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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
अप्apf.Water (regarded in Ved. as sacred divinities, आपो देवीः); खानि चैव स्पृशेदद्भिः Ms.2.6. Water is generally…
[आप् -क्विप् -ह्रस्वश्च Uṇ.2.58] (Deelined in classical language only in Plural; आपः, अपः, अद्भिः, अद्भषः, अपाम् and अप्सु, but in singular and Plural in Veda)
Water (regarded in Vedic as sacred divinities, आपो देवीः); खानि चैव स्पृशेदद्भिः Ms.2.6. Water is generally considered to be the first of the 5 elements of creation, as in अप एव ससर्जादौ तासु बीजमवासृजत् Ms.1.8; या सृष्टिः स्रष्टुराद्या Ś.1.1; but in Ms.1.78 it is said to have been created from ज्योतिस् or तेजस् after मनस्, आकाश, वायु and ज्योतिस् or अग्नि; ज्योतिषश्च विकुर्वाणादापो रसगुणाः स्मृताः । अद्भयो गन्धगुणा भूमिरित्येषा सृष्टिरादितः ॥
Air, the intermediate region.
The star S virginis (चित्रा). For the changes of अप् at the end of comp. See ParasmaipadaV.4.74,VI.3.97- 98. CompareLatin aqua, Greek appos; Lith. uppe, Gothic ahva; Pers. ab; Zend ap; Old German aha.
Derived forms and compounds
-कृत्स्नम् deep meditation by means of water.
-चरः, -सरः
an aquatic animal. त्रीण्याद्यान्याश्रितास्त्वेषां मृगगर्ताश्रयाऽप्सराः Ms. 7.72. See अप्सरः. पतिः 'Lord of waters', Name of Varuṇa.
the ocean.
-पित्तम fire. For other comps. see sub voic, see under tbe wordअपाम् enters into several compounds; Exempli gratia, for exampleअपांसंवर्तः destruction of the world by water; अपांवत्सः 'calf of waters', Name of a star; अपांनपात्, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनप्ता, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनप्त्रिय, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedगर्भ, अपान्नपात्, अपोनपात्VedicName of Agni or fire as sprung from water; Compare Ms.9.321; अपांपतिः, -निधिः, -नाथः; अणतिः lord of waters, the ocean; Name of Varuṇa; अपांपित्तम् fire.
na cainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ. — Weapons cannot cleave it, nor the fire burn, nor do the waters drench it, nor the wind dry. 2·23
आपःāpaḥnominative plural of the feminine noun ap (waters).
अप्सुapsulocative plural of the feminine noun ap (the water).
अनपेक्ष्यanapekṣyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root īkṣ (to see, look, behold) with the prefix ap turned to convey a Negative idea by adding the further prefix an (without regarding)
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
अप्apn. (gen. अप्/अस्), work (according to NBD.) RV. i, 151, 4.
neuter gender (genitive caseअप्/अस्), work (according to NBD.) fg-veda i, 151, 4.
feminine (in Vedic or Veda used in singular and plural, but in the classical language only in plural, /आपस्) water
feminine air, the intermediate region Naigh.
feminine the star δ (Delta) Virginis
feminine the Waters considered as divinities. in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'अप् may become अप or ईप, ऊप after इ- and उ- stems respectively. [confer, compareLatin agua; Gothic ahva, "a river"; Old German aha, and affa at the end of compounds; Lithuanian uppe7, "a river"; perhaps Latin amnis, "a river", for apnis confer, compare also ἀφρός]
