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Apa, Ā貹, Ā, Pappa, P: 31 definitions

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Apa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Yoga

Ā貹 (आप, “water�):—One of the five gross elements assigned as a zone (or sphere) to the human body (ūٲṇḍ), according the ۴Dzٲٳٱ-ܱ貹Ծṣa. The element water is assigned to the region from the knees up to the anus. Water is symbolized by a crescent (ardhacandra); the colour white (śܰ) and the syllable va (va). The deity presiding over this region is Viṣṇu/Nryaṇa.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Ā貹 (आप).—One of the Aṣṭavasus. The Aṣṭavasus are Ā貹, Dhruva, Soma, Dharma, Anila, Agni, Pratyūṣa and Prabhsa. The sons of Ā貹 are Vaitaṇḍa, Śrama, Śnta and Śvani. (See under Aṣṭavasus). (Chapter 15, Aṃśam 1, Viṣṇu Purṇa).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Ā貹 (आप).—A vy貹ka. ety. of; came out of Agni, when the latter was lost in the earth.*

  • * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa I. 5. 131-5; II. 6. 56-7; 20. 1 and 5; Vyu-purṇa 6. 1.

1b) A Rkṣasa with the ś sun.*

  • * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa II. 23. 15; Vyu-purṇa 52. 15.

1c) A son of Vasiṣṭha, and a Praj貹ti of the Svrociṣa epoch.*

  • * Matsya-purṇa 9. 9.

1d) Is Bhava; hence do not commit nuisance in waters; nor bathe naked, nor have sexual intercourse in water; forsake colourless, tasteless and small waters; their source is the ocean and hence they must not be stopped in their progress to it.*

  • * Vyu-purṇa 27. 21-7.
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

Ā貹 (आप) refers to one of the eight Vasus who are the sons of Vasu, according to one account of ղṃśa (‘genealogical description�) of the 10th century ܰܰṇa: one of the various Upapurṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the ten wives of Dharma are [viz., Vasu]. The Vasus were born from Vasu. The eight Vasus are Ā貹, Nala, Soma, Dhruva, Anila, Anala, Pratyuṣa and Prabhsa.

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The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Śktism

Ā貹 (आप) refers to one of the 53 gods to be worshipped and given (rice boiled in milk) according to the ٳܲ岵 rite in Śaktism (cf. Śradtilaka-tantra III-V). The worship of these 53 gods happens after assigning them to one of the 64 compartment while constructing a ṇḍ貹. Vstu is the name of a prodigious demon, who was killed by 53 gods (e.g., Ā貹).

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Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Ā貹 (आप):�1. Water; 2. one of the pancha mahabhuta which is responsible for binding all particles within a substance; 3. Synonym of Jala

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Vastushastra (architecture)

: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)

Ā貹 (आप) refers to one of the deities to be installed in the ground plan for the construction of houses, according to the Bṛhatklottara, chapter 112 (the ٳܲ岵-貹ṭa).—The plan for the construction is always in the form of a square. That square is divided into a grid of cells (padas). [...] Once these padas have been laid out, deities [e.g., Ā貹] are installed in them. In the most common pattern 45 deities are installed.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्�, vstuśstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahasamaya Sutta (D.ii.259).

Buddhaghosa (DA.ii.689) says they were born as devas because of their having practised apokasina in previous lives..

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Theravda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Ā貹 (आप) refers to the “water realm� and represents one of the “seven lower regions� (tla ) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 123). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Apa in India is the name of a plant defined with Solanum virginianum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Solanum surattense Burm.f. (among others).

2) Apa in Latin America is also identified with Sechium edule It has the synonym Chayota edulis (Jacq.) Jacq. (etc.).

3) Apa in Nigeria is also identified with Afzelia africana It has the synonym Pahudia africana Prain (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants� (1768)
· Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum (1760)
· The Languages of West Africa. (1911)
· Taxon (1980)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

貹 : (m.; nt.) water; liquid. (In some spds. it becomes o).

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Apa°, (Vedic apa; Idg. *apo = Gr. a)pό, Av. apa, Lat. ab from *ap (cp. aperio); Goth. af, Ger. ab, Ags. E. of. �-� A compar. form fr. apa is apara “further away�) Welldefined directional prefix, meaning “away from, off�. Usually as base-prefix (except with ), & very seldom in compn. with other modifying prefixes (like sam, abhi etc.). �-� 1. apa = Vedic apa (Idg. *apo): apeti to go away = Gr. a)/peimi, Lat. abeo, Goth. afiddja; apeta gone away, rid; °kaḍḍhati to draw away, remove; °kamati walk away; °gacchati go away; °nidhti put away (= a)potiqhmi, abdo); °nudati push away; °neti lead away; °vattati turn away (= verto); °sakkati step aside; °harati take away. �-� 2. apa = Vedic ava (Idg. *aue; see ava for details). There exists a widespread confusion between the two preps. apa & ava, favoured both by semantic (apa = away, ava = down, cp. E. off) & phonetic affinity (p softened to b, esp. in BB Mss., & then to v, as b � v is frequent, e. g. bya° � vya° etc.). Thus we find in Pli apa where Vedic and later literary Sk. have ava in the foll. instances: apakanti, °kassati, °kirati, °gata, °cra, °jhyati, °thaṭa, °dna, °dhreti, °nata, °nmeti, °nīta, °lekhana, °loketi, °vadati. (Page 50)

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Ā貹, & Āpo (nt.) (Vedic ap & , f. sg. a, pl. 貹�, later Sk. also 貹� nt. � Idg. *ap & *ab, primarily to Lith. ùpé water, Old Prussian ape river, Gr. *)lpi/a N. of the Peloponnesus; further (as *ab) to Lat. amnis river, Sk. abda cloud, & perhaps ambu water) water; philosophically t. t. for cohesion, representative of one of the 4 great elements (cp. mahbhūta), viz. paṭhavī, o, tejo, vyo: see Cpd. 268 & Dhs.trsl. 201, also below °dhtu. �-� D.II, 259; M.I, 327; S.II, 103; III, 54, 207; A.IV, 312, 375; Sn.307, 391 (°�), 392 (Loc. e), 437 (id.); J.IV, 8 (paṭhavi-貹-teja°); Dhs.652; Miln.363 (Gen. 貹ssa, with paṭhavī etc.); Sdhp.100.

—kasiṇa the water-device, i. e. meditation by (the element of) water (cp. Mystic 75 n.) D.III, 268; J.I, 313; Dhs.203; Vism.170; DhA I 312; III, 214. —dhtu the fluid element, the essential element in water, i. e element of cohesion (see Cpd. 155 n. 2; Mystic 9 n. 2; Dhs.trsl. 201, 242) D.III, 228, 247; M.I, 187, 422: Dhs.652; Nett 74. See also dhtu. —rasa the taste of water A.I, 32; SnA 6. —sama resembling water M.I, 423. (Page 101)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) apa (အ�) [(bya) (ဗ�)]�
[na++a. ī upasra 2va- cv kriy eiea mhayuea neka ,r ]]gantu� na hi tīramapatthi]] (suttani.384)nitea maatthi ne ra. ,sya.3,5- .]
[�+ပ�+အ။ ဤပုဒ်ကာ� ဥပသာရပုဒ� ၂�-တို့တွင� တစ်ပုဒ်ဖြစ်သည့်အားလျော်စွ� ကြိယာနှင့� နာမ်ပုဒ်တို့၏ ရှေ့မှကပ်၍ တည်နေသည်က များသည်၊ သို့ရာတွင� ''ဂန္တု� � ဟ� တီရမပတ္ထိ'� (သုတ္တနိ။၃၈�)၌ကာ� မဆိုင်သည့်အတ္ထိနှင့� ကပ်လျက� တည်နေသည်ကိုလည်� တွေ့ရသေးသည်။ မောဂ်၊သျ။၃၊ �-သုတ်လည်� ကြည့်။]

2) 貹 (အာ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[貹+ṇa]
အĬ�+®

3) 貹 (အာ�) [(pu,na) (ပု၊�)]�
[貹ç u+a. apaç appa+ṇa]
[အာ�,အာပ�+အ။ အ�,အပ္�+ဏ]

4) (အာပ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[nirutti 貹d mha da-khyeyuea -hu eiea. ma ṭīka +v+a+-hu pakraṃyuea va- pa-pru -huç mapru v-hu eiea.]
[နိရုတ္တိနည်းဖြင့� အာပဒ� မ� �-ကိုချေ၍ အာပ�-ဟ� ဖြစ်၏� သို့မဟုတ� ဇာတ်ဋီကာအတိုင်� အ�+ဝ�+�+အ�-ဟ� ဓာတ်ပစ္စည်းကြံ၍ �-ကိ� �-ပြုလျှင� အာပ�-ဟုလည်းကောင်�,မပြုလျှင� အာဝ�-ဟ� လည်းကောင်� ရုပ်ဖြစ်၏။]

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

apa (अप).—ind S A particle and preposition, implying I. Inferiority (below, worse); II. Privation (from); III. Separation (away from); IV. Contrariety (against, opposite to).

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a (अप�).—m A term of respectful compellation for an elder: also of endearment for a son or junior. It is often affixed to the name, as ōԻ岹貹Գٲ. Pr. sōnra simpī kuḷakaraṇ� a tighñcī saṅgata nakōrē b. See vyvahrika nva.

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貹 (आप).—pron ( H or ٲ S) Own, related to self, of one's kin. Pr. 貹ghara kī� b貹ghara. Used with reference to a married female. Pr. kuṇabyl jō mhaṇēla 貹 tyc gḍhava b貹. Pr. 貹 sukhī jaga sukhī All are well if Self be well. 2 Own, one's own. In comp. as 貹hastē�, 貹sukhē�, 貹khuśīnē�. 3 Used as s n Self. In comp. as 貹garajī, 貹ḍhaṅga, 貹matalabī.

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貹 (आप).—n (ap S) Water.

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(आप�).—A term of respectful compellation for an elder, or of endearment for a son or junior. 2 It is often affixed to the name; as ōԻ岹貹Գٲ. Pr. sōnra simpī kuḷakaraṇ� tighñcī saṅgata nakōrē b. 3 A certain culinary preparation.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

apa (अप).�ind A particle and preposition, im- plying inferiority; separation; con- trariety.

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a (अप�).�m A term of respectful compella- tion for an elder.

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貹 (आप).�n Water; self. pro Own. 貹 sūkhī jaga sūkhī All is well if Self be well. ṇa- byl jō mhaṇēla 貹 tyc gḍhava b貹 (pro- bably indicated the low estimation in which a ṇaī or a farmer was or is held by the literate higher classes).

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(आप�).—A term of respectful compella- tion for an elder. A certain culinary preparation.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apa (अप).�ind. [na ti rakṣati patant -ḍa Tv.]

1) (As a prefix to verbs it means) (a) Away, away from, denoting वियो� (viyoga); अपयाति, अपनयति (apayti, apanayati); (b) deterioration (ṛt); अपकरोत� (apakaroti) does wrongly or badly; (c) opposition, negation, contradiction (貹īٲ); अपकर्षति, अपचिनोति (apakarṣati, apacinoti); (d) direction or mention or illustration (Ծ岹śԲ); अपदिशत� (貹徱śپ); (e) exclusion (varjana); अपवह�, अपसृ (apavah, apas�) Caus. (f) joy, merriment or laughter (ԲԻ岹); अपहसति (apahasati); (g) concealment or denial (caurya); अपलपति, अपवदते (apalapati, apavadate).

2) As first member of Tat. or Bahuvrīhi comp. it has all the above senses; अपयानम�, अपकर्म, अपपाठः (apaynam, apakarma, apaṭha�); अपशब्द� (貹ś岹�) a bad or corrupt word; °भी (ī) fearless; °कल्म� (첹ṣa) stainless; अपरागः (貹岵�) discontent (opp. to Գܰ岵); °मेघोदय� वर्षम् (meghodaya� varṣam) Kumrasambhava 6.54 &c. In most cases अप (apa) may be translated by 'bad', 'inferior', 'corrupt', 'wrong', 'unworthy', &c. It also means 'going downwards' as in अपान� (Բ�).

3) As a separable preposition (with a noun in the abl.) (a) away from; यत्संप्रत्यप लोकेभ्यो लङ्कायां वसतिर्भयात� (yatsaṃpratyapa lokebhyo laṅky� vasatirbhayt) Rm; (b) without, on the outside of; अप हरेः संसारः (apa hare� saṃsra�) Sk.; (c) with the exception of, excepting; अप त्रिगर्तेभ्य� वृष्टो देवः (apa trigartebhyo vṛṣṭo deva�) Sk. on the outside of, with the exception of. In these senses अप (apa) may form adverbial compounds also (P.II.1.12); °विष्णु संसारः (viṣṇu saṃsra�) Sk. without Viṣṇu; °त्रिगर्त� वृष्टो देवः (trigarta� vṛṣṭo deva�) excepting त्रिगर्त (trigarta) &c. It also implies negation, contradiction &c.; °कामम�, °शङ्कम् (kmam, °śaṅkam). The senses of this word as given by G. M. may be thus put in verse; वर्जने विकृतौ चौर्ये विपरीतवियोगयो� � अपकृष्टे � निर्देशे हर्ष� चापः प्रयुज्यते (varjane vikṛtau caurye 貹īٲviyogayo� | apakṛṣṭe ca nirdeśe harṣe c貹� prayujyate). [cf. L. ab; Gr. apo; Goth. af. Eng. of or off; Zend apa].

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Ā貹 (आप).—[]

1) Name of one of the 8 demigods called Vasus.

2) (At the end of comp.) दुरा� (dur貹) difficult to be obtained.

-pam [a� samūha�] A flood or stream of water, water.

2) Sky (Nir.).

Derivable forms: 貹� (आप�).

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Ā (आप�).�1 P.

1) To drink up (lit. and fig.); षडाननापीतपयोधरास� (ṣaḍnīٲ貹ǻ󲹰) R.14.22; आपीतसूर्य� नभ� (ītasūrya� nabha�) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.2 quite concealed or obscured; दिवाकरापीतरसा महौषधी� (divkarītaras mahauṣadhī�) Mb.

2) To drink with the ears or eyes, hear or see intently; ता राघव� दृष्टिभिरापिबन्त्य� (t rghava� dṛṣṭibhiribantya�) R.7.12; K.86; भगवत्कथासुधामा- पी� कर्णाञ्जलिभि� (bhagavatkathsudhm- pīya karṇñjalibhi�) 岵.

3) To eclipse, surpass.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ā貹 (आप).�(= Pali id., thematization of Sanskrit , ap), water; clear cases noted only in [compound] 貹-skandha mass of water, 󲹰ṇḍī첹 126.7 (verse) sa caiva sama muñceta 貹skandham anal- pakam; with adha� or heṣṭ, heṣṭi, of subterranean mass of water, Lalitavistara 64.12 adha-貹skandham; 298.20 (verse) [Page097-b+ 71] heṣṭ貹skandha (acc. sg.; so divide) caraṇai� pratigr- hyamṇḥ, being caused to receive with their feet the mass of water underneath (the earth); 368.19 (verse) heṣṭi śatasa- hasra� yvataś c貹skandho (contrasted with dharaṇi- talu, next line). In Ѳ屹ٳ ii.92.5 (verse) 貹�, acc. sg., could be referred to this stem, or regarded as belonging to the Sanskrit stem , ap, transferred to the sing. (compare Wackernagel- Debrunner 3.240 f.).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apa (अप).—ind. A particle and preposition implying. 1. Inferiority, (below, worse.) 2. Privation, (from.) 3. Separation, (away, from.) 4. Contrariety, (against, opposite to.) 5. Difference, (from.) 6. Dishonesty. 7. Exultation: as 貹ṛṣṭu� to revile, 貹󲹰ٳٳ� to take away, 貹첹ٳٳ� to do wrong, 貹ٳ� to contradict, 貹īٳپ infamy, &c. E. a neg. and pa from to preserve.

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Ā貹 (आप).—m.

(-貹�) One of the eight demigods called Vasus. E. to obtain, ac aff.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apa (अप).�. I. adv. (ved.) Away. Ii. prep. with abl. Away from, without (very seldom). Iii. combined and compounded with verbs and their derivatives. Iv. former part of compounded nouns and adverbs, implying: Loss, negation, privation, wrong, bad, unnatural.

� Cf. [Latin] ab. [Gothic.] and [Anglo-Saxon.] af.

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Apa (अप).—[-ap + a], a substitute for ap, when latter part of a comp. word, e. g. śṣk-, adj. Of which the water is dried up, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 72, 20.

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Ā貹 (आप).—m. One of the eight deities, called Vasus, Mahbhrata 3, 14208.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apa (अप).—[adverb] away, off (*as [preposition] [with] [ablative]).

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Ā (आप�).—drink up, drink out of ([ablative]) or at ([accusative]); imbibe, absorb, draw in, enjoy.

Ā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and (पा).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apa (अप):�ind. (as a prefix to nouns and verbs, expresses) away, off, back (opposed to upa, anu, sam, pra)

2) down (opposed to ud).

3) When prefixed to nouns, it may sometimes = the [negative] particle a e.g. apa-ī, fearless; or may express deterioration, inferiority, etc. (cf. apa-ṭha).

4) (As a separable particle or adverb in [Vedic or Veda], with [ablative]) away from, on the outside of, without, with the exception of

5) cf. [Greek] ἀπό; [Latin] ab; [Gothic] af; [English] of.

6) Ā貹 (आप):—[from ] 1. m. obtaining

7) [v.s. ...] mfn. ifc. to be obtained (cf. dur).

8) 2. m. Name of one of the eight demigods called Vasus, [Viṣṇu-purṇa; Harivaṃśa; Mahbhrata]

9) 3. n. ([from] 2. ap, [Pṇini 4-2, 37]), a quantity of water, Mallintha on [Śiśula-vadha iii, 72.]

10) Ā (आप�):—[=-] -�1. [Parasmaipada] -pibati, ([imperative] 2. [dual number] ibatam, [Ṛg-veda ii, 36, 6]; [perfect tense] -papau:

—[Passive voice] -īⲹٱ, etc.) to drink in, suck in or up;

—to sip, [Ṛg-veda; Mahbhrata; Raghuvaṃśa];

—to drink in with ears or eyes id est. to hear or See with attention, hang on [Bhgavata-purṇa; Raghuvaṃśa];

—to absorb, take away:

‰ڰ䲹ܲ -yayati, to cause to drink or suck in [Bhgavata-purṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apa (अप):�prep. From, away, against.

2) Ā貹 (आप):�(貹�) 1. m. A demigod, a Vasu.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apa (अप) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aisa, Allaviya, Ava, Avahasiya, Ā, Āv, Ā, Omṇaṇa.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Apa (अप) [Also spelled ap]:�—a Sanskrit prefix denoting—away, off, base, down, deterioration or inferiority; as an allomorph of [] in Hindi, it also denotes 'self' as ~[kjī] selfish; ~[svrthī] selfish.

2) Ā貹 (आप) [Also spelled aap]:�(pro) (deferential) you (second person); pronoun used to express respect, as distinct from [tuma, tū;—apane dṃva me� n] to act as a boomerang; ~[kī sīkha 貹ko mubraka] keep your breath to cool your porridge; -[貹ko] each by himself, all individually; —[kja mahkja] achievement of one’s own end is the greatest achievement; better do a thing than wish it to be done; ~[kjī] selfish; ~[īī] the story of one’s own suffering; self-experiences;—[mare jaga paralo (paralai)] after me, the deluge; the death’s day is the doomsday;—[bhal to jaga bhal] good mind, good find; ~[ū貹] your honour; incarnate;—[se 貹] by itself, automatically;—[hī 貹] alone, by or within one’s ownself; automatically.

3) Ā (आप�) [Also spelled aapa]:�(nm) consciousness; one’s own entity; ego, vanity;—[khon] to forget or lose consciousness of real self; to become abnormal; [貹 me� n] to attain normalcy; to attain consciousness; [e me� na rahan, e se bhara hon] to be off one’s chumb, to fly off the handle, to be overwhelmed by emotion, to lose self-control.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Pappa (पप्प) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pr.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apa (ಅಪ):—[noun] a suffix to the names of men, adding meaning respectfully 'father' 'respectful man' etc.

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Ā貹 (ಆಪ):—[noun] the colourless, transparent liquid occurring on earth as rivers, lakes, oceans, etc., and falling from the clouds as rain; water.

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Pappa (ಪಪ್ಪ):�

1) [noun] a praising or being praised; commendation.

2) [noun] ಪಪ್ಪವರ� [pappavar] pappavar (pl.) persons whose profession is to herald the praise for another (esp. for a king); 2. persons who seek favour by flattering a man of wealth or influence; sychophants.

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Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Apa (அப) particle < apa. A Sanskrit adverbial or adnominal preposition implying contrariety, inferiority or distance; வடமொழி யுபசர்க்� வக�. [vadamozhi yupasarkka vagai.]

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Pappa (பப்ப) interjection A term signifying ridicule; இகழ்ச்சிக்குறிப்பு. பப்பவப்பர் [igazhchikkurippu. pappavappar] (நாலாயி� திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் பெரியத�. [nalayira thivyappirapandam periyathi.] 1, 3, 7).

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P (பாப்பா) noun < பாவை. [pavai.]

1. Doll; பாவை. [pavai.]

2. Little child; சிறுகுழந்த�. [siruguzhanthai.] Nursery usage

3. Iris of the eye; கண்ணின� கருவிழ�. [kannin karuvizhi.] Local usage

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Apa (अप):—pref. 1. bad; inferior; corrupt; wrong away from; 2. without; on the outside of; 3. with the exception; excepting;

2) Ā貹 (आप):—pron. self; one-self; myself;

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