See also apsumant.
what is in water or arises from water; e. g. Agni so called
from his combination with the fire of lightning which is in,
or comes from, the rain-waters; or in the Chhāndogya Up.:
na hāpsu praityapsumānbhavati ya etadevaṃ vidvānsarvāsvapsu pañcavidhaṃ
sāmopāste (where Ānandajn. explains the word ‘possessed
with water’, viz. asāvupāsako marusthalīṣvapi yathecchamudaka-
vānbhavatītyarthaḥ, but it is perhaps better to say that such a
worshipper becomes possessed with all the benefits that
are in, or come from, water). 2 Containing, or accom-
panied with, the word apsu; as verses, e. g. in the Śatap.:
apsumatībhyāmagneretadvaiśvānarasya stotram; or as oblations, e. g.
apsumantāvājyabhāgau, whereon the Prauḍham. observes:
apsumantāviti . kārīryā ājyabhāgayoḥ . apsu agne sadhiṣṭha
ca . apsu me somo'bravīdityanuvākye . tatra cāpsuśabdo'sti.
E. apsu (loc. plur. of ap), taddh. aff. matup.