apīti

so in the Ṛgv.: purā yatsūrastamaso apītestamadrivaḥ phaligaṃ

hetimasya (Sāyaṇa: = saṃgrāmāt). ² Union, junction, used

in this sense in the Māṇḍukya Upanishad, when the m of

the word om is spoken of allegorically, as combining

with the a and u. ³ Copulation; in this sense occurring

in an allegorical description of the Śatapathabr. when thumbs

and fingers, ears and eye-brows, lips and nose, teeth and

tongue &c. are likened to man and wife. ⁴ Final liberation;

in the Vedānta Sūtra: tadāpīteḥ saṃsāravyapadeśāt; Śaṅkara:

tatteja ādibhūtasūkṣmaṃ śrotrādikaraṇāśrayabhūtamāpīterā saṃsāra-

mokṣātsamyagjñānanimittādavatiṣṭhate. ⁵ Destruction or end of

the Universe; in the Vedānta Sūtra: apītau tadvatprasaṅgādasama-

ñjasam; Śaṅkara: yadi sthaulyasāvayavatvācetanatvaparicchinnatvā-

śuddhyādidharmakaṃ kāryaṃ brahmakāraṇakamabhyupagamyeta tadāpītau pralaye

prati saṃsṛjyamānaṃ kāryaṃ &c.; Anūpanārāy.: jagadupādānaṃ brahme-

tyasamañjasam . yathā nimbayogāddugdhaṃ tiktaṃ tadvadapītau pralaye

svalīnajagadyogāttajjāḍyādiprasaṅgāt. [The three first mean-

ings are applications of the liter. meaning ‘going towards,

approaching’; the two latter of the meaning ‘going into’

scil. of the world into Brahman, or perhaps also of the first

viz. joining Brahman.] E. i with api, kṛt aff. ktin.

1) das Einholen, Erreichen: pùrā yatsūràstamâsò apī̂tèstamâdrivaḥ phalìgaṃ hètimâsya ṚV. 1, 121, 10.

— 2) das Eingehen in Etwas, Verschwinden: so 'nena mithunenātmanaitaṃ mithunamagnimapyeti .. eṣātrāpītiḥ ŚAT. BR. 10, 1, 1, 8-11. minoti ha vā idaṃ sarvamapītiśca bhavati MĀṆḌ. UP. 11.

— Vgl. apyaya .

-es [Ab.] {121,10} purā́ sū́ras támasas ….