अवसृप्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अव-√ सृप्  mfn.  -स॑र्पति, (said of the sun) to set, [VS. xvi, 7];

( p. loc. m. -सर्पति), [Lāṭy.];

to flow back (as the, sea in low tide), [MBh. xiii, 7257] ( v.l. अव-सर्पित mfn. ‘caused to flow back’);

to creep to or approach unawares, [TS.]; [AV. viii, 6, 3];

to flow over gradually, [AV. xi, 1, 17.]

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