Apaga, Āpagā: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Āpagā (आपगा).—A sacred river. It is said that if one gives food to one brahmin on the banks of this river it will be equivalent to giving food to a crore of brahmins elsewhere. (Śloka 68, Chapter 83, Vana Parva, Mahābhārata).
Apaga (अपग).—A tribe.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 45. 120.
Āpagā (आपगा) refers to the name of a Tīrtha (pilgrim’s destination) mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. III.81.154). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Āpagā) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Āpagā (आपगा) refers to a “river”, according to the Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā, belonging to the Pāñcarātra tradition which deals with theology, rituals, iconography, narrative mythology and others.—Accordingly, “[...] [The demons born of] the aggressive magic of [his] enemies, having failed to take hold of him, frightened will possess the performer [of the ritual], like a river[’s fury] (āpagā—āpagevācalāhatā) blocked by a mountain. Droughts will end and enemies will run away. In his kingdom there will not be dangers in the form of untimely deaths, wild animals, beasts of prey, thieves, illnesses etc. and strength shall reside in his lineage”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
India history and geography
Āpagā (आपगा) is the name of a river mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa possibly corresponding to the Ayuk.—Āpagā is mentioned in the list of the tīrthas of Madra and Himavān, and may be identified with the Ayuk rising in Jammu hills to the north-east of Sialkot.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
āpagā : (f.) river.
Āpagā, (f.) (āpa + ga of gam) a river Th.1, 309; Sn.319; J.V, 454; Dāvs.I, 32; VvA.41. (Page 101)
āpagā (အာပဂါ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[āpa+gamu+kvi. āpānaṃ nivāso āpo,samuddo,ṇo. taṃ gacchatīti āpagā. ,ṭī,681.]
[အာပ+ဂမု+ကွိ။ အာပါနံ နိဝါသော အာပေါ၊ သမုဒ္ဒေါ၊ ဏော။ တံ ဂစ္ဆတီတိ အာပဂါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ၊၆၈၁။]
[Pali to Burmese]
āpagā—
(Burmese text): မြစ်။
(Auto-Translation): River.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Apaga (अपग).—1 P.
1) To go away, depart; pass away, elapse (as time); K.73; तन्मुखाच्छायापगता (tanmukhācchāyāpagatā) H.3; संपदो नापगच्छन्ति (saṃpado nāpagacchanti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.8.
2) To fall off or down; go away, vanish, disappear.
Derivable forms: apagam (अपगम्).
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Apaga (अपग).—a. Going, turning away. Av.1.34.5.
-gā A river (wrongly for āpagā).
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Āpagā (आपगा).—[apāṃ samūhaḥ āpam; tena gacchati gam-ḍa] A river, stream; फेनायमानं पतिमापगानाम् (phenāyamānaṃ patimāpagānām) Śiśupālavadha 3.72; Kirātārjunīya 13.24.
Apagā (अपगा).—f.
(-gā) A river. E. apa down, below, or ap water, and thence the sea; and gā what goes downward or into the sea; also āpagā.
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Āpagā (आपगा).—f.
(-gā) A river, a stream. E. āp a quantity of water, the ocean, and gā fem. derivative from gam to go.
Āpagā (आपगा).—i. e. ap + a-ga (vb. gam), f. 1. A river, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 140. 2. The name of a river, Mahābhārata 3, 6038.
Āpagā (आपगा).—[feminine] river, stream.
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Apagā (अपगा).—go away; keep or cease from ([ablative]).
Apagā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and gā (गा).
1) Apaga (अपग):—[=apa-ga] [from apa-gam] mf(ā)n. going away, turning away from ([ablative]), [Atharva-veda i, 34, 5] (cf. an-apaga)
2) Apagā (अपगा):—[=apa-gā] [from apa-ga > apa-gam] a f. = āpa-gā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [=apa-gā] b. apa-√1. gā to go away, vanish, retire (with [ablative]), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā etc.]
4) Āpagā (आपगा):—f. (according to Mallinātha on [Śiśupāla-vadha iii, 72, [from] 3.] āpa and √gā), a river, a stream, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa; Śiśupāla-vadha]
5) Name of a river, [Mahābhārata]
Apaga (अपग):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-gaḥ-gā-gam) Going away. 2. f.
(-gā) 1) A river.
2) The name of a Tīrtha or holy place. Also āpagā. E. gam with apa, kṛt aff. ḍa. (In the femin. the literal meaning is probably ‘going or flowing downwards’; yet a comm. on the Amarak. analyzes apagā into apa and gā, ‘going into the ocean’; comp. Ii. apa.)
1) Apagā (अपगा):—[apa-gā] (gā) 1. f. A river.
2) Āpagā (आपगा):—[āpa-gā] (gā) 1. f. A river or stream.
Apaga (अपग):—(von gam mit apa) adj. fortgehend, sich abwendend: yathā.mannāpa.āsaḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 34, 5.] anapaga nicht fortgehend, unzertrennlich [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 1, 10.] [?= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 2, 1, 11.]
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Apagā (अपगा):—f. Fluss [BHARATA] zu [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 29. S.] āpagā .
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Āpagā (आपगा):—f.
1) Fluss [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1080.] [Mahābhārata 1, 7896.] [Nalopākhyāna 12, 26.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 47, 17. 48, 8. 55, 13. 4, 40, 19. 20. 41, 20. 44, 79. 60, 13.] [Suśruta 2, 173, 20.] [Pañcatantra I, 6.] [Śākuntala 167.] [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 22.] [ŚIŚUP. 3, 72.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mahābhārata 3, 6038.] — Wohl eine Steigerung von apa gā hinunterfliessend; vgl. nimnagā und āpayā .
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Apaga (अपग):—(so ist zu accentuiren), lies mannāpagā.asaḥ. gṛhādanapagam (acyutam) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 61, 2.] svadharmānapaga nicht weichend von seiner Pflicht [Mahābhārata 3, 1087.] svadharmān(!) apagaḥ apahāya gacchatīti tathā dvitīyāyā alugārṣaḥ [Nīlakaṇṭha]
Apaga (अपग):—Adj. (f. ā) sich abwendend von (Abl.)
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Apagā (अपगा):—f. = āpagā Fluss.
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Āpagā (आपगा):—f. —
1) Fluss. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Flusses.
Apāga (अपाग) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avāya, Āvayā.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches (+0): Kvi, Gamu, Ga, Apa.
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