apas अपस् ápas 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.) apasū अपसू apa-√ sū (1. sg. -suvāmi; Imper. 2. sg. -suva; aor. Subj. -sāviṣat) to drive off, [RV. x, 37, 4] and [100, 8]; [AV.]; [VS.] apasṛ अपसृ apa-√ 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. apasac अपसच् apa-√ sac (perf. Ā. 3. pl. -saścire, 1. pl. P. -saścima) to escape, evade (with acc.), [RV. v, 20, 2]; [VS. xxxviii, 20.] apasṛp अपसृप् apa-√ sṛp to glide or move off; to retreat. apasidh अपसिध् apa-√ sidh (Imper. 2. sg. -sédha, or -sédha, 3. sg. -sedhatu, 3. pl. -sedhantu; pr. p. -sédhat) to ward off, remove, drive away, [RV.] &c. apaskṝ अपस्कॄ apa-√ skṝ See apa- √ 3. kṝ. apaspṛ अपस्पृ apa-√ spṛ Ā. (impf. 3. pl. -spṛṇvata) to extricate from, deliver from, [KauṣBr.]; (3. pl. -spṛṇvaté) to refresh [[Gmn.]; ‘to alienate’, [BR.]], [RV. viii, 2, 5.] apasyā अपस्या apasyā́ f. activity, [RV. v, 44, 8]; [vii, 45, 2] (cf. sv-apasyā́; for 2. apasyā̀, see 2. apasyà below.) apasyā̀ f. a kind of brick (twenty are used in building the sacrificial altar), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.] apasya अपस्य Nom. P. (Subj. °syā́t) to be active, [RV. i, 121, 7.] apasyà mf(sI/)n. watery, melting, dispersing, [RV. x, 89, 2]; [VS. x, 7] , apasyú. See apas. apasyu अपस्यु apasyú mfn. active, [RV.] apasāra अपसार apa-sāra m. a way for going out, escape, [Mṛcch.]; [Pañcat.] apasphur अपस्फुर् apa-√ sphur (aor. Subj. 2. sg. -spharīs) to move suddenly aside or to lash out (as a cow during milking), [RV. vi, 61, 14.] apa-sphúr mfn. bounding or bursting forth, (or figuratively) splashing out (said of the Soma), [RV. viii, 69, 10] (cf. án-apasphur, &c.) apasada अपसद apa-sada m. the children of six degrading marriages (of a Brāhman with the women of the three lower classes, of a Kṣatriya with women of the two lower, and of a Vaiśya with one of the Śūdra, [Mn. x, 10] seqq., but cf. [MBh. xiii, 2620] seqq. and apadhvaṃsa-ja), an outcast (often ifc.; see brāhmaṇāpasada). apasara अपसर apa-sara m. (in geom.) distance See anapasara. apasṛti अपसृति apa-sṛti f. = apa-sara. apaspṛś अपस्पृश् apa-spṛś See án-apaspṛś. apaskhala अपस्खल apa-skhalá m. slipping [‘outside of a threshing-floor’, [Sāy.]] [ŚBr.] apasphiga अपस्फिग apa-sphiga mfn. one who has badly formed buttocks, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 187] apasalaiḥ अपसलैः apa-salaiḥ ind. to the left, [ĀśvGṛ.] apasamam अपसमम् apa-samam ind. last year (? g. tiṣṭhadgv-ādi, q.v.) apasarpa अपसर्प apa-sarpa m. a secret emissary or agent, spy, [Bālar.] apasavya अपसव्य apa-savya mfn. not on the left side, right, [Mn. iii, 214] (with auguries) from the right to the left, moving to the left, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. apa-savya m. (scil. agni) the sacrificial fire at the birth of a son, [L.] apasṛpti अपसृप्ति apa-sṛpti f. going away from (abl.) apaskāra अपस्कार apa-skāra m. under part of the knee, [L.] apaskara अपस्कर apa-skara m. any part of a carriage, a wheel, &c., [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 149] faeces (cf. avaskara), [Vet.] anus, [L.] vulva, [L.] apasmāra अपस्मार apa-smāra m. epilepsy, falling sickness, [Suśr.] &c. want of memory, confusion of mind (in rhet. one of the Vyabhicāribhāvas, q.v.), [Sāh.] apasmaya अपस्मय apa-smaya mfn. free from arrogance or pride, [BhP.] apasmṛti अपस्मृति apa-smṛti mfn. forgetful, [BhP.] absent in mind, confused, [ib.] apasnāna अपस्नान apa-snāna n. funeral bathing (upon the death of a relative, &c.), [L.] impure water in which a person has previously washed, [Mn. iv, 132.] apasnāta अपस्नात apa-snāta mfn. bathing during mourning or upon the death of a relation, [R. ii, 42, 22.] apaspaśa अपस्पश apa-spaśa mf(A)n. without spies (and a-paspaśa, ‘without the introduction to the Mahābhāṣya’), [Śiś. ii, 112]. apaspati अपस्पति apas—pati m. N. of a son of Uttānapāda, [VP.] apas-pati See 2. apás. apastama अपस्तम apás—tama mfn. (apás-) (superl.), most active, [RV.] most rapid, [RV. x, 75, 7.] apás-tama See 2. apás. apastana अपस्तन mfn. far from the mother's breast, [MBh.] apasvāna अपस्वान apa-svāna m. a hurricane, [Āp.] apasvara अपस्वर apa-svara m. an unmusical note or sound, [L.] apa-svara mfn. singing out of tune, [Saṃgīt.] apasāraṇa अपसारण apa-sāraṇa n. removing to a distance dismissing banishment, [Mcar.] apasāritā अपसारिता apa-sāritā f. (fr. °rin) issue, end, [Mālav.] apasārita अपसारित apa-sārita mfn. removed, put away. apasphigam अपस्फिगम् apa-sphigam ind. except the buttocks, [ib.] apasalavi अपसलवि apa-salaví ind. to the left (opposed to pra-salaví cf. ava-salavi), [ŚBr.] the space between the thumb and the forefinger (sacred to the Manes). apasaraṇa अपसरण apa-saraṇa n. going away retreating. apasarpya अपसर्प्य apa-sarpya mfn. (prob.) to be driven away, [Pañcat. iii, 241]. apasavyam अपसव्यम् apa-savyam ind. to the left, from the right to the left, [KātyŚr.] &c. apaskambha अपस्कम्भ apa-skambhá as, m. fastening, making firm, [AV. iv, 6, 4.] accord. to some, ‘the tearing [arrow]’, [AV. iv, 6, 4]. apasmārin अपस्मारिन् apa-smārin mfn. epileptic, convulsed, [Mn.] &c. apastambha अपस्तम्भ apa-stambha m. id., [Suśr.] apastamba अपस्तम्ब apa-stamba m. a vessel inside or on one side of the chest containing vital air, [Bhpr.] apasarjana अपसर्जन apa-sarjana n. (√ sṛj), abandonment, [L.] gift or donation, [L.] final emancipation of the soul, [L.] (cf. apa-√ vṛj.) apasarpaṇa अपसर्पण apa-sarpaṇa n. going back, retreating. apasavyena अपसव्येन apa-savyena ind. to the left, from the right to the left, [KātyŚr.] &c. apasavyaṃkṛ अपसव्यंकृ apasavyaṃ-√ kṛ = pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛ, to circumambulate a person keeping the right side towards him, [Kauś.] &c.; to put the sacred thread over the right shoulder, [Yājñ. i, 232.] apasavyavat अपसव्यवत् apasavya-vat mfn. having the sacred thread over the right shoulder, [Yājñ. i, 250.] apasiddhānta अपसिद्धान्त apa-siddhānta m. an assertion or statement opposed to orthodox teaching or to settled dogma, [Nyāyad.] &c. apastambhinī अपस्तम्भिनी apa-stambhinī f. N. of a plant.