आप्लु

{ āplu }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आ-√ प्लु    Ā. -प्लवते ( Pot. -प्लुवीत, [ŚāṅkhGṛ. iv, 12, 31] [ v.l.], and -प्लवेत्) to spring or jump towards or over, dance towards or over, [AV. xx, 129, 1]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.;

to bathe, wash, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] & [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to immerse one's self, [MBh.] &c.;

to bathe, wash another, [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c.;

to water, bedew, inundate;

to overrun, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pañcat.] &c.:

Caus. P. -प्लावयति, to wash or bathe any person or thing, cause to be bathed or washed, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [PārGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to bathe (one's self), [MBh.];

to inundate, overwhelm, set in commotion, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Mn.] &c. ;

to dip, steep, [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.] : Ā. -प्लावयते id.

ROOTS:

आ √ प्लु

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आप्लु [āplu]   1 Ā.
   To jump up, dance, spring; आप्लुत्य पदान्यष्टौ Mb.; (रथं) आपुप्लुवे सिंह इवाचलाग्रम्.
   To bathe, wash, immerse oneself (fig. also); प्रयागे आप्लुत्य गात्राणि Mb.; आप्लुत्याकाशगङ्गायाम् ibid; [Ms.7.216,11.22.] -Caus. (प्लावयति)
   To cause to be washed or bathed; आप्लावयत गात्राणि [Mb.]
   To wash, wet, sprinkle; अन्न- माप्लाव्य वारिणा [s.3.244,11.98.]
   To overflow, overwhelm, inundate, flood over.
   To set in commotion.
   (Ātm.) To bathe.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : उत्प्लु