ava-√ sṛp-sárpati, (said of the sun) to set, VS. xvi, 7; (p. loc. m. -sarpati), Lāṭy.; to flow back (as the sea in low tide), MBh. xiii, 7257 (v.l. ava-sarpita mfn. ‘caused to flow back’); to creep to or approach unawares, TS.; AV. viii, 6, 3; to flow over gradually, AV. xi, 1, 17.