ava-√ sṛp -sárpati, (said of the sun) to set, [VS. xvi, 7]; (p. loc. m. -sarpati), [Lāṭy.]; to flow back (as the sea in low tide), [MBh. xiii, 7257] (v.l. ava-sarpita mfn. ‘caused to flow back’); to creep to or approach unawares, [TS.]; [AV. viii, 6, 3]; to flow over gradually, [AV. xi, 1, 17.]