वपुस्

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

VAPUS I   A daughter of Dakṣa. Dharmadeva married her. [Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṁśa 1, Chapter 7] .
VAPUS II   A celestial maid. She made a futile attempt to hinder the penance of the hermit Durvāsas, and by the curse of the hermit she had to take birth as the daughter of Kundhara by Menakā in the next birth. [Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, 1, 49, 56] ; 2, 41.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वपुस्  mfn.  mfn. having form or a beautiful form, embodied, handsome, wonderful, [RV.]
वपुस्  n.  n. form, figure, ( esp.) a beautiful form or figure, wonderful appearance, beauty ( °पुषे ind. for beauty; व॑पुर् दृश॑ये, a wonder to see), [RV.] &c. &c.
वपुस्  n.  n. nature, essence, [Mn. v, 96; x, 9 &c.]
वपुस्  f.  n. ( ifc. f( उषी).) the body, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
वपुस्  f.  f. Beauty personified as a daughter of दक्ष and धर्म, [VP.]; [MārkP.]
    N. of an अप्सरस्, [VP.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वपुस् [vapus] a.  a. [वप्-उसि] Handsome, beautiful (Ved.). -n.
   (a) Body, person; (स्मरं) वपुषा स्वेन नियोजयिष्यति [Ku- 4.42;] नवं वयः कान्तमिदं वपुश्च [R.2.47;] [Śi.1.5.] (b) Form, figure, appearance; लिखितवपुषौ शङ्खपद्मौ च दृष्ट्वा [Me.82;] परिघः क्षतजतुल्यवपुः [Bṛi. S.3.25.]
   Essence, nature; अष्टानां लोकपालानां वपुर्धारयते नृपः [Ms.5.96.]
   Beauty, a beautiful form or appearance; 'वपुः क्लीबं तनौ शस्ताकृतावपि' इति मेदिनी; श्रमेण च विवर्णानां वक्त्राणां विल्पुतं वपुः [Mb.11.2.34.]
   Ved. A wonderful phenomenon, wonder.
   Ved. Water. -Comp.
-गुणः, -प्रकर्षः   excellence of form, personal beauty; संधुक्षयन्तीव वपुर्गुणेन [Ku. 3.52;] वपुःप्रकर्षादजयद्गुरुं रघुः [R.3.35;] [Ki.3.2.] धर a.
   embodied.
   beautiful.
-स्रवः   a humour of the body.

Shabda-Sagara

वपुस्  n.  ( -पुः)
   1. The body.
   2. A handsome form or figure.
   3. Beauty, beautiful appearance.
    E. वप् to sow, Unādi aff. उसि .

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वप् उसि .