Apva, Āpvā: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApva (अप्व).—a. [āp bāhu° va, pṛṣo° hrasvaḥ] Attainable.
-pvā Disease, danger; गृहाणाङ्गान्यप्वे परेहि (gṛhāṇāṅgānyapve parehi) Ṛgveda 1.13.12. the region of the throat or neck. (?)
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Āpvā (आप्वा).—The neck.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryApvā (अप्वा).—[feminine] a kind of disease.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apva (अप्व):—mf(ā)n. abounding in water, [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra]
2) Apvā (अप्वा):—(3; apvā, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska]) f. (Impurity Nameof a deity presiding over evacuation from fright), [Ṛg-veda x, 103, 12] ([vocative case] apve), [Atharva-veda ix, 8, 9] ([accusative] apvām).
3) Āpvā (आप्वा):—[nominative case] of āpvan m. ? (according to, [Siddhānta-kaumudī ii, p.393, l. 21], [from] √āp) wind, air (according to [commentator or commentary] on [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 154] = kaṇṭha-sthāna).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApvā (अप्वा):—f.
(-pvā) (ved.)
1) Disease.
2) Danger (Yāska: vyādhirvā bhayaṃ vā).
3) The throat (Uṇṇādikoṣa: …apvā tu strī kaṇṭhadeśake). E. According to Yāska and Mahīdhara, a [tatpurusha compound] of apa (with the loss of the final a) and vā, kṛt aff. ḍa, ‘because it removes happiness and life’; for the third meaning the comm. of the Uṇnādik. gives the etym. āp (shortened to ap, but see the etym. of apta), uṇ. aff. va (which would correspond with the uṇ. aff. kvan of the Uṇ. Sūtras). Neither etym. is very probable.
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Starts with: Apvachan, Apvad, Apvahan, Apvan, Apvap, Apvaran, Apvarjan, Apvarjit, Apvartak, Apvartan, Apvarty.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.103.12 < [Sukta 103]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Treatment of Apvā disease (Jalodara or Dropsy) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
9. Goddess Grāhi < [Chapter 4 - Female Deities and the Glorification of Women in the Atharvaveda]
Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
Religious Beliefs and other Practices related to Warfare < [Chapter 3 - The Religious observances and other Beliefs related to the Warfare]