Search:

Desire means Kaam. It's from this word is the word Kaamasutra is derived.
Kaam in a generic sense means any desire.like Moksha+kaami = the one who desires salvation.
Penance is PrayasChitta.
In...

Tapas has got nothing to do with desire or craving or penance.
Tapas means effort. Effort is incontrovertibly THE correct meaning of Tapas.

Ta Pa S = Tapas also called Tapasya means effort. Usually the word refers to the effort made by saints to attain salvation. Meditation in the name of god is Tapasya. A human soul burning with the...