cl. 1. P. Ā. kṣapati, °te (pr. p. kṣápamāṇa; inf. kṣapitum, [BhP. iii, 23, 6]), to be abstinent, fast, do penance, [SV.]; [Kauś.]; [Mn. v, 69]; [MBh.] &c.; (for √ kṣip, [Ṛtus. v, 9.])
cl. 10. P. kṣapayati, to throw, cast, [Dhātup. xxxv, 84] (cf. √ kṣip.)
= Caus. √ 4. kṣi, q.v.
kṣáp p, f. night, [RV.]
a measure of time equivalent to a whole day of twenty-four hours, [RV.]
darkness, [RV. i, 64, 8]
water, [Naigh. i, 12]
[cf. Gk., κνέϕας; Lat. crepus-culum]