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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वप्रvapraप्रम् [pram], प्रम् [उप्यते अत्र वप्-रन् Un.2.27]
1. प्रम् pram, प्रम् उप्यते अत्र वप्-रन् Un.2.27
2. A rampart, earth-work, mud-wall; वेलावप्रवलयाम् (उर्वीम्) R.1.3; द्वितीयामिव मामत्र वप्रमालम्ब्य तिष्ठत Śiva B.
3. A bank or mound of any kind (against which bulls and elephants butt); शृङ्गाग्रलग्नाम्बुदवप्रपङ्कः R.13.47; see वप्रक्रीडा below.
4. The slope or declivity of a hill or rocky place; बृहच्छिलावप्रघनेन वक्षसा Ki.14.4.
5. A summit, peak, table-land on a mountain; तीव्रं महाव्रतमिवात्र चरन्ति वप्राः Śi.4.58;3.37; Ki.5.36;6.8.
6. The bank of a river, side, shore, bank in general; ध्वनयः प्रतेनुरनुवप्रमपाम् Ki.6. 4;7.11;17.58.
7. The foundation of a building.
8. The gate of a fortified town.
9. A ditch.
10. The circumference of a sphere.
11. A field in general; विकासि वप्राम्भसि गन्धसूचितम् Ki.4.26.
12. The butting of an elephant or bull.
13. Dust.
14. A multitude, a heap; Latin D .B.
Derived forms and compounds
- -प्रः
  
  A father.
  
  A Prajāpati.
- -प्रम्
  
  Lead.
  
  Gold; Latin D. B.
- -प्रा
  
  A flat bank of earth.
  
  Garden-bed.
- -अभिघातः butting against the bank or side (as of a hill, river etc.); वप्राभिघातपरि- मण्डलितोरुदेहः Ki.5.42; Compare तटाघात.
- -अवनी cultivated land.
- -क्रिया, -क्रीडा the palyful butting of an elephant (or bull) against a bank or mound; वप्रक्रियामृक्षवतस्तटेषु R.5.44; वप्रक्रीडापरिणतगजप्रेक्षणीयं ददर्श Me.2.
- -क्षेत्रफलम् the circumference of a sphere.
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अवप्रज्जनavaprajjanaThe end of the warp of a web.

The end of the warp of a web.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

वप्रvapra[vap-ra] m. n. [heap thrown up: √2. vap] mound; earthwork, rampart, mud wall; high river-bank (rare); slope of…

[vap-ra] masculine neuter [heap thrown up: √2. vap] mound; earthwork, rampart, mud wall; high river-bank (rare); slope of a hill, de clivity (rare): -kriyâ, -krîdâ, feminine; also equal for playful butting (of an elephant or bull) against a bank or mound; - ͜ abhighâta, masculine butting (of a bull) against a bank or mound.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वप्रvapramn. a rampart, earthwork, mound, hillock, mud wall, earth or bank raised as a wall or buttress or as the…
1. mn. a rampart, earthwork, mound, hillock, mud wall, earth or bank raised as a wall or buttress or as the foundation of a building MBh. Ka1v. etc.
2. mn. a high river-bank (also नदी-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied), any shore or bank MBh. R. Kir.
3. mn. the slope or declivity of a hill, table-land on a mountain Kir. S3is3.
4. mn. a ditch VarBr2S.
5. mn. the gate of a fortified city W.
6. mn. the circumference of a sphere or globe Gol.
7. mn. a sown field, any field Dharmas3.
8. mn. dust Lexicographers
9. mn. Equivalent to निष्कुट, वनज neuter gender वाजिका (?) and पाटीर Lexicographers
10. mn. the butting of an elephant or of a bull (see -क्रिया and -क्रीडा)
11. masculine gender a father Lexicographers (confer, compare 2. वप्त्रि)
12. masculine gender Equivalent to प्रजा-पति Lexicographers
13. masculine gender Name of a Vya1sa व्यास VP.
14. masculine gender of a son of the 14th Manu मनु Hariv.
15. masculine gender Rubia Munjista Lexicographers
16. masculine gender Name of the mother of the Arhat अर्हत् Nimi निमि Lexicographers
17. neuter gender lead Lexicographers (confer, compare वर्/अह्र).
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अनास्रवप्रकारanāsravaprakāramfn. free from the various kinds of m˚undane incl˚inations, Bcar. v, 10 .

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective free from the various kinds of m˚undane incl˚inations, Bcar. v, 10 .

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अनुवप्रम्anuvapramind. along the shore, ib.

indeclinable along the shore, ibidem

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अवप्रज्जनavaprajjanan. (√पृज्), the end of the warp of a web (opposed to 2. प्र-वयण q.v.) AitBr.

neuter gender (√पृज्), the end of the warp of a web (opposed to 2. प्र-वयण quod vide) AitBr.

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अवप्रस्नुतavaprasnutamfn. wetted by the fluid excretion (of a bird) Ka1tyS3r.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective wetted by the fluid excretion (of a bird) Ka1tyS3r.

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अवप्रस्रुतavaprasrutamfn. wetted by the fluid excretion (of a bird) Ka1tyS3r.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective wetted by the fluid excretion (of a bird) Ka1tyS3r.

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अश्वप्रकाण्डaśvaprakāṇḍan. (= कुञ्जर), Pa1n2. ii, 1, 66, Ka1s3.

neuter gender (Equivalent to कुञ्जर), Pa1n2. ii, 1, 66, Ka1s3.

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