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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अपस्apasn.Work, action; अपसा सन्तु नेमे Rv.1.54.8.

    [आप् असुन् ह्रस्वश्च; आपः कर्माख्यायां ह्रस्वो नुट् च वा स्यात् Uṇ.4.27. अप्नः, अपः]

    1. Work, action; अपसा सन्तु नेमे Rv.1.54.8.
    2. Sacred act or rite, sacrificial work.
    3. Water. -Adjective (अपाः)
    4. Active, engaged in any act (कर्मयुक्त).
    5. 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.
  2. अपस्कम्भapaskambhaFastening, making firm.

    Fastening, making firm.

  3. अपस्करapaskaraAny part of a carriage, except the wheel (˚रम् also); उरगध्वजदुर्धर्षं सुवरूथं स्वपस्करम् Rām 6. 57.26; cf.…

    [अप-कॄ अप्-सुट् रथाङ्गे निपातः अपस्करो रथाङ्गम् ParasmaipadaVI.1.149]

    1. Any part of a carriage, except the wheel (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरम् also); उरगध्वजदुर्धर्षं सुवरूथं स्वपस्करम् Rām 6. 57.26; Compare स्याद्रथाङ्गमपस्करः । Ak. अपस्करमधिष्ठाने हिमवान् विन्ध्यपर्वतः Mb.
    2. Excrement.
    3. Vulva.
    4. Anus.
  4. अपस्कारapaskāraThe root or underpart of the knee.

    The root or underpart of the knee.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अपस्apas[áp-as] n. work, act (esp. sacrificial).
    1. [áp-as] neuter work, act (especially sacrificial).
    2. [ap-ás] adjective active, diligent.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अपस्apasn. (fr. 1. /अप्), work, action, especially sacred act, sacrificial act RV. [Lat. ओपुस् .]
    1. neuter gender (from 1. /अप्), work, action, especially sacred act, sacrificial act fg-veda [Latin ओपुस् .]
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective active, skilful in any art fg-veda
    3. feminine plural (/असस्) Name of the hands and fingers (when employed in kindling the sacred fire and in performing the sacrifices) fg-veda
    4. feminine of the three goddesses of sacred speech fg-veda VS.
    5. feminine of the active or running waters fg-veda AV.
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from 2. /अप्), watery. (So some passages of the R2ig-veda ऋग्-वेद [i, 95, 4, etc.] may (according to NBD. and according to others) be translated where the word is applied to the running waters see 2. अप्/अस् at end and अप्/अस्-तम .)
  2. अपस्कम्भapaskambham. fastening, making firm AV. iv, 6, 4.
    1. masculine gender fastening, making firm AV. iv, 6, 4.
    2. (according to to some, "the tearing [arrow]", AV. iv, 6, 4).
  3. अपस्करapaskaram. any part of a carriage, a wheel, &c. Pa1n2. 6-1, 149
    1. masculine gender any part of a carriage, a wheel, etc. Pa1n2. 6-1, 149
    2. masculine gender faeces (confer, compare अवस्कर) Vet.
    3. masculine gender anus Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender vulva Lexicographers
  4. अपस्कारapaskāram. under part of the knee L.

    masculine gender under part of the knee Lexicographers

  5. अपस्कॄapaskṝsee अप- √3. कॄ .

    see अप- √3. कॄ .