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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Apastamba in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब).—An ancient sage. He once consoled King Dyumatsena. (Śloka 18, Chapter 298, Vana Parva, Mahābhārata). How he got his name. Once a brahmin did not get a suitable man toofficiate as priest for a śrāddha ceremony. He then prayed to his ancestors, Viśvedevas and Mahāviṣṇu for help and then Ā貹ٲ appeared before him. The brahmin gave him food to his heart’s content and asked him how he felt. To the surprise of the brahmin Ā貹ٲ replied, he wanted some more and thus made the Śrāddha ineffective. The brahmin got angry and cursed him by sprinkling on his face water taken in his palm. But before the water-particles reached his face Ā貹ٲ ordered the water-drops to remain still. Water stopped stiff and still midway by the power of the sage. Because water (Āpa) became stiff (Stamba) the ṛṣ was named Ā貹ٲ. (Brahma Purāṇa). How Ā貹ٲ tīrtha came into existence. Once he met Agastya Muni and asked him who was superior among the gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva. Agastya declared that Śiva stood supreme of the lot and gave him advice as to how to please Śiva. Following his instructions Ā貹ٲ did penance on the banks of the river Gautamī and Śiva appeared before him, blessed him, and made that place a holy one. Śiva declared that those who, bathed at that place would obtain 'Divyajñāna' (Divine knowledge enabling one to know the past, present and future). From then onwards that place was known as Ā貹ٲ tīrtha. Other details. Ā貹ٲ had a very chaste and humble wife named Akṣasūtrā. Their son was Gārki. 'Gṛhyasūtrasaṃgraha' containing a prayer and two mantras is a contribution to the holy science by Ā貹ٲ. Many Hindus follow it even now. He had stated that the decrease in the number of great sages was because of the fact that people were not practising the control of the senses as before. (See full article at Story of Ā貹ٲ from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब).—Acted as priest in the ٰܳṣṭ of Diti.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 7. 33-4; 192. 60.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) 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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Apastamba in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

āpastamba (आपस्तं�).—m (S) The name of a ṛṃṣi; and now the designation of a tribe of Brahmans following him.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

āpastamba (आपस्तं�).�m The name of a ṛṣ; and now the designation of a class of Brah- mans following him.

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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

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Apastamba in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब).—m.

(-�) The name of a sage and legislator.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब).�1. [masculine] [Name] of a sage.

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Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब).�2. [feminine] ī coming from Ā貹ٲ.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:�1. Śrautasūtra. 1-3. Darśapūrṇamāsa. 4. Yājamāna. 5. Agnyādhānakarman. 6. Agnihotrakarman. 7. Paśubandhayāga. 8. Cāturmāsya. 9. Viddhyaparādhanimittaprāyaścitta. 10-17. Somayāga. 18. Vājapeya and Rājasūya. 19. Sautrāmaṇ�, Kāṭhakaciti, Kāmyeṣṭi. 20. Aśvamedha, Puruṣamedha. 21. Dvādaśāha and Mahāvrata. 22. Utsargiṇām ayanam. 23. Sattrāyaṇa. 24. Paribhāṣāsūtra, Pravarakhaṇḍa and Hautraka. 25. 26. Gṛhyamantra. 27. Gṛhyatantra. 28. 29. Sāmayācārika Dharmasūtra. 30. Śulbasūtra. Io. 122 C. 1541 A. 1651. 1733. L. 1226-30. 1685. 1686. Ben. 6. Bik. 108. 109. 158. Haug. 24. Np. I, 22. V, 144. Vi, 16. 18. Vii, 14. Brl. 18. 19. Burnell. 15^a. Bh. 7. Taylor. 1, 119. 311. Oppert. 2128. Ii, 5374. 5662. 6740. 6817. 8786. 10105. Rice. 40. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 136.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Vṛtti. Ben. 9. Oppert. Ii, 4260. Rice. 40.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Vṛttidīpikā. Peters. 2, 176. 177.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Yājñikasarvasva by Ahobala Sūri. He quotes Rudradatta. Brl. 20.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kapardisvāmin. L. 1220. 1469. K. 166. Np. Vi, 10. Brl. 22. Burnell. 15^b. Oppert. Ii, 5313. 9558.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Karavindasvāmin. Burnell. 15^b.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Gopāla. Ben. 9.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Cauṇḍappācārya. Poona. 90.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Prayogavṛtti by Tālavṛntanivāsin. Io. 1127. 1141. 1541. B. K. 4. 10. Bik. 112. NW. 22. Np. Ix, 6. Brl. 21. 22. Burnell. 18^a. Quotes Dhūrtasvāmin.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Dhūrtasvāmin. L. 1231. 1232. B. 1, 150. Bik. 110. Haug. 43. Burnell. 15^b. Oppert. 1860. 1861. 3950. Ii, 9559. Peters. 2, 177.
—[sub-commentary] by Kauśikarāma. Io. 137. 531. 620. L. 1231. 1232. Khn. 6. Np. Vi, 18. Brl. 20. W. 1447.
—[sub-commentary] Vedārthasārasaṃgraha by Brahmānandabhāratī. Bik. 165.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāmāgnija. Rice. 40.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rāmāṇḍāra. Poona. 86.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rudradatta. Io. 51. 1142. L. 1807. Khn. 6. K. 12. B. 1, 150. 152. Ben. 10. Haug. 24. Brl. 20. Burnell. 15^b. Bh. 8. Oppert. 4799. Ii, 8718. 2. Gṛhyasūtra. B. 1, 146. Haug. 28. Bik. 121. Brl. 30. Burnell. 16^b. Gu. 3. Taylor. 1, 276. 445. Oppert. 27. 7845. Ii, 5327. 6660. 7365. 8637. 10310. Peters. 2, 176. Bühler 537. 552.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Anākulā by Haradatta. Bühler 552.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Karka. L. 1679.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Sudarśanācārya. K. 174. Brl. 30. 31. Oppert. 7134. Rice. 42. Peters. 3, 385.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Prayogavṛtti by Tālavṛntanivāsin. Haug. 28. Brl. 31. Gṛhyapaddhati. Brl. 31. Agnimukha. Np. Viii, 4. Agniṣṭomaprayoga. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 136. Agnihotrahoma. L. 837. Agnyādhāna. B. 1. 146. Adhvaratantra. Oxf. 371^b. Antyeṣṭividhi. B. 1, 46. Ādhāna. B. 1, 146. Upākaraṇa. B. 1, 146. Upākarmaprayoga. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 143. Gārhyakarmaprayoga. L. 662. Gṛhyapraśna. Oppert. Ii, 10126. Cayana. B. 1, 146. Peters. 2, 176. Cayanaprayoga. Burnell. 25^b. Cayanasūtra. Oppert. Ii, 7180. Cāturmāsyasūtra. L. 1353. Darśapūrṇamāsa. B. 1, 146. 148. Oppert. Ii, 4303. 7184. Peters. 2, 177.
‰ڳdzԳٲ bhāṣya. B. 1, 148.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Dhūrtasvāmin. Khn. 6. Darśapūrṇamāsaprayoga. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 135. Dvādaśāhapraśna. Rice. 40. Nakṣatrasattra. B. 1, 148. Nakṣatreṣṭiprayoga. Burnell. 25^b. Nityāgnihotra. Oppert. Ii, 8043. Paribhāṣ�. K. 4. Paribhāṣāsūtra. Io. 259. 1676. B. 1, 148.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kapardasvāmin. Io. 259. 1676. B. 1, 148. Ben. 10.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Haradatta (?). Taylor. 1, 282. Pavitreṣṭi. B. 1, 148. Paśuprayoga. Oppert. Ii, 7188. Paśubandha. B. 148. Paśumedha. Oppert. Ii, 10323. Pākayajñaprayoga. Burnell. 26^a. Piṇḍapitṛyajña B. 1, 148. Punarādhāna. B. 1, 148. Pūrvaprayoga. Oppert. Ii, 2339. Pūrvavidhi (gṛhya). Oppert. Ii, 3512. Pūrvāparaprayoga. Oppert. Ii, 8438. Prāyaścittasūtra. B. 1, 150. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 136.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kṛṣṇabhaṭṭa and Rudradeva. B. 1, 150. Mahāgnicayanasūtra. Oppert. 1974. Ii, 2549. Vihārakārikā. B. 1, 148. Śulbasūtra. L. 657. B. 1, 148. Np. Vi, 6. Brl. 21. Oppert. Ii, 5357.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kapardisvāmin. L. 657. Ben. 8. Np. Ii, 2.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Karavindasvāmin. B. 1, 148. Np. Ii, 2. Iii, 94. Vi, 6. Viii, 2. Brl. 21. Peters. 2, 177.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Śulbapradīpa by Sundararāja. Np. Ii, 2. Iii, 94. Vi, 6. Burnell. 16^a. Bh. 8. Oppert. Ii, 8972. Peters. 2, 177. Śrāddhaprayoga. Haug. 51. Saṃdhyā. B. 1, 50.
‰ڳdzԳٲ K. 164. Sāmayācārikasūtra. Io. 1749. 2096. 2489. L. 732. 1521. Haug. 38. Brl. 33. Burnell. 16^b. Oppert. 255. Ii, 757. 2314. 2941. 6201. 7346. 7598. 8865. 9701. Rice. 194. Bühler 544.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Oppert. 3709. 4682. Ii, 3590. 7347.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Ujjvalā by Haradatta. Io. 352 ([fragmentary]). Np. V, 146. Haug. 43. Brl. 33. Burnell. 16^b. Taylor. 1, 83. Oppert. 2277. 3761. 3954. 6553. 7132. 7460. 7847 Ii, 2809. 2905. 4268. 4492. 6207. 6743. 7501. 8821. Rice. 194. Bühler 544. Sāmānyasūtravṛtti by Aḍabīla. B. 1, 150.
—by Dhūrtasvāmin. B. 1, 150. Peters. 2, 177. Bp. 258. Somavṛtti by Nṛsiṃha. B. 1, 152. Somaprayoga. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 136. Somaprāyaścitta. B. 1, 152. Sautrāmaṇīsūtra. Np. Ix, 4. Sthālīpāka. B. 1, 152.

2) Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब):�1) Śrautasūtra.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Karavindasvāmin. delete this.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Dhūrtasvāmin. add Oppert. Ii, 8741. 8867.
—[sub-commentary] by Kauśikarāma. add L. 1233 ([fragmentary]). Bik. 165. Sb. 282. delete L. 1231. 1232. Khn. 6.
—[sub-commentary] Vedārthasārasaṃgraha etc. delete this. 2) Gṛhyasūtra. add Rice. 40. Sb. 99.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Haradatta. add Ben. 7. Oppert. 2277.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Sudarśanācārya. add Bik. 111, and the mss. given under Gṛhyatātparyadarśana. Antyeṣṭividhi. read B. 1, 146. Cayanaprayoga. add Oppert. Ii, 7179. Paśubandha. read B. 1, 148. Mahāgnicayanasūtra. read Ii, 4831. Śulbasūtra.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kapardisvāmin. add Brl. 22.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Karavindasvāmin. add Burnell. 15^b.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Śulbapradīpa by Sundararāja. add Khn. 84. K. 112.
—[sub-commentary] Śulbapradīpavivaraṇa by the same. L. 1459. Saṃdhyā. read B. 1, 150. Sāmayācārikasūtra. add Oppert. I, 256. 5062. delete L. 1521 which contains some Sāmānyasūtra.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Haradatta. add K. 166. Sb. 90. Sāmānyasūtravṛtti by Dhūrtasvāmin. add K. 12.

3) Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब):�1) Śrautasūtra. Cs. 206 (praśna 9). 207 (praśna 9, inc.). 208 (praśna 16). Cu. add. 882 (15). 981 (9).
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Cauṇḍapācārya. See Prayogaratnamāla.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Prayogavṛtti by Keśava Tālavṛntanivasin. Cs. 211 (praśna 16). 278 (somaprāyaścitta, praśna 15). See L. 4234.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Dhūrtasvāmin. Rgb. 67 (praśna 1-17).
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rudradatta. Cs. 209 (praśna 9, 1-9). 334 ([fragmentary] and confused). Stein 12 (prāyaścitta).
‰ڳdzԳٲ Prayogaratnamālā by Viṣṇu Bhaṭṭa. L. 4223 (agnihotra 1-4). Stein 18 (yājamāna). 2) Gṛhyasūtra. Oudh. Xx, 16. Gārhyakarmaprayoga. Stein 11 (inc.). Darśapūrṇamāsa. Rgb. 86. 87. Darśapūrṇamāsaprayoga by Keśava Tālavṛntanivāsin. L. 2434. Paśuprayoga. Cs. 212. Vidhyaparādhaprāyaścitta. Cs. 213 (and‰ڳdzԳٲ). 214-16 (Āpast. 9). Śulbasūtrabhāṣya by Kapardisvāmin. Brl. 22.
—by Karavindasvāmin. Stein 12. 246. Somādhvaryava. Rgb. 92.

4) Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब):�1. Śrautasūtra. Hz. 30. 160 (Praśna 10-30). Ulwar 58: Praśna 1-3 (Darśapūrṇamāsa). Pr. 5 (Agnyādhāna). Pr. 8 (Cāturmāsya). Pr. 9 (Prāyaścitta). Pr. 10-17 (Somasūtra). Parts of Pr. 19 (Kāṭhakacayana, Sāvitracayana, Āruṇaketukasūtra). Pr. 25. 26 (Mantrapraśnau).
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Kapardisvāmin. Hz. 445.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Guhadevasvāmin. Hz. 414 (Paribhāṣāpaṭala).
‰ڳdzԳٲ Prayogavṛtti by Tālavṛntanivāsin. Cs. 618. Hz. 40. 167 (Praśna 1-6). 441 (nine Praśnā�). 610 (Ādhānapañcaka). 629 (Prāyaścitta). Ulwar 61 (Cayana and Somaprāyaścitta).
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Dhūrtasvāmin. Cs. 625 (Sāmānyasūtra). Hz. 613 (?). Ulwar 62 (Sāmānyasūtra). 63 (Cayanapraśna).
—[sub-commentary] by Kauśikarāma. Hz. 414.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Rudradatta. Hz. 415. 438. 640. Ulwar 59 (Praśna 1-14). 60 (Praśna 1-9). 2. Gṛhyasūtra.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Gṛhyasūtraprayogavṛtti by Tālavṛntanivāsin. Hz. 44. 154. 203. 607.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Gṛhyatātparyadarśana by Sudarśana. Cs. 458. Hz. 45. 61. 153. 316. 475. 544. 632. Ulwar 68.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Ā貹ٲgṛhyasūtrakārikā� by the same. Cs. 459.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Anākulā by Haradatta. Hz. 403. Kāmyeṣṭisūtra. Cs. 629. Darśapūrṇamāsaprāyaścittasūtra.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Gopāla, son of Narasiṃha. Ulwar 67. Paśubandhasūtravyākhyā by Somanātha Dīkṣita. Hz. 173. Prāyaścittadīpikā. Hz. 168. Śulbasūtra.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Karavindasvāmin. Ulwar 65. Extr. 10.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Śulbarahasyaprakāśa, by Gopāla, son of Narasiṃha. Ulwar 66. Extr. 11.
‰ڳdzԳٲ by Sundararāja. Hz. 174. Ulwar 64. Sāmayācārikasūtra. Hz. 355. Ulwar 1263.
‰ڳdzԳٲ Ujjvalā by Haradatta. Hz. 159. 213. 355. 395. 618. Ulwar 1263.

5) Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब):�1) Śrautasūtra. As p. 24 (3 Mss., one of these Praśna 1-4). Hz. 706 (inc.). 713. 744. C. [anonymous] Hz. 757 (Praśna 1-9). 1131. C. Yājñikasarvasva by Ahobala. Hz. 751 p. 75 (Darśapūrṇamāsa). Śg. 2, 60 (up to Darśapūrṇamāsa). C. by Kapardasvāmin. Hz. 752 (Śulbasūtra and Agni). 903 (inc.). C. by Keśava Tālavṛntanivāsin. As p. 24 (Ādhāna only). Cs 2, 238. Hz. 714. 743. 781 (called here Prayogadarpaṇa). 922. 1130 (Praśna 15). C. by Dhūrtasvāmin. Hz. 912 (inc.).
—[sub-commentary] by Kauśikarāma. Bd. 88. 89. Hz. 723 (Praśna 1-14). 759. 764 (Praśna 1-8). 909. Śg. 2, 59 p. 148. C. Ā貹ٲprayogaratna by Nārāyaṇa Yajvan. As p. 24. C. by Rudradatta. As p. 24. 25 (3 Mss). Hz. p. 707 (Praśna 1-14). 722 (inc.). 765 (inc.). 907. 1288. C. Ā貹ٲśrautasūtrakārikā by Vāsudeva Dīkṣita. Hz. 708 (Paśu, Darśapūrṇamāsa, Ādhāna, Soma, Cāturmāsya, Cayana). 716 (Soma, Paśu, Cayana). C. Ā貹ٲśrautasūtraprayoga by Vāsudeva Dīkṣita. Hz. 710 (Sautrāmaṇ�, Cāturmāsya, Vājapeya). 729 (Cāturmāsya, Soma, Sautrāmaṇ�, Vājapeya, Cayana). 750 (Praśna 1-6). 753 (Somapañcakaprayoga). C. by Somanātha. Hz. 923. 2) Gṛhyasūtra. As p. 24. Hpr. 2, 19. Hz. 1378. Śg. 1, 23. Whish 25, 2. C. Kapardikārikā. Śg. 2, 63 p. 166. C. Tātparyadarśana by Sudarśana. As p. 25. 56. Hz. 906. Śg. 2, 64. 3) Śulbasūtra. Bc 507. C. by Kapardisvāmin. As p. 25. C. by Karavindasvāmin. As p. 25. Bc 507. Hz. 727. C. by Sundararāja. Bc 507. 4) Dharmasūtra. Hz. 719. 1092. C. Ujjvalā by Haradatta. As p. 24. Hz. 919. 1365. Śg. 2, 68. Whish 36. Pūrvaprayoga gṛhya. Hz. 1184. Śg. 1, 92. Aparaprayoga gṛhya. Hz. 720. 745. 746. 749. C. by Kapardisvāmin. Hz. 748. Aparasūtraprayogakārikā. Hpr. 747. Paribhāṣāpaṭala śr. C. by Guhadevasvāmin. Hz. 1375. Pravarasūtra, a part of the 24th Praśna. C. by Kapardisvāmin. Śg. 2, 58 p. 147. Prāyaścittaśatadvayī. C. by Veṅkaṭa Vājapeyin. Hz. 709 p. 75. 766. Somaprayoga. As p. 25. Hz. 721. Sautrāmaṇīsūtra (Śrautasūtra 19, 1-10). Tb. 23.

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

1) Apastamba (अपस्तम्ब):—[=apa-stamba] m. a vessel inside or on one side of the chest containing vital air, [Bhāvaprakāśa]

2) Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब):�m. Name of a renowned sage and writer on ritual

3) mf(ī). a descendant of Ā貹ٲ [gana] ([Pāṇini 4-1, 104])

4) m. [plural] the pupils of Ā貹ٲ.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apastamba (अपस्तम्ब):—[tatpurusha compound] (?) m.

(-�) The father or forefather of Ā貹ٲ. E. apa and stamba.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ā貹ٲ (आपस्तम्ब):—[貹-ٲ] (�) 1. m. Name of a sage.

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