Apsu: 4 definitions
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Apsu (अप्सु).—a. [nāsti psu rūpaṃ yasya Nir.]
1) Formless, shapeless.
2) Not beautiful. Note :
-apsu forms the first member of several compounds.
-kṣit a god (dwelling within the clouds); अप्सुक्षितो महिनैकादश स्थ (apsukṣito mahinaikādaśa stha) Ṛgveda 1.139.11.
-cara a. aquatic; moving in waters. P.IV.3.1.
-ja, jā a. born in the waters or in the atmosphere; यदग्ने दिविजा अस्यप्सुजा वा सहस्कृत (yadagne divijā asyapsujā vā sahaskṛta) Ṛgveda 8.43.28. (-jāḥ) -योनिः (yoniḥ) 1 a horse.
2) a cane or reed.
-jit vanquishing the aerial Asuras.
-mat a. possessed of what is in water; not losing one's nature in water (as lightning); getting sufficient water.
-yoni a. born from the waters.
1) Apsu (अप्सु):—[from ap] a for words beginning thus See sub voce apsu.
2) [=a-psu] 1. a-psu mfn. without food, [Ṛg-veda vii, 4, 6.]
3) 2. apsu ([locative case] [plural] of 2. ap q.v.), in the water or waters.
Apsu (अप्सु):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-psuḥ-psuḥ-psu) Deprived of beauty, altered in form or appearance; e. g. Ṛgv.: mā tvā vayaṃ (scil. vasiṣṭhāḥ) sahasāvannavīrā māpsavaḥ pari ṣadāma māduvaḥ (Sāyaṇa: apsavo rūparahitāḥ); comp. ahrutapsu. E. a priv. and psu (instead of psus), with udātta on the first syllable.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+3): Apsucara, Apsudiksha, Apsuhomya, Apsuja, Apsujata, Apsujit, Apsukshit, Apsumajjati, Apsumant, Apsumat, Apsumati, Apsunaman, Apsunimajjati, Apsupaplavati, Apsuplavati, Apsusamshita, Apsushad, Apsushadas, Apsushoma, Apsuvah.
Full-text (+34): Apsusamshita, Apsushoma, Apsushad, Apsukshit, Apsuja, Apsuyoni, Apsuvah, Apsuyoga, Apsujit, Apsuhomya, Apsucara, Apsavya, Apsudiksha, Apsumat, Apsumant, Psu, Apsava, Kshit, Apsushadas, Apsumati.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 7.8 < [Chapter 7 - Vijñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Realization of Transcendental Knowledge)]
The civilization of Babylonia and Assyria (by Morris Jastrow)
Part I < [Chapter VIII - Specimens Of Babylonian And Assyrian Literature]
Part VIII < [Chapter IV - The Gods Of Babylonia And Assyria]
Part III < [Chapter VIII - Specimens Of Babylonian And Assyrian Literature]
Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria (by Lewis Spence)
Chapter II - Babylonian Cosmogony
Chapter V - The Later Pantheon of Babylonia
Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 2.2.5 (Coldness is essential in Water) < [Chapter 2 - Of the Five Bhūtas, Time, and Space]
Sūtra 7.1.4 (Above continued) < [Chapter 1 - Of Colour, Taste, Smell, and Touch, and Magnitude]