The Sanskrit terms Apavṛ and Apāvṛ can be transliterated into English as Apavr or Apavri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apavṛ (अपवृ).—5 U. To open, uncover, disclose, exhibit. Caus. or 1 P. To cover, wrap, envelop, screen, conceal; बाहुबन्धनापवारितपयोधरोद्गमाम् (bāhubandhanāpavāritapayodharodgamām) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 7 covered, or concealed; विटपेनापवारितशरीरा भूत्वा (viṭapenāpavāritaśarīrā bhūtvā) Ratnāvalī 1.

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Apāvṛ (अपावृ).—5 P.

1) To open, lay bare or open, unveil, uncover; expose, display, reveal; (śayanam) तस्य विभ्रमर- तान्यपावृणोत् (tasya vibhramara- tānyapāvṛṇot) R.19.25.

2) To cover.

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

Apavṛ (अपवृ).—(a/pā) uncover, open; [Causative] hide.

Apavṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and vṛ (वृ).

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

1) Apavṛ (अपवृ):—[=apa-vṛ] -√1. vṛ ([imperfect tense] 2. sg. apāvṛṇos, 3. sg. apāvṛṇot; [subjunctive] -varat; [Aorist] 2. and 3. sg. -āvar [Padapāṭha] -avar, 3. sg. [Ātmanepada] -avṛta; [Aorist] [subjunctive] 1. sg. -vam [for varm, [Ṛg-veda x, 28, 7]], 3. sg. -var, 3. [plural] -vran, Imper. 2. sg. [in, [Ṛg-veda]] once apa vṛdhi and five times apā vṛdhi cf. apā- √1. vṛ and, [ib.] apā-vṛta; perf. 2. sg. -vavartha, 3. sg. -vavāra)

—to open, uncover, exhibit, [Ṛg-veda];—([indeclinable participle] -vṛtya), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv];—(cf. apā- √1. vṛ) :—[Causal] -vārayati, ‘to hide, conceal’ See apa-vārita.

2) Apāvṛ (अपावृ):—[=apā-vṛ] -√1. vṛ (apā = apa cf. apa- √1. vṛ), -vṛṇoti, to open, uncover, reveal, [Lāṭyāyana; Upaniṣad etc.]

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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: Vri, Apa.

Starts with: Apavridaka, Apavriddhi, Apavridhdi, Apavrij, Apavrijya, Apavrikta, Apavriktatva, Apavrikti, Apavrit, Apavrita, Apavriti, Apavritta, Apavrittabhava, Apavrittaka, Apavritti, Apavritya.

Ends with: Samapavri.

Full-text: Samupavri, Samapavri, Apavriti, Apavaritakena, Apavarya, Apavarita, Apavartri, Apavarana, Apavaraka, Apavrita, Apavaritam, Apavarta, Apavrit, Pravri.

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