Apisharvara, Apiśarvara, Āpiśarvara: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Apiśarvara and Āpiśarvara can be transliterated into English as Apisarvara or Apisharvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApiśarvara (अपिशर्वर).—a. Ved. Close to the night, being at the beginning (or end) of the night.
-ram Early or untimely morning, evening (or morning) time (pradoṣamukham).
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Āpiśarvara (आपिशर्वर).—a. Nightly, nocturnal. Yaj. Ts.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apiśarvara (अपिशर्वर):—[=api-śarvara] mfn. ‘contiguous to the night’, being at the beginning or end of the night, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] n. the time early in the morning, [Ṛg-veda]
3) Āpiśarvara (आपिशर्वर):—mfn. ([from] api-śarvara), nightly, nocturnal, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApiśarvara (अपिशर्वर):—[tatpurusha compound] (ved.) 1. m. f. n.
(-raḥ-rā-ram) Near the night, connected with the time near the night. 2. m.
(-raḥ) 1) The beginning of the night. (Sāyaṇa: rātrīmukham; thus explained by him in the Ṛgv. verse tvāṃ yadagne paśavaḥ samāsate samiddhamapiśarvare.)
2) The end of the night (Sāyaṇa: gatarātrakālaḥ; thus explained by him in the Ṛgv. verse mama prapitve apiśarvare &c. where it is opposed to the time of sunrise, midday and evening.) The word occurs only in the locative sing. but is probably a masc. like the [tatpurusha compound] pūrvarātra, madhyarātra &c. with the ellipsis of kāla. E. api and śarvarī, probably with samās. aff. ac.
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