Apasarpa: 9 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apasarpa (अपसर्प).—&c. See under अपसृ, अपसृप् (apasṛ, apasṛp).

See also (synonyms): apasara.

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Apasarpa (अपसर्प).—A secret agent or emissary, spy; सोपसर्पैर्जजागार यथाकालं स्वपन्नपि (sopasarpairjajāgāra yathākālaṃ svapannapi) R.17.51, R.14.31.

Derivable forms: apasarpaḥ (अपसर्पः).

See also (synonyms): apasarpaka.

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

Apasarpa (अपसर्प).—m.

(-rpaḥ) A secret emissary or agent, a spy. So apasarpaka m.

(-kaḥ) E. apa bad, &c. sarpa who goes; from sṛpa with ac aff.

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

Apasarpa (अपसर्प).—i. e. apa-sṛp + a, m. A spy, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 188, 13.

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

Apasarpa (अपसर्प):—[=apa-sarpa] [from apa-sṛp] m. a secret emissary or agent, spy, [Bālarāmāyaṇa]

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

Apasarpa (अपसर्प):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-rpaḥ) A secret emissary or agent, a spy. Also avasarpa. E. sṛp with apa, kṛt aff. ac.

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

Apasarpa (अपसर्प):—[apa-sarpa] (paḥ) 1. m. A spy.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apasarpa in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apasarpa (ಅಪಸರ್ಪ):—[noun] a spy a) a person who keeps close and secret watch on another or others; b) a person employed by a government to get secret information about or monitor the affairs, plans, armed forces, etc. of another government.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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