[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. Compare Latin aqua, Greek appos; Lith. uppe, Gothic ahva; Pers. ab; Zend ap; Old German aha.
Derived forms and compounds
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-कृत्स्नम् deep meditation by means of water.
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-चरः, -सरः
- an aquatic animal. त्रीण्याद्यान्याश्रितास्त्वेषां मृगगर्ताश्रयाऽप्सराः Ms. 7.72. See अप्सरः. पतिः 'Lord of waters', Name of Varuṇa.
- the ocean.
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-पित्तम fire. For other comps. see sub voic, see under tbe word अपाम् enters into several compounds; Exempli gratia, for example अपांसंवर्तः 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, अपोनपात् Vedic Name 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.
Source: Apte
