So wonderfully artistic and fine were the Tapas of Hina that people journeyed from all parts of the Island to view them and to covet.
"Legends of Wailuku"
Charlotte Hapai
For one or two days he did moderate his pace and Hina rejoiced in the lovely Tapas she was able to make.
"Legends of Wailuku"
Charlotte Hapai
Tapas, that is asceticism or self-mortification, holds in the religious thought and practice of India as large a place as sacrifice.
"Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch"
Charles Eliot