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apअप्áp n. (gen. apás), work (according to [NBD.]), [RV. i, 151, 4.]
áp f. (in Ved. used in sing. and pl., but in the classical language only in pl., ā́pas) water
air, the intermediate region, [Naigh.]
the star δ Virginis
the Waters considered as divinities. ifc. may become apa or īpa, ūpa after i- and u- stems respectively.
[cf. Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva, ‘a river’; Old Germ. aha, and affa at the end of compounds; Lith. uppê, ‘a river’; perhaps Lat. amnis, ‘a river’, for apnis cf. also ἀϕρός]
apīअपीápī See ápya.
(√ i), (Ved.) ápy-eti to go in or near; to enter into or upon; to come near, approach (also in copulation, [RV. ii, 43, 2] ind.p. apī́tyā); to partake, have a share in; to join to pour out (as a river).
apaअपápa ind. (as a prefix to nouns and verbs, expresses) away, off, back (opposed to úpa, ánu, sam, pra)
down (opposed to ud).
When prefixed to nouns, it may sometimes = the neg. particle a, e.g. apa-bhī, fearless; or may express deterioration, inferiority, &c. (cf. apa-pāṭha).
(As a separable particle or adverb in Ved., with abl.) away from, on the outside of, without, with the exception of
[cf. Gk. ἀπό; Lat. ab; Goth. af; Eng. of].
apeअपे(√ i) P. Ā. apaiti, ápāyati (impf. Ā. ápāyata, [RV. x, 72, 6]) to go away, withdraw, retire, run away, escape; to vanish, disappear.
apiअपिápi or sometimes pi (see pi-dṛbh, pi-dhā, pi-nah), expresses placing near or over, uniting to, annexing, reaching to, proximity, &c.
[cf. Gk. ἐπί; Zend api; Germ. and Eng. prefix be]
in later Sanskṛt its place seems frequently supplied by abhi.
(As a separable adv.) and, also, moreover, besides, assuredly, surely
suppose that, perhaps, [Jātakam.]
api api or api-ca, as well as
na vāpi or na apivā or na nacāpi, neither, nor, cāpi, (and at the beginning of a sentence) api-ca, moreover.
is often used to express emphasis, in the sense of even, also, very
e.g. anyad api, also another, something more
adyāpi, this very day, even now
tathāpi, even thus, notwithstanding
yady api, even if, although
yadyapi tathāpi, although, nevertheless
na kadācid api, never at any time: sometimes in the sense of but, only, at least, e.g. muhūrtam api, only a moment.
may be affixed to an interrogative to make it indefinite, e.g. ko 'pi, any one
kutrāpi, anywhere.
imparts to numerals the notion of totality, e.g. caturṇām api varṇānām, of all the four castes.
may be interrogative at the beginning of a sentence.
may strengthen the original force of the Potential, or may soften the Imperative, like the English ‘be pleased to’;
sometimes it is a mere expletive.
api tu but, but yet.
(api-api), as well-as, ib.
apācअपाच्(√ ac), (Imper. -aca) to drive away, [RV. ix, 97, 54.]
apādअपाद्a-pā́d See a-pád, p. 49, col. 2.
apājअपाज्(√ aj), (impf. -ājat; p. apā́jat; Imper. 2. sg. -aja) to drive away, [RV.]; [AitBr.]
apākअपाक्ápāk and 1. ápāka. See ápāñc.
ápāk ind. westward, [RV.]; [VS.]
apānअपान्(√ an), apāniti, or apānati [[AV. xi, 4, 14]] to breathe out, expire, [ŚBr. xiv]; [ChUp.]; pr. p. apānát mf(tI/)n. breathing out, [RV. x, 189, 2]; [AV.]
apārअपार्(apa-√ ṛ), to open by removing anything, [RV. v, 45, 6] (Subj. Ā. 3. sg. ápa ṛṇutá), [ix, 10, 6] (3. pl. ápa ṛṇvanti) and [102, 8] (impf. 2. sg. ṛṇór ápa).
apāsअपास्ápās (√ as), ‘to be absent from, not to participate in’, see apa-pare.
(√ as), to fling away, throw away or off, discard, to scare, drive away; to leave behind; to take no notice of, disregard.
apadअपद्a-pád or á-pad [only [ŚBr. xiv]] mfn. nom. (m.) a-pā́d (f.) a-pā́d [[RV. i, 152, 3] and [vi, 59, 6]] or a-pádī [[RV. x, 22, 14]], footless, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
apasअपस्ápas n. (fr. áp), work, action, especially sacred act, sacrificial act, [RV.][Lat. opus.]
apás mfn. active, skilful in any art, [RV.]
apás (ásas), f. pl. N. of the hands and fingers (when employed in kindling the sacred fire and in performing the sacrifices), [RV.]
of the three goddesses of sacred speech, [RV.]; [VS.]
of the active or running waters, [RV.]; [AV.]
apás mfn. (fr. 2. áp), watery. (So some passages of the Ṛg-veda [[i, 95, 4], &c.] may (according to [NBD.] and others) be translated where the word is applied to the running waters See 2. apás at end and apás-tama.)
apejअपेज्(√ īj), ápejate to drive away, [RV. v, 48, 2] and [vi, 64, 3.]
apeṣअपेष्(√ īṣ), (aor. 3. sg. ápa aíyeḥ) to withdraw from (abl.), [RV. v, 2, 8.]
apitअपित्a-pít mfn. (√ pi), not swelling, dry, [RV. vii, 82, 3.]
a-pit mfn. (in Gr.) not having the it or Anu-bandha p, [Pāṇ.]
apobhअपोभ्(√ ubh), (Imper. 2. pl. ápombhata) to bind, fetter, [AV. viii, 8, 11.]
apohअपोह्(√ 1. ūh), -ūhati (impf. ápauhat) to strip off, push away, frighten away, [RV.] &c., to remove or heal (diseases), [Suśr.]; Ā. to keep away from one's self, avoid, [Mn.]; to give up, [Ragh.]; (in disputation) to object, deny, [Sāh.]
apoṣअपोष्(√ uṣ) = apa- √ 2. vas, q.v.
apsāअप्साapsā́ See s.v.
ap-sā́ mfn. (√ san), giving water, [RV.]
apsuअप्सुfor words beginning thus, see s.v. .
á-psu mfn. without food, [RV. vii, 4, 6.]
apsú (loc. pl. of áp, q.v.), in the water or waters.
aptaअप्तSee án-apta.
aptuअप्तुaptú mfn. small, tender [Comm.; but perhaps connected with aptúr above, because also, applied to the Soma] [MaitrS.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
aptú m. body, [Uṇ.]
apusअपुस्n. v.l. for vápus, [Naigh.]
apvāअप्वाapvā́ (3; ápvā, [Naigh.]) f. ‘Impurity’, N. of a deity presiding over evacuation from fright, [RV. x, 103, 12] (voc. apve), [AV. ix, 8, 9] (acc. apvā́m).
apvaअप्वmf(A)n. abounding in water, [MānGṛ.]
apyaअप्यápya (2, 3) mf(a/pyA; once a/pI, RV. vi, 67, 9) n being in water, coming from water, connected with water, [RV.] (cf. 3. ā́pya).
ápya See 2. áp.
apādhāअपाधाapā-√ dhā (Subj. 1. sg. -dadhāni) to take off, loosen from, [KauṣBr.]
apāṇiअपाणिa-pāṇi mfn. handless, [MBh.]
apāṭhaअपाठa-pāṭha m. ‘cessation of recital or of study’, a holiday, [Divyāv.]
apāñcअपाञ्च्ápāñc mfn. āṅ, ācī, āk (fr. 2. añc), going or situated backwards, behind, [RV.] & [AV.]
western (opposed to prāñc), [ib.]
southern, [L.]
apācīअपाचीf. the south, [L.]
apādāअपादाapā-√ 1. dā Ā. to take off or away, [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]
apādaअपादa-pāda mfn. not divided into Pādas not metrical.
apāhṛअपाहृapā-√ hṛ Ā. to take off, [ŚBr.]
apākāअपाकाapākā́ (an old instr. case of 1. ápāñc) ind. far, [RV. i, 129, 1.]
apākṝअपाकॄapā-√ 1. kṝ to throw any one off; to abandon, to contemn.
apākaअपाकa-pāka mfn. (√ pac), immature, raw, unripe (said of fruits and of sores)
a-pāka m. immaturity
indigestion, [Suśr.]
ápāka mfn. coming from a distant place, distant, [RV.]; [VS.]
apākṛअपाकृapā-√ 1. kṛ to remove, drive away, (Ved. Inf. apā́kartoḥ), [MaitrS.]; to cast off, reject, desist from, [MBh.] &c.; to select for a present, [PBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; to reject (an opinion).
apālāअपालाa-pālā́ f. N. of a daughter of Atri, [RV. viii, 91, 7], &c.
apālaअपालa-pāla mf(A)n. unguarded, unprotected, undefended
apāliअपालिa-pāli mfn. having no tip of the ear, [Suśr.]
mfn. free from bees, &c., [L.] (see ali).
apāluअपालु(prob.) m. (said to be fr. √ āp) the wind, [L.]
apānaअपानapāná m. (opposed to prāṇá), that of the five vital airs which goes downwards and out at the anus
the anus, [MBh.] (in this sense also (am) n., [L.])
N. of a Sāman, [PBr.]
ventris crepitus, [L.]
apāpaअपापa-pāpa mf(A)n. sinless, virtuous, pure.
apārchअपार्छ्(apa-√ ṛch), to retire, [L.]
apāraअपारa-pārá mfn. not having an opposite shore, [TS.]
not having a shore, unbounded, boundless (applied to the earth, or to heaven and earth, [ródasī], &c.), [RV.] &c.
difficult to be got at, [R.]
a-pārá (as), m. ‘not the opposite bank’, the bank on this side (of a river), [MBh. viii, 2381]
a-pārá (am), n. (in Sāṅkhya phil.) ‘a bad shore’, ‘the reverse of pāra’, a kind of mental indifference or acquiescence
the reverse of mental acquiescence, [L.]
the boundless sea.
apāsṛअपासृapā-√ sṛ (apa-ā-; or apā for apa, the ā standing in the antepenultimate of a śloka), to turn off from, avoid (with abl.), [Yājñ. ii, 262.]
apāsiअपासिmfn. having a bad or no sword.
apāsuअपासुmfn. lifeless, [Naiṣ.]
apātīअपाती(√ i) to escape (with acc.), [GopBr.]
apāvṛअपावृapā-√ 1. vṛ (apā = apa cf. apa- √ 1. vṛ), -vṛṇoti, to open, uncover, reveal, [Lāṭy.]; [Up.] &c.
apāyaअपायSee ape.
m. going away, departure
destruction, death, annihilation
injury, loss
misfortune, evil, calamity.
apījūअपीजूapī-jū́ m(du. -ju/vA)fn. impelling, [RV. ii, 31, 5.]
apīḍāअपीडाa-pīḍā f. id.
apītaअपीतápīta mfn. gone into, entered, [ŚBr. x] (used for the etym. of svapiti), [ChUp.] (cf. svāpyayā.)
a-pīta mfn. not drunk
not having drunk, [MBh. ii, 1902.]
apītiअपीतिápīti f. entering into, [RV. i, 121, 10], dissolving, dissolution, [ŚBr.]; [Up.]
apūjāअपूजाa-pūjā f. irreverence, disrespect.
apūpaअपूपapūpá m. (cf. pūpa), cake of flour, meal, &c., [RV.] &c.
a kind of fine bread
honeycomb, [ChUp.]
wheat, [L.]
apūraअपूरa-pūra mfn. not to be filled or satisfied, not to be quenched (as thirst), [BhP.]
apūtaअपूतá-pūta mfn. impure, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
not purified (by purificatory rites), [Mn.]; [Gaut.]
apabhīअपभीapa-bhī mfn. id.
apabhūअपभूapa-√ bhū (Imper. -bhavatu and -bhūtu [[RV. i, 131, 7]]; aor. Subj. 2. sg. -bhūs, 2. pl. -bhūtana) to be absent, be deficient, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]
apadhāअपधाapa-√ dhā (Imper. -dadhātu; aor. Pass. -dhāyi) to take off, place aside, [RV. iv, 28, 2]; [vi, 20, 5] and [x, 164, 3.]
apa-dhā́ f. hiding, shutting up, [RV. ii, 12, 3.]
apadhūअपधूapa-√ dhū (1. sg. -dhūnomi) to shake off, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
apaśuअपशुá-paśu m. not cattle i.e. cattle not fit to be sacrificed, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
a-paśú mfn. deprived of cattle, poor, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
having no victim, [ĀśvGṛ.]
apathāअपथाá-pathā f. N. of various plants.
apathaअपथá-patha n. not a way, absence of a road, pathless state, [AV.] &c., wrong way, deviation
heresy, heterodoxy, [L.]
á-patha mf(A)n., pathless, roadless, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 30], Sch.
apaṭhaअपठa-paṭha m. unable to read, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 157] seq. Sch.
apacīअपचीapa-cī f. a disease consisting in an enlargement of the glands of the neck, [Suśr.]
apacaअपचa-paca mfn. not able to cook, a bad cook, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 157] seq. Sch.
apaciअपचिapa-√ 2. ci (Imper. 2. sg. -cikīhi) to pay attention to, to respect, [AV. i, 10, 4.]
apa-√ 1. ci -cinoti, to gather, collect: Pass. -cīyate, to be injured in health or prosperity; to grow less; to wane; (with abl.) to lose anything, [MBh.]
apadṝअपदॄapa-√ dṝ Intens. p. apa-dárdrat mfn. tearing open, [RV. vi, 17, 5.]
apadaअपदá-pada n. no place, no abode, [AV.]
the wrong place or time, [Kathās.] &c.
á-pada mfn. footless, [Pañcat.]
apagāअपगाapa-gā f. = āpa-gā, [L.]
apa-√ 1. gā to go away, vanish, retire (with abl.), [VS.] &c.
apagaiअपगैapa-√ gai to break off singing, cease to sing, [GopBr.]; [Vait.]
apagṝअपगॄapa-√ 2. gṝ Intens. part. -járgurāṇa (mfn.) ([Gmn.] & [NBD.]) devouring, [RV. v, 29, 4.]
apagaअपगápa-ga mf(A)n. going away, turning away from (abl.), [AV. i, 34, 5] (cf. án-apaga)
apahāअपहाapa-√ 2. hā Ā. -jihīte (aor. 3. pl. -ahāsata Subj. 1. pl. -hāsmahi), to run away from (abl.) or off, [RV.]
apa-√ 3. hā Ā. (aor. Subj. 2. sg. -hāsthāḥ) to remain behind, fall short, not reach the desired end, [AV. xviii, 3, 73] : Pass. -hīyate, to grow less, decrease (in strength, balam), [Suśr.]
apahaअपहapa-ha mfn. ifc. keeping back, repelling, removing, destroying (e.g. śokāpaha, q.v.)
apahṛअपहृapa-√ hṛ to snatch away, carry off, plunder; to remove, throw away: Caus. -hārayati See apa-hārita below.
(also) to captivate, [Divyāv.]
apahiअपहिapa-√ hi to throw off, disengage or deliver one's self from (acc.), [BhP.]
apajiअपजिapa-√ ji to ward off, keep off or out, [ŚBr.]; [Kāṭh.]; [PBr.]
to win from (with punaḥ, ‘to reconquer’), [TS.]
apakṝअपकॄapa-√ 1. kṝ Ā. apa-s-kirate ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 142]) to scrape with the feet, [Uttarar.]; (cf. ava-√ s-kṝ) : P. apa-kirati, to spout out, spurt, scatter, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 21] Comm.; to throw down, [L.]
apakṛअपकृapa-√ 1. kṛ to carry away, remove, drag away; (with gen. or acc.) to hurt, wrong, injure: Caus. -kārayati, to hurt, wrong, injure: Caus. -kārayati, to hurt wrong.
apalaअपलn. a pin or bolt, [L.]
a-pala mfn. fleshless.
apamāअपमाapa-√ 3. mā (ind.p. -mā́ya; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 69]) to measure off, measure, [AV. xix, 57, 6.]
apamaअपमapamá mfn. (fr. ápa), the most distant, the last, [RV. x, 39, 3]; [AV. x, 4, 1]
apamá m. (in astron.) the declination of a planet.
apameअपमेapa-√ me cl. 1. Ā. -mayate (ind.p. -mitya, or -māya) to be in debt to, owe, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 19], Sch.
apanīअपनीapa-√ nī to lead away or off; to rob, steal, take or drag away; to remove, frighten away; to put off or away (as garments, ornaments, or fetters); to extract, take from; to deny Comm. on [Mn. viii, 53], [59]; to except, exclude from a rule Comm. on [RPrāt.] : Desid. -ninīṣati, to wish to remove Comm. on [Mn. i, 27.]
apanuअपनुapa-√ 3. nu to put aside, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]
apapaअपपm. (with Buddhists) a partic. cold hell, [Dharmas. 122].
apapṛअपपृapa-√ 1. pṛ (aor. Subj. 2. sg. parṣi) to drive or scare away from (abl.), [RV. i, 129, 5.]
aparāअपराáparā f. the west, [L.]
the hind quarter of an elephant, [L.]
the womb, [L.]
f. (with vidyā) the exoteric Vedānta doctrine (as opp. to parā v°, ‘the esoteric’), [IndSt.]
aparīअपरीaparī́ f. (used in the pl.) the future, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]
aparaअपरa-para mfn. having nothing beyond or after, having no rival or superior.
ápara mf(A)n. (fr. ápa), posterior, later, latter (opposed to pū́rva; often in comp.)
following
western
inferior, lower (opposed to pára)
other, another (opposed to svá)
different (with abl.)
being in the west of
distant, opposite. Sometimes is used as a conjunction to connect words or sentences, e.g. aparaṃ-ca, moreover
ápara (as), m. the hind foot of an elephant, [Śiś.]
also (e), m. pl. others (= anye, used to indicate a various reading), Hāla, Sch.
apará (ám)/ [[RV. vi, 33, 5]], n. the future, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]
[cf. Goth. and Old Germ. afar, and the Mod. Germ. aber, in such words as Aber-mal, Aber-witz].
apasūअपसूapa-√ sū (1. sg. -suvāmi; Imper. 2. sg. -suva; aor. Subj. -sāviṣat) to drive off, [RV. x, 37, 4] and [100, 8]; [AV.]; [VS.]
apasṛअपसृapa-√ sṛ (impf. -sarat) to slip off from (abl.), [RV. iv, 30, 10]; to go away, retreat: Caus. -sārayati, to make or let go away, remove.
apatiअपतिá-pati m. not a husband or master, [AV. viii, 6, 16]
á-pati f. ‘without a husband or master’, either an unmarried person or a widow.