Apri, Āpṝ, Āprī: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Āpṝ can be transliterated into English as Apr or Apri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āpṝ (आपॄ).—9 U. or Caus.

1) To fill; अमी जलापूरितसूत्रमार्गाः (amī jalāpūritasūtramārgāḥ) R.16.65; तेजोभिरापूर्य जगत्समग्रम् (tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagram) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11.3; Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.118; (fig.) to make full, complete, to fulfil (wishes); भृत्यैरापूर्यते नृपः (bhṛtyairāpūryate nṛpaḥ) H.2.73. -pass. To be filled, to be filled with wind, be blown (as a conch); आपूर्यमाणानां स्नान- शङ्खानाम् (āpūryamāṇānāṃ snāna- śaṅkhānām) K.16.

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Āprī (आप्री).—f. [āprīṇātyanayā ā-prī-ḍa-gaurā° ṅīṣ] Ved.

1) Conciliation, propitiation, gaining one's favour.

2) (pl.) 'Propitiatory verses', a name given to certain invocations addressed to several deified objects in consecutive order, and said to be introductory to the animal sacrifice; some take the Apris to represent the objects themselves, the verses being consequently called Apri verses. The objects invoked are 12:- Susamiddha, Tanūnapāt, Narāśaṃsa, the divine being bearing invocations to the gods, Barhis, the doors of the sacrificial chamber, night and dawn the two divine beings protecting the sacrifice, the three goddesses Ilā, Sarasvatī, and Mahī, Tvaṣṭṛ, Vanaspati and Svāhā, (all these being regarded by Sāyaṇa to be different forms of Agni); स एता आप्रीरपश्यत्ताभिर्वै स मुखत आत्मानमा- प्रीणीत (sa etā āprīrapaśyattābhirvai sa mukhata ātmānamā- prīṇīta); cf. also Max Muller's Hist. Anc. Lit. pp. 463-466.

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

Āprī (आप्री).—[feminine] [plural] [Name] of cert. invocations.

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Āpṛ (आपृ).—fill, sate; make full, complete, fulfil, accomplish; M.[Passive] be or become full, increase, be rich in ([instrumental]); [Causative] fill wholly, cover with ([instrumental]).

Āpṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and pṛ (पृ).

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Āprī (आप्री).—A. please, satisfy, gladden, propitiate. [Middle] be glad, rejoice.

Āprī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and prī (प्री).

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

1) Āpṛ (आपृ):—[=ā-pṛ] 1. ā-√1. pṛ [Parasmaipada] ([Aorist] [subjunctive] 2. [dual number] -parṣathas, [Ṛg-veda x, 143, 4]) to give aid, protect.

2) [v.s. ...] 2. ā-√2. pṛ [Parasmaipada] (-pṛṇoti) to employ one’s self, to be occupied, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) Āpṝ (आपॄ):—[=ā-√pṝ] [Parasmaipada] -piparti, -pṛṇāti, and -pṛṇati, to fill up, fulfil, fill, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā];

—to do any one’s desire, satisfy any one’s wish, [Ṛg-veda] :

—[Ātmanepada] -pṛṇate, to surfeit one’s self, satiate or satisfy one’s self, [Ṛg-veda] :

—[Passive voice] -pūryate, to be filled, become full, increase;

—to be satiated, satisfied, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.:

—[Causal] -pūrayati, to fill up, fulfil, fill, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Rājataraṅgiṇī] etc.;

—to fill with noise, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to fill with air, to inflate, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to cover;

—to load anything with, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Ṛtusaṃhāra; Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) Āprī (आप्री):—[=ā-prī] 1. ā-√prī [Parasmaipada] (-prīṇāti, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa ii, 4]; [Aorist] [subjunctive] 2. sg. -piprayas, [Ṛg-veda ii, 6, 8])

—to satisfy, conciliate, propitiate, please, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to address or invoke with the Āprī (See below) verses, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] :

—[Ātmanepada] ([imperfect tense] āprīṇīta) to amuse one’s self, be delighted or pleased, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Lāṭyāyana]

5) [v.s. ...] 2. ā-prī f. gaining one’s favour, conciliation, propitiation

6) [v.s. ...] f. [plural] (-priyas [Atharva-veda xi, 7, 19] and -pryas [Nārāyaṇa]) Name of particular invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations (according to, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra iii, 2, 5 seqq.] they are different in different schools; e.g. samiddho agnir, [Ṛg-veda v, 28, 1], in the school of Śunaka; juṣasva naḥ, [Ṛg-veda vii, 2, 1], in that of Vasiṣṭha; samiddho adya, [Ṛg-veda x, 110, 1], in that of others; Nārāyaṇa on this passage gives ten hymns belonging to different schools; See also, [Sāyaṇa on Ṛg-veda i, 13] [susamiddho na ā vaha, the Āprī-hymn of the school of Kaṇva], who enumerates twelve Āprīs and explains that twelve deities are propitiated; those deities are personified objects belonging to the fire-sacrifice, viz. the fuel, the sacred grass, the enclosure, etc., all regarded as different forms of Agni; hence the objects are also called Āprīs, or, according to others, the objects are the real Āprīs, whence the hymns received their names), [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra etc.]

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