Name #122 of 1000 · Viṣṇu Sahasranāma
ಮಹಾತಪಾಃ Mahatapa — meaning in Kannada
Mahatapa (mahātapāḥ) is name #122 of the 1000 names of Vishnu. Below is its meaning in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), the shloka it comes from in Kannada, and the English meaning — from the full name page.
ಮಹಾ ತಪಸ್ವಿ — ಅವನ ತಪಸ್ಸೇ ಜ್ಞಾನ
In English: He of mighty austerity — whose tapas is knowledge
From shloka 13 · chapter Kūrma
ರುದ್ರೋ ಬಹುಶಿರಾ ಬಭ್ರುರ್ವಿಶ್ವಯೋನಿಃ ಶುಚಿಶ್ರವಾಃ
ಅಮೃತಃ ಶಾಶ್ವತಸ್ಥಾಣುರ್ವರಾರೋಹೋ ಮಹಾತಪಾಃ
Also in this shloka: rudraḥ · bahuśirāḥ · babhruḥ · viśvayoniḥ · śuciśravāḥ · amṛtaḥ · śāśvatasthāṇuḥ · varārohaḥ
Mahatapa in other languages: Hindi · Telugu · Tamil · Malayalam · Bengali · Gujarati · English
Read the complete Vishnu Sahasranamam in Kannada — dhyānam, all 108 shlokas, and phalaśruti.