• Blog
  • Sanskrit
  • About
  • apiśarvara

    See also apiśarvvara.


    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 194, col. 2.
    apiśarvara Tatpur. (ved.) 1. m. f. n. (-raḥ-rā-ram) Near the

    night, connected with the time near the night.

    2. m. (-raḥ) 1 The beginning of the night. (Sāyaṇa:

    rātrīmukham; thus explained by him in the Ṛgv. verse tvāṃ

    yadagne paśavaḥ samāsate samiddhamapiśarvare.) 2 The end of the

    night (Sāyaṇa: gatarātrakālaḥ; thus explained by him in the

    Ṛgv. verse mama prapitve apiśarvare &c. where it is opposed

    to the time of sunrise, midday and evening.) The word

    occurs only in the locative sing. but is probably a masc.

    like the Tatpur. pūrvarātra, madhyarātra &c. with the ellipsis of

    kāla. E. api and śarvarī, probably with samās. aff. ac.

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

    p. 55, col. 3.
    apiśarvara api-śarvara, as, ā, am, Ved. con-

    tiguous to the night; being at the beginning or end

    of the night; (am), n. evening-time or morning-

    time.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 118, col. 1.
    apiśarvara a. Ved. Close to the night, being at the beginning (or end) of the night.

    raṃ Early or untimely morning, evening (or morning) time (pradoṣamukhaṃ).

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

    p. 55, col. 3.
    api-śarvara mfn. ‘contiguous to the night’, being at the beginning or end of the night, AitBr.
    p. 55, col. 3.
    api-śarvará (ám), n. the time early in the morning, RV.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 156.
    apiśarvara a. Ved. Close to the night, being at the beginning (or end) of the night. -ram Early or untimely morning, evening (or morning) time (pradoṣamukham).

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 309.
    apiśarvará (von api + śarvara)

    1) adj. an die Nacht angrenzend, am Ende der Nacht befindlich: api śarvaryā anu smasītyabruvannapiśarvarāṇi khalu vā etāni chandāṃsīti ha smāha AIT. BR. 4, 5.

    — 2) n. Frühmorgen: tvāṃ yadâgne pàśavâḥ sàmāsâtè samîddhamapiśarvàre ṚV. 3, 9, 7. mamâ prapìtve âpiśarvàre vâsàvā stomā̂so avṛtsata 8, 1, 29. S. ROTH zu NIR. S. 34.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    p. 76.
    api-śarvará, a., an die Nacht [śarvara = śárvarī] grenzend; n., Frühmorgen.

    -é [L.] {243,7}; {621,29}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 76, col. 3.
    apiśarvará

    — 1) Adj. in die Nacht reichend , nächtlich.

    — 2) n. Nachtzeit.

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    p. 91.

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    vol. 1, p. 26.
    Api-śarvara. See Anan.