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पञ्चतपस्

पंचाग्नि तपने वाला तपस्वी जो ग्रीष्म में सूर्य की किरणों के नीचे चहुं ओर आग जलाकर तपस्या साधता है

an ascetic having five fires around

Monier–Williams

पञ्चतपस् — {tapas} n. (ibc.) the 5 fires (to which an ascetic who practices self-mortification exposes himself. viz. one fire towards each of the 4 quarters, and the sun overhead)##mfn. sitting between the 5 fires Mn. vi, 23 (cf. MWB. 30, n. 2)##{po'nvita} mfn. id. R