अप्सुapsua.Formless, shapeless.
[नास्ति प्सु रूपं यस्य Nir.]
- Formless, shapeless.
- Not beautiful. Note: -अप्सु forms the first member of several compounds.
Derived forms and compounds
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-क्षित् a god (dwelling within the clouds); अप्सुक्षितो महिनैकादश स्थ Rv.1.139.11.
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-चर Adjective aquatic; moving in waters. ParasmaipadaIV.3.1.
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- जा Adjective born in the waters or in the atmosphere; यदग्ने दिविजा अस्यप्सुजा वा सहस्कृत Rv.8.43.28.
- (जाः) योनिः a horse.
- a cane or reed.
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-जित् vanquishing the aerial Asuras.
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-मत् Adjective possessed of what is in water; not losing one's nature in water (as lightning); getting sufficient water.
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-योनि Adjective born from the waters.
Source: Apte