Entry № 10340 · Sanskrit origin

Tapasa Tapasa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-pah-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Austerity / ascetic-heat"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "austerity / ascetic-heat".

Tapasa is from the Sanskrit Tapasā.

Austerity / ascetic-heat — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

तपसा
Transliteration
Tapasā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɑː.pə.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tapasa stands.

Tapasa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Tapasas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Patanjali Yoga Sutras 2.32 five Niyamas / Rigveda 10.129 Nasadiya Sukta / Bhagavad Gita 17:14-19
Sanskrit austerity-related ascetic-heat + tap to heat + Tapas one of five-Niyamas Patanjali Yoga Sutras 2.32 + Śauca + Santoṣa + Svādhyāya + Īśvara-praṇidhāna + Rigveda 10.129 Nāsadīya Sūkta creation-through-Tapas + Bhagavad Gita 17:14-19 three-types Śārīra + Vācika + Mānasa physical + verbal + mental + Tapasvin renunciate
Yoga austerity

Names connected to Tapasa.

The number behind Tapasa.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tapasa reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.