The Sanskrit term Avasṛp can be transliterated into English as Avasrp or Avasrip, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Avasṛp (अवसृप्).—glide down (of the setting sun); steal upon, cover gradually ([accusative]).

Avasṛp is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and sṛp (सृप्).

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

Avasṛp (अवसृप्):—[=ava-√sṛp] -sarpati, (said of the sun) to set, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvi, 7];—(p. [locative case] m. -sarpati), [Lāṭyāyana];

—to flow back (as the, sea in low tide), [Mahābhārata xiii, 7257] ([varia lectio] ava-sarpita mfn. ‘caused to flow back’);

—to creep to or approach unawares, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda viii, 6, 3];

—to flow over gradually, [Atharva-veda xi, 1, 17.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avasṛp (अवसृप्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avasappa.

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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: Srip, Ava.

Ends with: Anvavasrip, Paryavasrip, Pratyavasrip, Upavasrip, Vyavasrip.

Full-text: Avasarpita, Pratyavasrip, Avasarpa, Vyavasrip, Paryavasrip, Avasappa, Avasarpana, Avasarpini.

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