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12 results for /apas

abhidigdha

mfn. polished, glazed (in the fire, t/apasā-) id est sharp

f. (in Vedic or Veda used in singular and plural,but in the classical language only in plural, /āpas-) water

ātap

-t/apati- (imperative -tapatu-;See ā-t/apat-and ā-t/apas- ss.vv.) to radiate heat

: Passive voice (parasmE-pada -tapyamāna-) to suffer pain, be afflicted

; (with tapas-) to inflict (austerities) upon one's self

cana

ind. (ca n/a-

) and not, also not, even not, not even (this particle is placed after the word to which it gives force;a preceding verb is accentuated[

];in Vedic language it is generally, but not always, found without any other negative particle, whereas in the later language another negative is usually added exempli gratia, 'for example' /āpaś can/apr/a minanti vrat/aṃ vāṃ-,"not even the waters violate your ordinance"

; n/āha vivyāca pṛthiv/ī can/āinaṃ-,"the earth even does not contain him", iii, 36, 4;in class. Sanskrit it is only used after the interrogatives k/a-, katar/a-, katam/a-, katham-, k/ad-, kad/ā-, kim-, k/utas-, kva-,making them indefinite)

etc. also

jajhjhatī

f. plural (scilicet /āpas-) splashing or rushing waters (

)

ketasap

m(Nominal verb plural -s/āpas-)fn. obeying the will (of another), obedient ["touching the sky"

narya

n. a manly or heroic deed (with or scilicet /apas-).

spardh

(or spṛdh-; see spṛh-) cl.1 A1. (

) sp/ardhate- (mc. also P. ti-;Subj.[ pr/a-] -spūrdh/an-

; perfect tense paspṛdh/e-, dhān/a-, /apaspṛdhethām-

; paspardha-

etc.; Aorist aspṛdhran-, spṛdhānd-

: aspardhiṣṭa- grammar; future spardhitā-, spardhiṣyate-

; infinitive mood sp/ardhitum-

; spūrdh/ase-

; ind.p. -sp/ṛdhya-

), to emulate, compete, rival, vie or cope with (instrumental case with and without saha-,or accusative), contend or struggle for (locative case)

etc. etc.: Causal spardhayati- grammar : Desiderative pispardhiṣate-

: Intensive pāspardhyate-, pāsparddhi-

(apāspāḥ-

)

tāpasa

mfn. (gaRa chattrādi-

) a practiser of religious austerities (t/apas-)

tapasya

mf(ā-)n. (fr. t/apas-) produced by heat

tvaṣṭṛ

m. "creator of living beings", the heavenly builder, Name of a god (called su-k/ṛt-, -pāṇ/i-, -g/abhasti-, -j/animan-, sv-/apas-, ap/asām ap/astama-, viśv/a-rūpa-etc.

;maker of divine implements, especially of indra-'s thunderbolt and teacher of the ṛbhu-s

;former of the bodies of men and animals, hence called"firstborn"and invoked for the sake of offspring, especially in the āprī- hymns

etc.

;associated with the similar deities dhātṛ-, savitṛ-, prajā-pati-, pūṣan-, and surrounded by divine females[ gn/ās-, jan/ayas-, dev/ānām p/atnīs-; see tv/aṣṭā-v/arūtrī-]recipients of his generative energy

;supposed author of

with the epithet garbha-pati-

;father of saraṇyū- [ su-reṇu-

; sva-reṇu-

]whose double twin-children by vivasvat- [or vāyu- ?

] are yamayamī- and the aśvin-s

;also father of tri-śiras- or viśvarūpa-

;overpowered by indra- who recovers the soma-[

] concealed by him because indra- had killed his son viśva-rūpa-

;regent of the nakṣatra- citrā-

;of the 5th cycle of Jupiter

;of an eclipse

; tvaṣṭur ātithya-Name of a sāman-

)

vārṣika

mf(ī-)n. belonging to the rainy-season, rainy

etc. etc. (with /āpas- f. plural rain-water, with dhanus- n.a rainbow)

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