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vap

cl. 1. P. Ā. vápati, °te (only pres. stem and ind.p. uptvā, -upya), to shear, shave (Ā. ‘one's self’), cut off, [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]; to crop (herbage), mow, cut (grass), graze, [RV. vi, 6, 4] : Caus. vāpayati, °te (Pot. vāpayīta, [ĀśvŚr.]), to cause (Ā. ‘one's self’) to be shorn, [GṛŚrS.]

cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 34]) vápati, °te (Pot. upet, [GṛS.]; pf. uvāpa, ūpúḥ; ūpe, [RV.] &c.; vavāpa, [MBh.]; -vepe, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120]; aor. avāpsīt, [Br.] &c.;avapta Gr.; Pot. upyāt, [ib.]; fut. vaptā, [ib.]; vapsyáti, [Br.]; vapiṣyati, [MBh.] &c.; inf. vaptum Gr.; ind.p. uptvā, [MBh.]; -úpya, [RV.] &c.), to strew, scatter (esp. seed), sow, bestrew, [RV.] &c. &c.; to throw, cast (dice), [ib.]; to procreate, beget (see vapus and vaptṛ); to throw or heap up, dam up, [AV.] : Pass. upyáte (aor. vāpi, [Br.]), to be strewn or sown, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. vāpayati (aor. avīvapat Gr.) to sow, plant, put in the ground, [MBh.] : Desid. vivapsati, °te Gr.: Intens. vāvapyate, vāvapti, [ib.]