(or vep-) cl.1 A1. () vepate- (Epic also ti-; parasmE-padavipān/a-; perfect tensevivepe-grammar; vivipre-; Aoristavepiṣṭa-; futurevepitā-, vepiṣyate-grammar; infinitive moodvepitum-), to tremble, shake, shiver, vibrate, quiver, be stirred etc. ; to start back through fear : Causalvip/ayati- or vepayati- (Aoristavīvipat-), to cause to tremble or move, shake, agitate [ confer, compareLatin vibrare; Gothic weipan; German wi7fen,weifen,Wipfel English whiffle.]
f. "easily moved or bent, flexible (?)", a switch, rod etc., the shaft (of an arrow), the rods (which form the bottom of the soma- filter, and support the straining cloth)
a. inwardly stirred, inspired (RV.); f. (RV.) switch, rod, shaft (of an arrow); in the preparation of Soma, the staves forming the bottom of the drainer and supporting the straining cloth.
In several passages of the Rigveda refers, according to Roth, to the rods which form the bottom of the Soma filter, and on which the straining cloth is stretched. But this explanation is very doubtful.
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to shake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to tremble (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to vibrate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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