Vap: 8 definitions

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Vap means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vap (वप्).—1 U. (vapati, vapate, upta; pass. upyate; desid. vivapsati-te)

1) To sow, scatter (as seed), plant; यथेरिणे बीजमुप्त्वा न वप्ता लभते फलम् (yatheriṇe bījamuptvā na vaptā labhate phalam) Manusmṛti 3.142; न विद्यामिरिणे वपेत् (na vidyāmiriṇe vapet) 2.113; यादृशं वपते बीजं तादृशं लभते फलम् (yādṛśaṃ vapate bījaṃ tādṛśaṃ labhate phalam) Subhāṣ; Kumārasambhava 2. 5; Ś.6.23.

2) To throw (as arrow); cast (as dice); शरान् वपन्तं निशितान् सुपुङ्खान् (śarān vapantaṃ niśitān supuṅkhān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.63.28.

3) To beget, produce.

4) To weave.

5) To shear, shave (mostly Vedic). -Caus. (vāpayati te) To sow, plant, put into the ground.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vap (वप्).—[(ḍa)ḍuvapa] r. 1st cl. (vapati-te) 1. To sow seed. 2. To procreate. 3. To shave. 4. To weave. With ā, To scatter. With ni, 1. To scatter seed. 2. To make offerings to the Manes. 3. To kill. With nis, 1. To scatter. 2. To perform. 3. To offer. 4. To present libations to the Manes. With prati, 1. To sow. 2. To pierce, to fix.

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

Vap (वप्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] I. (properly [Causal.] of vī). 1. To sow, Mahābhārata 3, 1248; figurat., [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 113. 2. To cast, Mahābhārata 2, 2033. 3. † To procreate. Pass. upya, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 26. Ii. (properly a [Causal.] of ve), To weave. Iii. † To shave [Causal.] vāpaya, To sow, Mahābhārata 3, 18031.

— With the prep. adhi adhi, To put on, Chr. 294, 4 = [Rigveda.] i. 92, 4.

— With ā ā, 1. To sow, Mahābhārata 3, 17341. 2. To throw to, Mahābhārata 3, 103. [Causal.] To arrange, to dress, Mahābhārata 1, 819 (cf. with vi).

— With samā sam-ā, [Causal.] To cause to be sown, or thrown in, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 12, 9.

— With ni ni, 1. To sow, Mahābhārata 3, 17341. 2. To offer, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 216.

— With nis nis, 1. To drop. [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 92. 2. To sprinkle, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 214. 3. To offer, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 140. 4. To perform (a sacrifice), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 10; 6, 38 (read nirupya). [Causal.] To disseminate, [Pañcatantra] 85, 20.

— With pra pra, 1. To sow, Mahābhārata 3, 15725. 2. To cast, ib. 3, 1931.

— With prati prati, To inlay, to stud, to adorn, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 198, 16. pratyupta, Shut(?), [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 87, 3.

— With vi vi, vyupta, Disordered, dishevelled, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 2, 14.

— Cf. and [Anglo-Saxon.] wíf; probably also [Gothic.] vêpn; [Anglo-Saxon.] waepen. Cf. ve.

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

Vap (वप्).—1. vapati vapate [participle] upta shear, shave (hair or beard, [Middle] refl.), trim (nails); shear [figuratively] = crop off, graze. [Causative] vāpayati, te cause to shear or to be shorn ([Middle] refl.).

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Vap (वप्).—2. vapati vapate [participle] upta (q.v.) strew, scatter, [especially] seed, sow; throw or cast (dice etc.). [Causative] vāpayati sow, plant.

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

1) Vap (वप्):—1. vap [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] vapati, te (only [present tense] stem and [indeclinable participle] uptvā, -upya), to shear, shave ([Ātmanepada] ‘one’s self’), cut off, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra];

—to crop (herbage), mow, cut (grass), graze, [Ṛg-veda vi, 6, 4] :

—[Causal] vāpayati, te ([Potential] vāpayīta, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]), to cause ([Ātmanepada] ‘one’s self’) to be shorn, [Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]

2) 2. vap [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxiii, 34]) vapati, te ([Potential] upet, [Gṛhya-sūtra]; [perfect tense] uvāpa, ūpuḥ;ūpe, [Ṛg-veda] etc.;vavāpa, [Mahābhārata];-vepe, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 6-4, 120]; [Aorist] avāpsīt, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.;avapta [grammar]; [Potential] upyāt, [ib.]; [future] vaptā, [ib.];vapsyati, [Brāhmaṇa];vapiṣyati, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [infinitive mood] vaptum [grammar]; [indeclinable participle] uptvā, [Mahābhārata];-upya, [Ṛg-veda] etc.),

2) —to strew, scatter ([especially] seed), sow, bestrew, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to throw, cast (dice), [ib.];

2) —to procreate, beget (See vapus and 2. vaptṛ);

2) —to throw or heap up, dam up, [Atharva-veda] :

2) —[Passive voice] upyate ([Aorist] vāpi, [Brāhmaṇa]), to be strewn or sown, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] vāpayati ([Aorist] avlvapat [grammar]) to sow, plant, put in the ground, [Mahābhārata] :—[Desiderative] vivapsati, te [grammar]:—[Intensive] vāvapyate, vāvapti, [ib.]

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

Vap (वप्):—(ḍu) vapati 1. a. To sow seed, procreate; to shave; to weave.

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

Vap (वप्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paira, Vava.

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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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