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    apasalavi

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 46.
    apasalavi ind. The space between the thumb and the forefinger.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 36, col. 2.
    apa-salavi ind. Space between the
    thumb and forefinger.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 180, col. 1.
    apasalavi Bahuvr. and Avyayībh. (ved.) 1 Not from the

    right to the left, i. e. from the left to the right; the re-

    verse of prasalavi and pradakṣiṇa; and the same as apasavyam II.

    2 The space between the thumb and the forefinger, the

    space considered as sacred to the Manes and wherefrom

    the oblations to the latter are made. Comp. pitṛtīrtha and

    the following; Raghunandana in the Śrāddhatattva: tathā

    ca gobhilagṛhyam .…iti savyenaiva pāṇinā sūtratantuṃ gṛhītvā .

    apasalavi pūrvasyāṃ karṣvāṃ piṇḍe nidadhyāt . piturnāma gṛhītvā .

    asāvetatte vāso ye cātra tvāmanu yāṃśca tvamanu tasmai te svadheti .

    apa upaspṛśya . evamevetarayoḥ savyenaiva pāṇinā udakapātraṃ gṛhī-

    tvā . apasalavi piṇḍānāmupari siñcet .…eṣāmarthaḥ…

    ‘sapuṣpaṃ jalamādāya teṣāṃ pṛṣṭhe pṛthakpṛthak . apradakṣiṇaṃ nenijyā-

    dgotre nāmānumantritam’ . iti brahmapurāṇavacanāt . apasalavi

    pitṛtīrthena pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā apasalavi apasavyaṃ vā tena

    pitṛbhyo nidadhātīti bhaṭṭabhāṣyadhṛtagṛhyāntarādapasavyaśabdena pi-

    tṛtīrthamucyate . asmādeva vacanāt . tathā ca manuḥ . prācīnāvīti-

    nā samyagapasavyamatandriṇā ityādi (Manu 3. 279.) &c. E. apa and

    salavi. For the meaning of apa in this word comp. apadiśam.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 53, col. 2.
    apasalavi apa-salavi, ind., Ved. to the

    left (opposed to pra-salavi); the space between the

    thumb and the forefinger (sacred to the Manes).

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 113, col. 3.
    apasalavi ind. [apa sal bā° avi]

    1 To the left (opp. prasalavi); °vi sṛṣṭayā rajjvā Kāty. (aprādakṣiṇyena).

    2 (The space) Between the thumb and the forefinger, supposed to be sacred to the Manes, as water &c. in ceremonies like tarpaṇa is offered to them being poured down through that space; pradeśinyaṃguṣṭhayoraṃtarā apasalavi apasavyaṃ vā tena pitṛbhyo nidadhāti Śabdak.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 29.
    apasalaví adv. to the left.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 53, col. 1.
    apa-salaví ind. to the left (opposed to pra-salaví cf. ava-salavi), ŚBr.
    ☞ p. 53, col. 1.
    the space between the thumb and the forefinger (sacred to the Manes).

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 38, col. 2.
    apasalavi ind. The space between the thumb and the forefinger.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 150.
    apasalavi ind. [apa-sal bā˚ aviṃ] 1 To the left (opp. prasalavi; ˚vi sṛṣṭayā rajjvā Kāty. (aprādakṣiṇyena). -2 (The space) Between the thumb and the forefinger, supposed to be sacred to the Manes, as water &c. in ceremonies like tarpaṇa is offered to them being poured down through that space; pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā apasalavi apasavyaṃ vā tena pitṛbhyo nidadhāti Śabdak.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 296.
    apasalaví (1. apa + sa°) adv. (Gegens. prasalavi)

    1) linkshin: apasalavi triḥ paristṛṇanparyeti ŚAT. BR. 2, 6, 1, 15. 34. 2, 12. athāpasalavi trirdhūnvati 14, 1, 3, 31. yadvapasalavi sṛṣṭā syātpitṛdevatyāḥ syāt 3, 2, 1, 13. apasalavi (Sch.: = apradakṣiṇam) hi pitryaṃ karma 13, 8, 1, 19. 2, 6. apasalavi (Sch.: = apradākṣiṇyena) sṛṣṭayā rajjvā KĀTY. ŚR. 21, 3, 32.

    — 2) zwischen Daumen und Zeigefinger, die den Manen geheiligte Stelle (pitṛtīrtha): pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā apasalavi apasavyaṃ vā tena pitṛbhyo nidadhāti . iti śrāddhatattve bhaṭṭabhāṣyadhṛtagṛhyam . ŚKDR. — Diese letztere Bedeutung (vgl. die Beisp. u. 1.) beruht wohl hier wie bei apasavyam auf einer Spitzfindigkeit.

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1009.
    apasalavi vgl. avasalavi .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 74, col. 2.
    apasalaví und apasalaus Adv.

    — 1) nach links hin.

    — 2) mit der Stelle zwischen Daumen und Zeigefinger.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 238, col. 2.
    apasalavi avya0 apa + sala—bā0 avi . tarjjanyaṅguṣṭha-
    madhyasthānarūpe pitṛtīrthe “tarjanyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā apasalavi
    apasavyaṃ vā tena pitṛbhyonidadhāti” śu0 ta0 gṛhyam .
    “savyenaiva pāṇinā sūtratantuṃ gṛhītvā apasalavi pūrvvasyāṃ
    karṣvāṃ piṇḍe nidadhyāditi” gobhilaḥ .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 66.
    apasalavi , vya, (apa + sal + bāhulyāt avi .)
    pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā . pitṛtīrthaṃ . yathā .
    “pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā apasalavi apasavyaṃ vā
    tena pitṛbhyo nidadhāti” . iti śrāddhatattve bhaṭṭa-
    bhāṣyadhṛtagṛhyaṃ ..