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Sutapa
सुतपाSay it su-TUH-paa
- Meaning today
- Devoted to penance, meditative
- Original meaning
- "practising severe austerity; an ascetic" Monier-Williams, p. 1223
- Say it
- su-TUH-paa
- Written
- सुतपा
- Other spellings
- Sutopa
Sutapa
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Sutapa meaning
Sutapa (सुतपा) is a Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (Bengali usage).
Practising severe austerity; an ascetic
Also used to mean: devoted to penance, meditative
Sutapa (सुतपा) comes from Sanskrit sutapas, formed from su-, "good, great", and tapas, the inner heat of religious discipline and austerity. Monier-Williams gives sutapas as "practising severe austerity" and as a noun "an ascetic" and "the sun"; in the Atharvaveda it means "very heating or warming". Name lists give "one devoted to penance" or "deeply meditative", which fits. The name is chiefly Bengali, written সুতপা and often pronounced Sutopa.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 1223 · entry sutapas · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, sutapas, p. 1223
Fits your syllable
First sound सु
Shatabhisha nakshatra, pada 4 · Kumbh rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is सू, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Sutapa · Sutopa