apāc

apāc or apāñc mfn. (apāṅ apācī apāk) South, southern.

E. See avāc.

apā_c, apāñc (ṅ-pāṃcī-k) a. Sou-
thern, southerly.

apāc Tatpur. 1. m. f. n. (-ṅ-cī-k) ¹ (ved.) Going down-

wards; as opposed to prāc going upwards (to heaven).

² Western. ³ Southern. [The meaning ‘western’ is that

which is given usually by the commentators to the word

when it occurs in the Vedas; the meaning ‘southern’ is

given by the Koshas--comp. also avāc--, and belongs

to the word also in Pāṇ. IV. 2. 101. where ‘prāc, apāc,

udac, pratīc’ are a complete enumeration of the four re-

gions of the compass; Prauḍhamanor. apācī dakṣiṇā dik .

dvitīyo varṇaḥ pakāro na tu dantyoṣṭhyaḥ.]--See apāk. For

the declension of this word comp. añc II.

2. f. (-cī) The South; comp. avācī. E. añc (ancu)

with apa, kṛt aff. kvin.

apāc apāc or apāñc, ṅ, cī, k (fr. añc with

apa), going or situated backwards, behind; western

(opposed to prāñc); southern (opposed to udañc);

(k), ind. behind, westward, southward.

apāc, apāṃc (m. ṅ, f. cī, n. k) [apāṃcati, aṃc kvip]

1 Going or situated backwards, behind.

2 Not open or clear (aprakāśa).

3 Western.

4 Southern (opp. udaṃc); probably for avāṃc.

— k ind.

1 Behind, backwards.

2 Westward or southward.

apāc (√ ac), (Imper. -aca) to drive away, RV. ix, 97, 54.

apāc or apāñc

mfn. (apāṅ apācī apāk) South, southern.

E. See avāc.

apāc, apāñc (m ṅ f. cī, n k) [apāñcati, añc kvip] 1 Going or situated backwards, behind. -2 Not open or clear (aprakāśa). -3 Western. -4 Southern (opp. udañc); probably for avāñc. -k ind. 1 Behind, backwards. -2 Westward or southward.

apāc apāc a. (th. fort apāñc) méridional. Cf. apāñc.

apācina a. méridional.

ápāc, stark: ápāñc, a., rückwärts gewandt [von ápa und ac], 2) westlich; der Gegensatz prā́c, einmal ({402,2}) pū́rva, tritt überall (ausser in {893,5}) ausdrücklich hervor; oft sind auch die übrigen Richtungen (nördlich, südlich) noch genannt ({624,1}; {674,1}; {957,1}).

-āṅ [N. m.] ámartias {164,38} eti.

-āk [n.] adv. 2) {287,11}; {624,1}; {630,5}; {674,1}; {870,7}.

-ācas [A. p. m.] 2) amítrān {957,1}.

-ācīm 2) púram {893,5}.

-ācīs [A. f.] (apás im vor. V.) {402,2}.

apāc (in casibus fortibus apāñc, a r. añc ire praef.

apa) meridionalis. HEM.

apāc tri0 apāñcati apa + anca—kvip . 1 apagamanakarttari
2 aprakāśārthe ca . striyāṃ ṅīp . sā ca 3 dakṣiṇasyāṃ
diśi, 4 pratīcyāmiti vedabhāṣye mādhavaḥ . “prāktā-
dapāktādadharāditi ṛ0 7, 104, 19 “apāktāt pratīcyā”
iti tena vyākhyānāt . tatra padāntareṇa dakṣiṇapratītera-
pākśabdasya pratīcyāṃ lakṣaṇaiva na tatraśaktiriti tu yuktam .