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तपस्
tap-as

Literally: Heat.

Dimensions

तपस्HeatArdourEffortAusterityFriction

What the usual translation loses

penance

"Penance" looks back at a wrong. Tapas looks forward: heat that changes you.

Where you meet it

क्षुद्रं हृदयदौर्बल्यं त्यक्त्वोत्तिष्ठ परन्तप
kṣudraṃ hṛdaya-daurbalyaṃ tyaktvottiṣṭha parantapa · Gītā 2.3
अभ्यासabhyāsaप्राणprāṇa