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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अपस्

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.
    Source: Apte

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 .)
    Source: Monier-Williams

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.
    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · अपस्

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