1. sun-heat Snp.52; Ja.i.336; Dhs.617; Dpvs.i.57; Vv-a.54; Pv-a.58.
2. glow, heat (in general Pv.i.7#4; Sdhp.396.
3. (fig.) (cp. tapa²) ardour, zeal exertion Pv-a.98 (viriyā-tapa; perhaps better to be read ˚ātāpa q.v.). Cp. ātappa.

• -vāraṇa “warding off the sun-heat”, i.e. a parasol sun-shade Dāvs i.28; Dāvs v.35.

ā + tapa