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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].
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.)
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.
apavāअपवाapa-√ vā -vā́ti, to exhale, perspire, [RV. i, 162, 10], (Imper. -vātu) to blow off, [RV. viii, 18, 10.]
apavīअपवीapa-√ vī -veti, to turn away from, be unfavourable to, [RV. v, 61, 18] and [x, 43, 2.]
apaveअपवेapa-√ ve (Imper. 2. sg. -vaya) to unweave what has been woven, [RV. x, 130, 1.]
apavṛअपवृapa-√ 1. vṛ (impf. 2. sg. ápāvṛṇos, 3. sg. ápāvṛṇot; Subj. -varat; aor. 2. and 3. sg. -āvar [[Padap.] -avar], 3. sg. Ā. -avṛta; aor. Subj. 1. sg. -vam [for varm, [RV. x, 28, 7]], 3. sg. -var, 3. pl. -vran, Imper. 2. sg. [in [RV.]] once ápa vṛdhi and five times ápā vṛdhi [cf. apā- √ 1. vṛ and [ib.] ápā-vṛta]; perf. 2. sg. -vavártha, 3. sg. -vavāra) to open, uncover, exhibit, [RV.]; (ind.p. -vṛtya), [ŚBr. xiv]; (cf. apā- √ 1. vṛ) : Caus. -vārayati, ‘to hide, conceal’, see apa-vārita.
apaṭīअपटीf. a screen or wall of cloth (especially surrounding a tent), [L.]
apaṭuअपटुa-paṭu mfn. not clever, awkward, uncouth
ineloquent
sick, diseased, [L.]
apayāअपयाapa-√ yā to go away, depart, retire from (abl.).; to fall off: Caus. -yāpayati, to carry away by violence, [BhP.]
apayuअपयुapa-√ 1. yu -yuyoti (Imper. 2. sg. -yuyodhi, 2. pl. -yuyotana) to repel, disjoin, [RV.]
apabhāṣअपभाष्apa-√ bhāṣ to revile, [Kum. v, 83.]
apabhajअपभज्apa-√ bhaj P. (Subj. 1. pl. -bhajāma) to cede or transfer a share to, [RV. x, 108, 9]; [ŚBr.]; to satisfy the claim of (acc.), [KātyŚr.]; to divide into parts, [PBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
apabhidअपभिद्apa-√ bhid (Imper. 2. sg. -bhindhí for -bhinddhi) to drive away, [RV. viii, 45, 40.]
apadhāvअपधाव्apa-√ dhāv to run away, [AV.]; [ŚBr.], to depart (from a previous statement), prevaricate, [Mn. viii, 54.]
apadhamअपधम्apa-√ dham (3. pl. -dhamanti impf. ápādhamat 2. sg. -adhamas) to blow away or off, [RV.]
apadhṛṣअपधृष्apa-√ dhṛṣ -dhṛṣ ṇoti, to overcome, subdue, [KauṣBr.] (cf. an-apadhṛṣya.)
apadhyaiअपध्यैapa-√ dhyai to have a bad opinion of, curse mentally, [MBh.] &c.
apaghaṭअपघट्apa-√ ghaṭ Caus. -ghāṭayati, to shut up.
apaṅkaअपङ्कa-paṅka mfn. mudless, dry, [Kir.]
apaṇyaअपण्यa-paṇya mfn. unfit for sale
a-paṇya n. an unsaleable article, [Gaut.]
apaśiṣअपशिष्apa-√ śiṣ to leave out, [ŚBr.]
apaśrīअपश्रीapa-śrī mfn. deprived of beauty, [Śiś.]
apaśriअपश्रिapa-√ śri to retire from, [Lāṭy.]
apaśucअपशुच्apa-śuc m. (√ śuc), ‘without sorrow’, the soul, [L.]
apa-√ śuc Intens. p. -śóśucat (mfn.) driving off by flames, [RV. i, 97, 1.]
apaśyaअपश्यa-paśyá mfn. not seeing, [RV. i, 148, 5.]
apathinअपथिन्a-pathin °nthās m. absence of road, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 72.]
apathyaअपथ्यa-pathya mfn. unfit
unsuitable
inconsistent
(in med.) unwholesome as food or drink in particular complaints.
apabādhअपबाध्apa-√ bādh Ā. to drive away, repel, remove, [RV.] &c.: Caus. P. id., [AV. xii, 1, 49] : Desid. Ā. -bībhatsate, to abhor from (abl.), [AitBr.]
apabrūअपब्रूapa-√ brū (impf. -brávat) to speak some mysterious or evil words upon, [AV. vi, 57, 1.]
apacāyअपचाय्apa-√ cāy to fear, [TBr.]; to respect, honour, [ŚBr.]; [TBr.]
apacarअपचर्apa-√ car to depart; to act wrongly.
apacitअपचित्apa-√ cit Caus. Ā. (Subj. -cetáyātai) to abandon, turn off from (abl.), [VS. ii, 17] : Desid. -cikitsati, to wish to leave or to abandon any one (abl.), [AV. xiii, 2, 15.]
apa-cít t, f. a noxious flying insect, [AV.]
(read, ‘a sore, boil’, = apa-cī, fr. apa-√ ci, [AV.]
apacyuअपच्युapa-√ cyu (aor. Ā. 2. sg. -cyoṣṭhaḥ) to fall off, go off, desert, [RV. x, 173, 2] : Caus. (aor. -cucyavat) to expel, [RV. ii, 41, 10.]
apadahअपदह्apa-√ dah to burn up, to burn out so as to drive out, [RV. vii, 1, 7], &c.
apadasअपदस्apa-√ das (3. pl. -dasyanti) to fail i.e. become dry, [RV. i, 135, 8.]
apadiśअपदिश्apa-√ diś (ind.p. -diśya) to assign, [KātyŚr.]; to point out, indicate, to betray, pretend, hold out as a pretext or disguise, [Ragh.] &c.
apadmaअपद्मa-padma mf(A)n. having no lotus-flower, [Mṛcch.]
apadrāअपद्राapa-√ drā (Imper. 3. pl. -drāntu, 2. sg. -drāhi) to run away, [RV. x, 85, 32]; [AV.]
apadruअपद्रुapa-√ 2. dru id., [ŚBr.] &c.
apagamअपगम्apa-√ gam to go away, depart; to give way, vanish.
apaguhअपगुह्apa-√ guh (Subj. 2. sg. P. -gūhas Ā. -gūhathāś; impf. 3. pl. ápāgūhan; aor. -aghu-kṣat) to conceal, hide, [RV.]; [AV.]
apagurअपगुर्apa-√ gur to reject, disapprove, threaten, [RV. v, 32, 6], &c.; to inveigh against any one: Intens. part. apa-járgurāṇa (see s.v. apa- √ 2. gṝ).
apahanअपहन्apa-√ han (Subj. 3. sg. -han; Imper. 2. sg. -jahí, 2. du. -hatam; 2. pl. -hatā́, or -hata; perf. -jaghā́na; pr. p. -ghnát; Intens. p. nom. m. -jáṅghanat) to beat off, ward off, repel, destroy, [RV.] &c.
apahasअपहस्apa-√ has to deride: Caus. -hāsayati, to deride, ridicule.
apahṛtअपहृत्apa-°hṛt mfn. taking away (comp.), [Kāv.]
apahnuअपह्नुapa-√ hnu Ā. (1. sg. -hnuvé) to refuse, [RV. i, 138, 4]; to conceal, disguise, deny, [Kāṭh.] &c.; to excuse one's self, give satisfaction to, [ŚBr.]; [TBr.]
apajñāअपज्ञाapa-√ jñā -jānīte, to dissemble, conceal, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 44.]
apajyaअपज्यapa-jya mfn. without a bowstring, [MBh.]
apakaṣअपकष्apa-√ kaṣ to scrape off, [AV.]
apakṛtअपकृत्apa-kṛt mfn. doing harm or injury, [Mcar.]
apa-√ 2. kṛt cl. 6. P. -kṛntati, to cut off, [Kauś.]
apakṛṣअपकृष्apa-√ kṛṣ cl. 1. P. -karṣati, to draw off or aside, drag down, carry away, take away, remove; to omit, diminish; to put away; to anticipate a word &c. which occurs later (in a sentence); to bend (a bow); to detract, debase, dishonour: Caus. -karṣayati, to remove, diminish, detract.
apakrīअपक्रीapa-√ krī to buy, [AV.]; [ŚBr.] (see ava-√ krī).
apaktiअपक्तिa-pakti f. (√ pac), immaturity
indigestion.
apakvaअपक्वa-pakva mf(A)n. unripe, immature
undigested.
apakṣaअपक्षa-pakṣá mfn. without wings, [AV.] &c.
without followers or partisans, [MBh.]
not on the same side or party
adverse, opposed to.
apakṣiअपक्षिapa-√ 4. kṣi Pass. -kṣī́yate, to decline, wane (as the moon), [TS.]; [ŚBr.]
apalapअपलप्apa-√ lap to explain away, to deny, conceal: Caus. Ā. -lāpayate, to outwit, [Bhaṭṭ.]
apalikhअपलिख्apa-√ likh (Subj. -likhāt) to scrape off, [AV. xiv, 2, 68.]
apamṛjअपमृज्apa-√ mṛj cl. 2. P. Ā. -mārṣṭi (1. pl. -mṛjmahe; Imper. 2. du. -mṛjethām) to wipe off, remove, [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
apamudअपमुद्apa-mud mfn. joyless, pitiable, [Śiś.]
apanaśअपनश्apa-√ 2. naś ‘to disappear’, Imper. -naśya, be off, [KauṣBr.]