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वसु॒र्वसु॑पति॒र्हि क॒मस्य॑ग्ने वि॒भाव॑सुः
स्याम॑ ते सुम॒तावपि॑
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vásur vásupatir hí kam
ásy agne vibhā́vasuḥ
syā́ma te sumatā́v ápi
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vasuḥfrom vásu-
from vásupati-
from hí
from kam
from √as- 1
from agní-
from vibhā́vasu-
from √as- 1
from sumatí-
from ápi
8.44.24
For Excellent and Lord of wealth. art thou O Agni, rich in light: May we enjoy thy favouring grace.
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| 8.44.24 | vásuḥ | vásu- vasu : vásu mf(u or vI)n. (for 2. See p. 932, col. 3) excellent, good, beneficent, [RV.]; [GṛŚrS.] vasu : sweet, [L.] vasu : dry, [L.] vasu : N. of the gods (as the ‘good or bright ones’, esp. of the Ādityas, Maruts, Aśvins, Indra, Uṣas, Rudra, Vāyu, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Kubera), [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [R.] vasu : of a partic. class of gods (whose number is usually eight, and whose chief is Indra, later Agni and Viṣṇu; they form one of the nine Gaṇas or classes enumerated under Gaṇa-devatā q.v.; the eight Vasus were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena, and are usually mentioned with the other Gaṇas common in the Veda, viz. the eleven Rudras and the twelve Ādityas, constituting with them and with Dyaus, ‘Heaven’, and Pṛthivī, ‘Earth’ [or, according to some, with Indra and Prajā-pati, or, according to others, with the two Aśvins], the thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made; the names of the Vasus, according to the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, are, 1. Āpa [connected with ap, ‘water’]; 2. Dhruva, ‘the Pole-star’; 3. Soma, ‘the Moon’; 4. Dhava or Dhara; 5. Anila, ‘Wind’; 6. Anala or Pāvaka, ‘Fire’; 7. Pratyūṣa, ‘the Dawn’; 8. Prabhāsa, ‘Light’; but their names are variously given; Ahan, ‘Day’, being sometimes substituted for 1; in their relationship to Fire and Light they appear to belong to Vedic rather than Purānic mythology), [RV.] &c. &c. vasu : a symbolical N. of the number ‘eight’, [VarBṛS.] vasu : a ray of light, [Naigh. i, 15] vasu : a partic. ray of light, [VP.] vasu : = jina, [Śīl.] (only [L.] the sun; the moon; fire; a rope, thong; a tree; N. of two kinds of plant = baka and pīta-madgu; a lake, pond; a kind of fish; the tie of the yoke of a plough; the distance from the elbow to the closed fist) vasu : N. of a Ṛṣi (with the patr. Bharad-vāja, author of [RV. ix, 80]-[82], reckoned among the seven sages), [Hariv.] vasu : of a son of Manu, [ib.] vasu : of a son of Uttāna-pāda, [ib.] vasu : of a prince of the Cedis also called Upari-cara, [MBh.] vasu : of a son of Īlina, [ib.] vasu : of a son of Kuśa and the country called after him, [RV.] vasu : of a son of Vasu-deva, [BhP.] vasu : of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [ib.] vasu : of a son of Vatsara, [ib.] vasu : of a son of Hiraṇya-retas and the Varṣa ruled by him, [ib.] vasu : of a son of Bhūtajyotis, [ib.] vasu : of a son of Naraka, [ib.] vasu : of a king of Kaśmīra, [Cat.] vasu : vásu (u), f. light, radiance, [L.] vasu : a partic. drug, [L.] vasu : N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and mother of the Vasus (as a class of gods), [Hariv.]; [VP.] vasu : vásu n. (in Veda gen. vásos, vásvas and vásunas; also pl., exceptionally m.) wealth, goods, riches, property, [RV.] &c. &c. (°soṣ-pati m. prob. ‘the god of wealth or property’, [AV. i, 12] [[Paipp.] asoṣ-p°, ‘the god of life’]; °sor-dhā́rā f. ‘stream of wealth’, N. of a partic. libation of Ghṛta at the Agni-cayana, [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.] &c.; of the wife of Agni, [BhP.]; of the heavenly Gaṅgā, [MBh.]; of sacred bathing-place, [ib.]; of a kind of vessel, [ib.]; °sor-dhā́rā-prayoga m. N. of wk.) vasu : vásu n. gold (see -varma-dhara) vasu : a jewel, gem, pearl (see -mekhala) vasu : any valuable or precious object, [L.] vasu : vásu n. (also f.) a partic. drug, [L.] vasu : vásu n. a kind of salt (= romaka), [L.] vasu : water, [L.] vasu : a horse (?), [L.] vasu : = śyāma, [L.] vasu : m. or n. (for 1. See p. 930, col. 3) dwelling or dweller (see sáṃ-vasu). vasu : 1. 2. See pp. 930 and 932. 🔎 vásu- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 8.44.24 | vásupatiḥ | vásupati- vasupati : vásu—pati (vásu-), m. lord of wealth or of good things (also with vásūnām; N. of Agni, Indra, Savitṛ and Kubera), [RV.]; [Pañcar.] vasupati : ‘lord of the Vasus’, N. of Kṛṣṇa, [Pañcar.] 🔎 vásupati- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 8.44.24 | hí hi : (cf. √ hay) cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 11]) hinóti (Ved. also hinuté, hínvati and hinváti, °te; p. hinvāná [with act. and pass. sense] [RV.]; háyat, [RV.]; [TS.]; 1. sg. hiṣe, [RV.]; pf. jighāya, jighyuḥ, [Br.] &c.; jighye [with pass. sense] [Bhaṭṭ.]; aor. áhema, ahyan, heta p. hiyāná [with pass. sense] [RV.]; ahyam [?], áhait, [AV.]; ahaiṣīt, [Br.]; aheṣata, [RV.]; fut. hetā Gr.; heṣyati, [MBh.] &c.; inf. -hyé, [RV.]), to send forth, set in motion, impel, urge on, hasten on (Ā. also intrans.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; to stimulate or incite to (dat.), [RV.]; to assist or help to (dat.), [ib.]; to discharge, hurl, cast, shoot, [RV.]; to convey, bring, procure, [ib.]; [ŚBr.]; to forsake, abandon, get rid of [Bhaṭṭ.]; (hinvati) to gladden, delight, [Dhātup. xv, 82] : Pass. hīyate (aor. ahāyi) Gr.: Caus. hāyayati (aor. ajīhayat), [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. jihāpayiṣati, [ib.] : Desid. jighīṣati, [ib.] : Intens. jeghīyate, jeghayīti, jegheti, [ib.] hi : hí ind. (used as a particle [cf. ha and gha] and usually denoting) for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns; e.g. sárvo hí pṛ́tanā jigīṣati, ‘for everybody wishes to win battles’; bhavān hi pramāṇam, ‘for your honour is the authority’; tathā hi, ‘for example’, ‘accordingly’; ná hí or nahí, ‘for not’, ‘not at all’), [RV.] &c. &c. hi : just, pray, do (with an Impv. or Pot. emphatically; sometimes with Indic., e.g. paśyāmo hi, ‘we will just see’), [ib.] hi : indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly (hí vaí, ‘most assuredly’; hi-tu or hi-punar, ‘indeed-but’; often a mere expletive, esp. to avoid a hiatus, sometimes repeated in the same sentence; is also said to be an interjection of ‘envy’, ‘contempt’, ‘hurry’ &c.), [ib.] 🔎 hí | hí hi : (cf. √ hay) cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 11]) hinóti (Ved. also hinuté, hínvati and hinváti, °te; p. hinvāná [with act. and pass. sense] [RV.]; háyat, [RV.]; [TS.]; 1. sg. hiṣe, [RV.]; pf. jighāya, jighyuḥ, [Br.] &c.; jighye [with pass. sense] [Bhaṭṭ.]; aor. áhema, ahyan, heta p. hiyāná [with pass. sense] [RV.]; ahyam [?], áhait, [AV.]; ahaiṣīt, [Br.]; aheṣata, [RV.]; fut. hetā Gr.; heṣyati, [MBh.] &c.; inf. -hyé, [RV.]), to send forth, set in motion, impel, urge on, hasten on (Ā. also intrans.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; to stimulate or incite to (dat.), [RV.]; to assist or help to (dat.), [ib.]; to discharge, hurl, cast, shoot, [RV.]; to convey, bring, procure, [ib.]; [ŚBr.]; to forsake, abandon, get rid of [Bhaṭṭ.]; (hinvati) to gladden, delight, [Dhātup. xv, 82] : Pass. hīyate (aor. ahāyi) Gr.: Caus. hāyayati (aor. ajīhayat), [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. jihāpayiṣati, [ib.] : Desid. jighīṣati, [ib.] : Intens. jeghīyate, jeghayīti, jegheti, [ib.] hi : hí ind. (used as a particle [cf. ha and gha] and usually denoting) for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns; e.g. sárvo hí pṛ́tanā jigīṣati, ‘for everybody wishes to win battles’; bhavān hi pramāṇam, ‘for your honour is the authority’; tathā hi, ‘for example’, ‘accordingly’; ná hí or nahí, ‘for not’, ‘not at all’), [RV.] &c. &c. hi : just, pray, do (with an Impv. or Pot. emphatically; sometimes with Indic., e.g. paśyāmo hi, ‘we will just see’), [ib.] hi : indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly (hí vaí, ‘most assuredly’; hi-tu or hi-punar, ‘indeed-but’; often a mere expletive, esp. to avoid a hiatus, sometimes repeated in the same sentence; is also said to be an interjection of ‘envy’, ‘contempt’, ‘hurry’ &c.), [ib.] 🔎 hí | invariable |
| 8.44.24 | kam kam : kám ind. (Gk. κεν) well (opposed to a-kam, ‘ill’), [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. kam : a particle placed after the word to which it belongs with an affirmative sense, ‘yes’, ‘well’ (but this sense is generally so weak that Indian grammarians are perhaps right in enumerating among the expletives, [Nir.]; it is often found attached to a dat. case, giving to that case a stronger meaning, and is generally placed at the end of the Pāda, e.g. ájījana óṣadhīr bhójanāya kám, thou didst create the plants for actual food, [RV. v, 83, 10]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS. v] kam : is also used as an enclitic with the particles nu, su, and hi (but is treated in the Pada-pāṭha as a separate word; in this connection has no accent but once, [AV. vi, 110, 1]), [RV.]; [AV.] kam : a particle of interrogation (like kad and kim), [RV. x, 52, 3] kam : (sometimes, like kim and kad, at the beginning of compounds) marking the strange or unusual character of anything or expressing reproach, [L.] kam : head, [L.] kam : food, [Nir.] kam : water, [Nir.]; [Nigh.] kam : happiness, bliss, [L.] kam : cl. 1. Ā. (not used in the conjugational tenses) cakame, kamitā, kamiṣyate, acakamata, [Dhātup. xii, 10] to wish, desire, long for, [RV. v, 36, 1]; [x, 117, 2]; [AV. xix, 52, 3]; [ŚBr.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to love, be in love with, have sexual intercourse with, [ŚBr. xi]; [BhP.] : Caus. Ā. (ep. also P.) kāmayate, -ti, kāmayāṃ-cakre, acīkamata, &c.; to wish, desire, long for (with acc. or inf. or Pot. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 157]; e.g. kāmaye bhuñjīta bhavān, I wish your worship may eat; kāmaye dātum, I wish to give, [Kāś.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to love, be in love with, have sexual intercourse with, [RV. x, 124, 5]; [125, 5]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause any one to love, [Ṛtus.] (in that sense P. [Vop.]); (with bahu or aty-artham) to rate or value highly, [R.] : Desid. cikamiṣate and cikāmayiṣate: Intens. caṃkamyate; kam : [cf. Lat. comis; also amo, with the loss of the initial, for camo; câ-rus for cam-rus: Hib. caemh, ‘love, desire; fine, handsome, pleasant’; caomhach, ‘a friend, companion’; caomhaim, ‘I save, spare, protect’; Armen. kamim.] 🔎 kam | kam kam : kám ind. (Gk. κεν) well (opposed to a-kam, ‘ill’), [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c. kam : a particle placed after the word to which it belongs with an affirmative sense, ‘yes’, ‘well’ (but this sense is generally so weak that Indian grammarians are perhaps right in enumerating among the expletives, [Nir.]; it is often found attached to a dat. case, giving to that case a stronger meaning, and is generally placed at the end of the Pāda, e.g. ájījana óṣadhīr bhójanāya kám, thou didst create the plants for actual food, [RV. v, 83, 10]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS. v] kam : is also used as an enclitic with the particles nu, su, and hi (but is treated in the Pada-pāṭha as a separate word; in this connection has no accent but once, [AV. vi, 110, 1]), [RV.]; [AV.] kam : a particle of interrogation (like kad and kim), [RV. x, 52, 3] kam : (sometimes, like kim and kad, at the beginning of compounds) marking the strange or unusual character of anything or expressing reproach, [L.] kam : head, [L.] kam : food, [Nir.] kam : water, [Nir.]; [Nigh.] kam : happiness, bliss, [L.] kam : cl. 1. Ā. (not used in the conjugational tenses) cakame, kamitā, kamiṣyate, acakamata, [Dhātup. xii, 10] to wish, desire, long for, [RV. v, 36, 1]; [x, 117, 2]; [AV. xix, 52, 3]; [ŚBr.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to love, be in love with, have sexual intercourse with, [ŚBr. xi]; [BhP.] : Caus. Ā. (ep. also P.) kāmayate, -ti, kāmayāṃ-cakre, acīkamata, &c.; to wish, desire, long for (with acc. or inf. or Pot. [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 157]; e.g. kāmaye bhuñjīta bhavān, I wish your worship may eat; kāmaye dātum, I wish to give, [Kāś.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to love, be in love with, have sexual intercourse with, [RV. x, 124, 5]; [125, 5]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause any one to love, [Ṛtus.] (in that sense P. [Vop.]); (with bahu or aty-artham) to rate or value highly, [R.] : Desid. cikamiṣate and cikāmayiṣate: Intens. caṃkamyate; kam : [cf. Lat. comis; also amo, with the loss of the initial, for camo; câ-rus for cam-rus: Hib. caemh, ‘love, desire; fine, handsome, pleasant’; caomhach, ‘a friend, companion’; caomhaim, ‘I save, spare, protect’; Armen. kamim.] 🔎 kam | invariable |
| 8.44.24 | ási asi : así m. (√ 2. as), a sword, scimitar, knife (used for killing animals), [RV.]; [AV.] &c. asi : (also) a shark, alligator, [L.] asi : (is), f. N. of a river (near Benares), [VāmP.] (cf. asī); asi : [Lat. ensi-s.] 🔎 ási | √as- 1 as : cl. 2. P. ásti (2. sg. ási, 1. sg. ásmi; pl. smási or smás, sthá, sánti; (rarely Ā., e.g. 1. pl. smahe, [MBh. xiii, 13]); Subj. ásat; Imper. astu, 2. sg. edhi (fr. as-dhi cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]); Pot. syā́t; impf. ā́sīt, rarely ās [only in [RV. x]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 97]] ; perf. 1. and 3. sg., ā́sa, 2. sg. ā́sitha, 3. pl. āsúḥ; p. m. sát f. satī́) to be, live, exist, be present; to take place, happen; to abide, dwell, stay; to belong to (gen. or dat.); to fall to the share of, happen to any one (gen.); to be equal to (dat.), [ŚBr. xiv]; [Mn. xi, 85]; to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dat.); to become, [BṛĀrUp.] &c., (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 4, 51]-[55]); to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adj., but also with adv. [e.g. tūṣṇīm āsīt, [MBh. iii, 4041]], and often with part., [e.g. perf. Pass. p. prasthitāḥ sma, [N.]; fut. p.p. hantavyo 'smi, [N.]; fut. p. especially with Pot., and only in [ŚBr.], as yádi dāsyán-t-syā́t, ‘if he should intend to give’]; the pf. āsa helps to form the periphrastic perf., and asmi &c. the fut.); as : [cf. Gk. ἐσ-τί; Lat. es-t; Goth. is-t; Lith. es-ti.] as : cl. 4. P. ásyati (p. ásyat; impf. ā́syat, [AV.] [cf. parās and vy-as]; fut. p. asiṣyát; aor. āsthat [[Nir. ii, 2]; [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 17]; cf. vy-as]; perf. P. āsa [cf. parās] Ā. āse [cf. vy-as]; Ved. Inf. ástave, [VS.]) to throw, cast, shoot at (loc. dat., or gen.), [RV.] &c.; to drive or frighten away, [Nalod. iv, 36]; See also 1. astá s.v. as : asati, °te = √ aṣ, q.v. 🔎 √as- 1 | rootSGPRSACT2IND |
| 8.44.24 | agne | agní- agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa) agni : the number three, [Sūryas.] agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid agni : bile, [L.] agni : gold, [L.] agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida agni : mystical substitute for the letter r agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.] agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj]. 🔎 agní- | nominal stemSGMVOC |
| 8.44.24 | vibhā́vasuḥ | vibhā́vasu- vibhāvasu : vi-bhā́—vasu (vi-bhā́-), mfn. abounding in light (applied to Agni, Soma, and Kṛṣṇa), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Hariv.] vibhāvasu : vi-bhā́—vasu m. fire or the god of fire, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. vibhāvasu : the sun, [APariś.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.] vibhāvasu : the moon, [L.] vibhāvasu : a sort of necklace or garland, [L.] vibhāvasu : N. of one of the 8 Vasus, [BhP.] vibhāvasu : of a son of Naraka, [ib.] vibhāvasu : of a Dānava, [ib.] vibhāvasu : of a Ṛṣi, [MBh.] vibhāvasu : of a mythical prince dwelling on the mountain Gaja-pura, [Kathās.] vibhāvasu : of a Gandharva (who is said to have stolen the Soma from Gāyatrī as she was carrying it to the gods), [MW.] 🔎 vibhā́vasu- | nominal stemSGMNOM |
| 8.44.24 | syā́ma | √as- 1 as : cl. 2. P. ásti (2. sg. ási, 1. sg. ásmi; pl. smási or smás, sthá, sánti; (rarely Ā., e.g. 1. pl. smahe, [MBh. xiii, 13]); Subj. ásat; Imper. astu, 2. sg. edhi (fr. as-dhi cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]); Pot. syā́t; impf. ā́sīt, rarely ās [only in [RV. x]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 97]] ; perf. 1. and 3. sg., ā́sa, 2. sg. ā́sitha, 3. pl. āsúḥ; p. m. sát f. satī́) to be, live, exist, be present; to take place, happen; to abide, dwell, stay; to belong to (gen. or dat.); to fall to the share of, happen to any one (gen.); to be equal to (dat.), [ŚBr. xiv]; [Mn. xi, 85]; to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dat.); to become, [BṛĀrUp.] &c., (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 4, 51]-[55]); to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adj., but also with adv. [e.g. tūṣṇīm āsīt, [MBh. iii, 4041]], and often with part., [e.g. perf. Pass. p. prasthitāḥ sma, [N.]; fut. p.p. hantavyo 'smi, [N.]; fut. p. especially with Pot., and only in [ŚBr.], as yádi dāsyán-t-syā́t, ‘if he should intend to give’]; the pf. āsa helps to form the periphrastic perf., and asmi &c. the fut.); as : [cf. Gk. ἐσ-τί; Lat. es-t; Goth. is-t; Lith. es-ti.] as : cl. 4. P. ásyati (p. ásyat; impf. ā́syat, [AV.] [cf. parās and vy-as]; fut. p. asiṣyát; aor. āsthat [[Nir. ii, 2]; [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 17]; cf. vy-as]; perf. P. āsa [cf. parās] Ā. āse [cf. vy-as]; Ved. Inf. ástave, [VS.]) to throw, cast, shoot at (loc. dat., or gen.), [RV.] &c.; to drive or frighten away, [Nalod. iv, 36]; See also 1. astá s.v. as : asati, °te = √ aṣ, q.v. 🔎 √as- 1 | rootPLPRSACT1OPT |
| 8.44.24 | te | tvám | pronounSGGEN |
| 8.44.24 | sumataú | sumatí- sumati : su—matí f. good mind or disposition, benevolence, kindness, favour (acc. with √ kṛ, ‘to make any one the object of one's favour’), [RV.]; [AV.] sumati : devotion, prayer, [ib.] sumati : the right taste for, pleasure or delight in (loc.), [R.] sumati : su—matí mfn. very wise or intelligent, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] sumati : well versed in (gen.), [Kathās.] sumati : su—matí m. N. of a Daitya, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] sumati : of a Ṛṣi under Manu Sāvarṇa, [ib.] sumati : of a Bhārgava, [MārkP.] sumati : of an Ātreya, [Cat.] sumati : of a son or disciple of Sūta and teacher of the Purāṇas, [VP.] sumati : of a son of Bharata, [BhP.] sumati : of a son of Soma-datta, [ib.] sumati : of son of Su-pārśva, [Hariv.] sumati : of a son of Janamejaya, [VP.] sumati : of a son of Dṛḍha-sena, [BhP.] sumati : of a son of Nṛga, [ib.] sumati : of a son of Ṛteyu, [ib.] sumati : of a son of Vidūratha, [MārkP.] sumati : of the 5th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī or the 13th Arhat of the past Utsarpiṇī, [L.] sumati : of various other men, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] sumati : (also f(I) ) N. of the wife of Sagara (mother of 60,000 sons), [R.]; [Pur.] sumati : (also f(I) ) of a daughter of Kratu, [VP.] sumati : (also f(I) ) of the wife of Viṣṇu-yaśas and mother of Kalkin, [KalkiP.] 🔎 sumatí- | nominal stemSGFLOC |
| 8.44.24 | ápi api : ápi or sometimes pi (see pi-dṛbh, pi-dhā, pi-nah), expresses placing near or over, uniting to, annexing, reaching to, proximity, &c. api : [cf. Gk. ἐπί; Zend api; Germ. and Eng. prefix be] api : in later Sanskṛt its place seems frequently supplied by abhi. api : (As a separable adv.) and, also, moreover, besides, assuredly, surely api : suppose that, perhaps, [Jātakam.] api : api api or api-ca, as well as api : na vāpi or na apivā or na nacāpi, neither, nor, cāpi, (and at the beginning of a sentence) api-ca, moreover. api : is often used to express emphasis, in the sense of even, also, very api : e.g. anyad api, also another, something more api : adyāpi, this very day, even now api : tathāpi, even thus, notwithstanding api : yady api, even if, although api : yadyapi tathāpi, although, nevertheless api : na kadācid api, never at any time: sometimes in the sense of but, only, at least, e.g. muhūrtam api, only a moment. api : may be affixed to an interrogative to make it indefinite, e.g. ko 'pi, any one api : kutrāpi, anywhere. api : imparts to numerals the notion of totality, e.g. caturṇām api varṇānām, of all the four castes. api : may be interrogative at the beginning of a sentence. api : may strengthen the original force of the Potential, or may soften the Imperative, like the English ‘be pleased to’; api : sometimes it is a mere expletive. api : api tu but, but yet. api : (api-api), as well-as, ib. 🔎 ápi | ápi api : ápi or sometimes pi (see pi-dṛbh, pi-dhā, pi-nah), expresses placing near or over, uniting to, annexing, reaching to, proximity, &c. api : [cf. Gk. ἐπί; Zend api; Germ. and Eng. prefix be] api : in later Sanskṛt its place seems frequently supplied by abhi. api : (As a separable adv.) and, also, moreover, besides, assuredly, surely api : suppose that, perhaps, [Jātakam.] api : api api or api-ca, as well as api : na vāpi or na apivā or na nacāpi, neither, nor, cāpi, (and at the beginning of a sentence) api-ca, moreover. api : is often used to express emphasis, in the sense of even, also, very api : e.g. anyad api, also another, something more api : adyāpi, this very day, even now api : tathāpi, even thus, notwithstanding api : yady api, even if, although api : yadyapi tathāpi, although, nevertheless api : na kadācid api, never at any time: sometimes in the sense of but, only, at least, e.g. muhūrtam api, only a moment. api : may be affixed to an interrogative to make it indefinite, e.g. ko 'pi, any one api : kutrāpi, anywhere. api : imparts to numerals the notion of totality, e.g. caturṇām api varṇānām, of all the four castes. api : may be interrogative at the beginning of a sentence. api : may strengthen the original force of the Potential, or may soften the Imperative, like the English ‘be pleased to’; api : sometimes it is a mere expletive. api : api tu but, but yet. api : (api-api), as well-as, ib. 🔎 ápi | invariablelocal particle:LP |