Tritaap-Three Sufferings

Tritaap-Three Sufferings
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The three types of sufferings experienced by mind and body of the material world are called tritaap (Devanagari: त्रिताप ISO15919: tritāpa). 

Tri (त्रि) means three and taap (ताप) means afflictions. So, as the name suggests these afflictions can be divided into three categories.

Daihik taap

  1. Daihik taap (Devanagari: दैहिक ताप ISO15919: daihika tāpa) is of two types. This is also called adhyatmik taap (Devanagari: आध्यात्मिक​ ताप ISO15919:  ādhyātmika tāpa​). These sufferings are
    1. mental diseases like anger, passion, greed, ego, misapprehension etc and     
    2. physical diseases (e.g. cough, fever, cancer etc.) caused by imbalance of tridosh.
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Daivik taap

Daivik taap (Devanagari: दैविक ताप  ISO15919: daivika tāpa) are sufferings caused by nature like storms, floods, drought etc.

This is also called  aadhideivik taap (Devanagari: आधिदैविक​ ताप  ISO15919: ādhidaivika​ tāpa) .

Bhautik taap

Bhautik taap (Devanagari: भौतिक ताप ISO15919: bhautika tāpa), also referred to as aadhibhautik taap (Devanagari: आधिभौतिक ताप​ ISO15919: ādhibhautika tāpa), are material sufferings caused by other humans, animals, insects etc.

Every jeev, before God realization, is subjected to these afflictions. As one performs bhakti the impact of these taap starts to reduce on that jeev

However, after God realization, even though the jeev might continue to inhabit this earth yet these sufferings cannot affect the jeev. And in the divine abode Maya can't enter hence these afflictions have no place there.