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Vap: 8 definitions

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vap (वप�).�1 U. (vapati, vapate, upta; pass. upyate; desid. vivapsati-te)

1) To sow, scatter (as seed), plant; यथेरिण� बीजमुप्त्व� � वप्त� लभते फलम् (yatheriṇe bījamuptv na vapt labhate phalam) Manusmṛti 3.142; � विद्यामिरिणे वपेत� (na vidymiriṇe vapet) 2.113; यादृशं वपते बीजं तादृशं लभते फलम् (ydṛśa� vapate bīja� tdṛśa� labhate phalam) Subh�; Kumrasambhava 2. 5; Ś.6.23.

2) To throw (as arrow); cast (as dice); शरान� वपन्तं निशितान् सुपुङ्खान् (śarn vapanta� niśitn supuṅkhn) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 6.63.28.

3) To beget, produce.

4) To weave.

5) To shear, shave (mostly Vedic). -Caus. (貹ⲹti te) To sow, plant, put into the ground.

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

Vap (वप�).—[(ḍa)ḍuvapa] r. 1st cl. (vapati-te) 1. To sow seed. 2. To procreate. 3. To shave. 4. To weave. With , To scatter. With ni, 1. To scatter seed. 2. To make offerings to the Manes. 3. To kill. With nis, 1. To scatter. 2. To perform. 3. To offer. 4. To present libations to the Manes. With prati, 1. To sow. 2. To pierce, to fix.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vap (वप�).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] I. (properly [Causal.] of ī). 1. To sow, Mahbhrata 3, 1248; figurat., [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 113. 2. To cast, Mahbhrata 2, 2033. 3. � To procreate. Pass. upya, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 9, 26. Ii. (properly a [Causal.] of ve), To weave. Iii. � To shave [Causal.] 貹ⲹ, To sow, Mahbhrata 3, 18031.

� With the prep. adhi adhi, To put on, Chr. 294, 4 = [Rigveda.] i. 92, 4.

� With , 1. To sow, Mahbhrata 3, 17341. 2. To throw to, Mahbhrata 3, 103. [Causal.] To arrange, to dress, Mahbhrata 1, 819 (cf. with vi).

� With sam sam-, [Causal.] To cause to be sown, or thrown in, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 12, 9.

� With ni ni, 1. To sow, Mahbhrata 3, 17341. 2. To offer, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 216.

� With nis nis, 1. To drop. [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 92. 2. To sprinkle, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 3, 214. 3. To offer, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 9, 140. 4. To perform (a sacrifice), [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 10; 6, 38 (read nirupya). [Causal.] To disseminate, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 85, 20.

� With pra pra, 1. To sow, Mahbhrata 3, 15725. 2. To cast, ib. 3, 1931.

� With prati prati, To inlay, to stud, to adorn, [Daśakumracarita] in Chr. 198, 16. pratyupta, Shut(?), [Uttara Rmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 87, 3.

� With vi vi, vyupta, Disordered, dishevelled, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 2, 14.

� Cf. and [Anglo-Saxon.] wíf; probably also [Gothic.] vêpn; [Anglo-Saxon.] waepen. Cf. ve.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vap (वप�).�1. vapati vapate [participle] upta shear, shave (hair or beard, [Middle] refl.), trim (nails); shear [figuratively] = crop off, graze. [Causative] 貹ⲹti, te cause to shear or to be shorn ([Middle] refl.).

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Vap (वप�).�2. vapati vapate [participle] upta (q.v.) strew, scatter, [especially] seed, sow; throw or cast (dice etc.). [Causative] 貹ⲹti sow, plant.

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

1) Vap (वप�):�1. vap [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] vapati, te (only [present tense] stem and [indeclinable participle] uptv, -upya), to shear, shave ([Ātmanepada] ‘one’s self�), cut off, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhit; Brhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra];

—to crop (herbage), mow, cut (grass), graze, [Ṛg-veda vi, 6, 4] :

‰ڰ䲹ܲ 貹ⲹti, te ([Potential] vpayīta, [Āśvalyana-śrauta-sūtra]), to cause ([Ātmanepada] ‘one’s self�) to be shorn, [Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]

2) 2. vap [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha xxiii, 34]) vapati, te ([Potential] upet, [Gṛhya-sūtra]; [perfect tense] uvpa, ū�;ū, [Ṛg-veda] etc.;vavpa, [Mahbhrata];-vepe, [Kśik-vṛtti on Pṇini 6-4, 120]; [Aorist] avpsīt, [Brhmaṇa] etc.;avapta [grammar]; [Potential] upyt, [ib.]; [future] vapt, [ib.];vapsyati, [Brhmaṇa];辱ṣyپ, [Mahbhrata] etc.; [infinitive mood] vaptum [grammar]; [indeclinable participle] uptv, [Mahbhrata];-upya, [Ṛg-veda] etc.),

2) —to strew, scatter ([especially] seed), sow, bestrew, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to throw, cast (dice), [ib.];

2) —to procreate, beget (See vapus and 2. );

2) —to throw or heap up, dam up, [Atharva-veda] :

2) —[Passive voice] upyate ([Aorist] vpi, [Brhmaṇa]), to be strewn or sown, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:‰ڰ䲹ܲ 貹ⲹti ([Aorist] avlvapat [grammar]) to sow, plant, put in the ground, [Mahbhrata] :—[Desiderative] vivapsati, te ڲ:‰ڱԳٱԲ vvapyate, vvapti, [ib.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vap (वप�):�(ḍu) vapati 1. a. To sow seed, procreate; to shave; to weave.

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

Vap (वप�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paira, Vava.

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