 6. 41; IX. 22. 4; VIII. 13. 10; M. 11. 9, 39; Vi. III. 2. 4. [ ID=5309 ]

### Name of a River (4 definitions)
- the name of a river  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 437,1] तपन्ती (tapantī) f. N. of a river, Divyāvadāna (Title) xxx [ ID=82645 ]
- The river Tapti  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 0530-b ] 1 The river Tāptī. [ ID=14393 ]
- The river Tapti  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 303-10 ] तपती (tapatī) f. The river Taptī. [ ID=15222 ]
- a sacred river  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Tapatī (II) — a R. sacred to Pitṛs. M. 22. 32. [ ID=5310 ]

### Linguistic References/Variants (2 definitions)
- See pantī for the definition.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = ° पन्ती (°pantī), Rasik.; Kathārṇ. [ ID=82644 ]
- See tapatya.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2E) [Printed book page 437,1] तपत् (tapat) cf. तापत्य (tāpatya). [ ID=82646 ]

### Participle: heating/warming (1 definition)
- burning, heating, or causing pain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 437,1] तपत् (tapat) mfn. pr. p. √ 2. तप् (tap), q.v. [ ID=82642 ]

### Wife of the Sun (1 definition)
- Wife of the sun.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तपती (tapatī) [Printed book page 323-a ] तपती (tapatī) ( ती ) ((tī)) 3. f. Wife of the sun. [ ID=16498 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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