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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 182, col. 1.
    apasya I. 1. m. f. n. (-syaḥ-syā-syam) Fit for a (sacrificial) act.

    [Mahīdhara explains in Vājas. 10. 7. apasyo vasānāḥ as epi-

    thets to the preceding word āpaḥ ‘waters’ and renders apasyaḥ

    in the stated sense; but the commentators on a Vārttika

    to Pāṇ. V. 4. 30. ‘vasuapas°°’ (misprinted in the present

    edition and therefore in the reprint of that edition ‘vasua-

    yas°°’) explain apasyāḥ as meaning ‘water’; and while Ma-

    hīdhara takes apasyaḥ as an irregular nom. plur. instead of

    apasyāḥ, Patanjali and, after him, the Kāśikā consider it as

    an irregular accus. (= apaḥ); Patanjali: apasyo vasānāḥ .

    apo vasānāḥ ... Kaiyyaṭa: apśabdāddvitīyābahuvacanāntā-

    dyatpratyayo vibhakteścāluk. Kāśikā: dvitīyābahuvacanasyāluk .

    apo vasānā ityarthaḥ.]

    2. f. (-syā) 1 Water (see the preceding explanation).

    2 The name of the first fifteen bricks amongst the twenty

    bricks which are placed five in each quarter on a sacrificial

    ground; the last five being called chandasyā. E. apas, taddh.

    aff. yat (or in Vājas. 10. 7. according to the quoted Vārttika,

    ap in the accus. plur., taddh. aff. yat).

    II. f. (-syā) 1 Activity, action. 2 Desire to act. E. apasy,

    kṛt aff. a.

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

    p. 53, col. 2.
    1. apasya, as, ā, am, active, fit for an act, running

    away; watery; (ā), f. a kind of brick (twenty are

    used in building the sacrificial altar); activity; water.
    p. 53, col. 2.
    2. apasya, nom. P. apasyati, to be active.
    p. 53, col. 3.
    apasya apasya, apasyu. See under apas.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 113, col. 2.
    apasya a. [apasi karmaṇi sādhuḥ yat] Ved. Active, fit for an act, skilful in doing any thing (sādhukarmakārin); Yv. 10. 7; flowing, watery.

    syā

    1 Activity.

    2 Water.

    3 A sort of brick used in preparing the sacrificial altar.
    p. 114, col. 2.
    apasya, syu &c. See under apas.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 29.
    apasyá (f. apasī́) watery.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 20, col. 2.
    apasya apas-yá, den. P. be active.

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

    p. 53, col. 1.
    1. apasya Nom. P. (Subj. °syā́t) to be active, RV. i, 121, 7.
    p. 53, col. 1.
    2. apasyâ mf(sī́)n. watery, melting, dispersing, RV. x, 89, 2; VS. x, 7
    p. 53, col. 2.
    apasya a, apasyú. See apas.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 150.
    apasya a. [apasi karmaṇi sādhuḥ yat] Ved. Active, fit for an act, skilful in doing any thing (sādhukarmakārin); sidhmā yad vanadhitirapasyāt Rv.1.121.7; Yv.10.7; flowing, watery. -syā 1 Activity yādṛśiman dhāyi tamapasyayā vidad Rv.5.44.8. -2 Water. -3 A sort of brick used in preparing the sacrificial altar.
    vol. 1, p. 151.
    apasya, apasyu &c. See under apas

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 297.
    1. apasyâ (von apas Wasser = 2. ap)

    1) adj. f. °sī́ wässerig, zerfliessend (vielleicht mit dem Doppelsinn: geschäftig): atîṣṭhantamapàsyaṃ1^\ na sargâṃ kṛ̀ṣṇā tamā̂ṃsì tviṣyā̂ jaghāna ṚV. 10, 89, 2. sàdhàmādô dyùmninī̀rāpâ ètā anā̂dhṛṣṭā apàsyò3^\ vasā̂nāḥ VS. 10, 7.

    — 2) f. °syā eine besondere Art Brennziegeln (20 an der Zahl, zur Aufbauung des heiligen Feueraltars) ŚAT. BR. 7, 4, 2, 37. 5, 2, 41. 44. 8, 2, 3, 4. 10, 4, 3, 14. 15. KĀTY. ŚR. 17, 6, 2. 8, 13. 21. MAHĪDH. zu VS. 13, 53.

    vol. 1, p. 297.
    2. apasya (von 1. apas)

    1) adj. s. svapasya .

    — 2) f. °syā́ Geschäftigkeit: sūrâścidasmā̀ anû dādapàsyām ṚV. 7, 45, 2. 5, 44, 9. Vgl. svapasyā .

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    p. 74.
    (apasýa) , apasía, a., thätig, geschäftig [von ápas].

    -íam {915,2} (sárgam).

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 74, col. 3.
    1. apasya

    — 1) Adj. geschäftig.

    — 2) apasyā́ f. Geschäftigkeit , Thätigkeit.

    vol. 1, p. 74, col. 3.
    2. apasyâ

    — 1) Adj. apasía (f. apasī́) aquosus.

    — 2) f. ā̂ Bez. bestimmter Backsteine.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 20, col. 2.
    apasya °syáti thätig sein.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 240, col. 1.
    apasya tri0 apasi kammaṇi sādhuḥ apas + yat . 1 sādhukarmmakā-
    riṇi anāvṛṣṭā apasyovasānā iti yaju0 10, 7,
    apasyāḥ apasi karmaṇi sādhvyaḥ ve0 dī0 . apareṇa svaya-
    mātṛṇṇametyāpasyāḥ pañca pañcānūkānteṣvapāmiti kā0 17,
    6, 2, apasyāstatsaṃjñakā iṣṭakābhedā iti vedadī0 .

    Renou Vocabulaire du rituel védique

    p. 15.