Paritāpana (nt.) [pari+tāpana, of tap] tormenting, torture, affliction, mortification M i.78, 341 -- 344; A i.151, 296; ii.205 sq. (atta˚ self -- mortification, opp. para˚); Pug 55, 56, 61; PvA 18 (atta˚), 30 (id.). Often combd with ātāpana (q. v.).