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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apasalavi (अपसलवि).—ind. [apa-sal bā° aviṃ]

1) To the left (opp. prasalavi; °vi sṛṣṭayā rajjvā Kāty. (aprādakṣiṇyena).

2) (The space) Between the thumb and the forefinger, supposed to be sacred to the Manes, as water &c. in ceremonies like तर्पण (tarpaṇa) is offered to them being poured down through that space; प्रदेशिन्यङ्गुष्ठयोरन्तरा अपसलवि अपसव्यं वा तेन पितृभ्यो निदधाति (pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā apasalavi apasavyaṃ vā tena pitṛbhyo nidadhāti) Śabdak.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apasalavi (अपसलवि).—ind. The space between the thumb and the forefinger.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apasalavi (अपसलवि).—[adverb] to the left.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apasalavi (अपसलवि):—[=apa-salavi] ind. to the left (opposed to pra-salavi cf. ava-salavi), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] the space between the thumb and the forefinger (sacred to the Manes).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apasalavi (अपसलवि):—[bahuvrihi compound] and Avyayībh. (ved.)

1) Not from the right to the left, i. e. from the left to the right; the reverse of prasalavi and pradakṣiṇa; and the same as apasavyam Ii.

2) The space between the thumb and the forefinger, the space considered as sacred to the Manes and wherefrom the oblations to the latter are made. Comp. pitṛtīrtha and the following; Raghunandana in the Śrāddhatattva: tathā ca gobhilagṛhyam .…iti savyenaiva pāṇinā sūtratantuṃ gṛhītvā . apasalavi pūrvasyāṃ karṣvāṃ piṇḍe nidadhyāt . piturnāma gṛhītvā . asāvetatte vāso ye cātra tvāmanu yāṃśca tvamanu tasmai te svadheti . apa upaspṛśya . evamevetarayoḥ savyenaiva pāṇinā udakapātraṃ gṛhītvā . apasalavi piṇḍānāmupari siñcet .…eṣāmarthaḥ… ‘sapuṣpaṃ jalamādāya teṣāṃ pṛṣṭhe pṛthakpṛthak . apradakṣiṇaṃ nenijyādgotre nāmānumantritam’ . iti brahmapurāṇavacanāt . apasalavi pitṛtīrthena pradeśinyaṅguṣṭhayorantarā apasalavi apasavyaṃ vā tena pitṛbhyo nidadhātīti bhaṭṭabhāṣyadhṛtagṛhyāntarādapasavyaśabdena pitṛtīrthamucyate . asmādeva vacanāt . tathā ca manuḥ . prācīnāvītinā samyagapasavyamatandriṇā ityādi (Manu 3. 279.) &c. E. apa and salavi. For the meaning of apa in this word comp. apadiśam.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apasalavi (अपसलवि):—[apa-salavi] ind. Space between the thumb and forefinger.

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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: Salavi, Apa.

Full-text: Avasalavi, Prasalavi, Apasalaih, Salavi, Salais, Apasalais, Apradakshinam, Syandya, Apasavya, Apadisham.

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