अपस्apasActive, engaged in any act (कर्मयुक्त).
- Active, engaged in any act (कर्मयुक्त).
- Got or obtained. According to B. and R. अपसः Feminine Plural stands in the Veda for (1) the hands and fingers busy in kindling the sacred fire and performing the sacrificial rites; (2) the three goddesses of sacred speech or the three divinities, fire, wind and sun; and (3) the active or running waters. Compare Latinopus.
Derived forms and compounds
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अपस् apas, Neuter
- [आप् असुन् ह्रस्वश्च; आपः कर्माख्यायां ह्रस्वो नुट् च वा स्यात् Uṇ.4.27. अप्नः, अपः]
- Work, action; अपसा सन्तु नेमे Rv.1.54.8.
- Sacred act or rite, sacrificial work.
- Water. -Adjective (अपाः)