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Definition of Tapas
1. Noun. Variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry. ¹
2. Noun. Small food items generally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tapas
1. tapa [n] - See also: tapa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapas
Literary usage of Tapas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"tapas. Let us take one or two more instances. There is a very difficult word in
... This is a fair account of the different meanings of tapas, yet it is not ..."
2. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"The fires ofself-transformation may be stimulated by the practice of tapas, or
come unbidden. One can “do” tapas, but the true tapas is a condition of being ..."
3. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1872)
"129) is this : the One, which in the beginning breathed calmly, self-sustained,
is developed by the power of tapas, by its own inherent heat (as Professor ..."
4. The Philosophy of the Upanishads by Paul Deussen (1908)
"As early as the creation myths we saw how the creator of the universe prepared
himself for his work by the practice of tapas ; in which word the ancient ..."
5. Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii) by David Malo (1903)
"THE tapas, MALOS, PAUS AND MATS OF THE HAWAIIANS. 1. Tapa was the fabric that
formed the clothing of the Ha- ..."
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