ing, giving; in the Ātharvav. 13. 1. 27: vi mimīṣvava payasva-
tīṃ ghṛtācīṃ devānāṃ dhenuranapaspṛgeṣā ‘make her to have milk
and to become possessed of butter for the gods: this cow
does not yield any’. E. spṛc (= pṛc) with apa, or pṛc
with apa, āgāma suṭ, kṛt aff. kvip. [This interpretation
is hypothetical, in want of a comm. to the Atharv. The
same meaning might result in deriving apaspṛk from apaspṛś
‘sprinkling, shedding’, the radicals pṛc and spṛś being
connected in origin; but the former seems more natural.]