Tapa is what you and I usually understand as the strict ascetic life (or tapasya) followed by the rishi-munis in their quest for a higher truth. We think of it as the process by which characters from the Ramayana and the Mahabharat caused the Gods to appear and grant boons to them. Tapp or Tapas means to heat; it refers to spiritual practices, solitude, privation and ascetism. ...
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