vāpi

1. vap cl. 1. P. Ā. vapati, te (only pres. stem and ind.p. uptvā, upya), to shear, shave ( Ā. ‘one's self’), cut off, AV. ; TS. ; Br. ; GṛŚrS. ; to crop (herbage), mow, cut (grass), graze, RV. vi, 6, 4 : Caus. vāpayati, te ( Pot. vA payIta , ĀśvŚr. ), to cause ( Ā. ‘one's self’) to be shorn, GṛŚrS.

2. vap cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 34 ) vapati, te ( Pot. upet, GṛS. ; pf. uvāpa, ūpuḥ; ūpe, RV. &c.; vavāpa, MBh. ; vepe, Kāś. on Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120 ; aor. avA psIt , Br. &c.;avapta Gr. ; Pot. upyāt, ib. ; fut. vaptā, ib. ; vapsyati, Br. ; vapiṣyati, MBh. &c.; inf. vaptum Gr. ; ind.p. uptvā, MBh. ; upya, RV. &c.), to strew, scatter ( esp. seed), sow, bestrew, RV. &c. &c.; to throw, cast (dice), ib. ; to procreate, beget (see vapus and 2. vaptṛ); to throw or heap up, dam up, AV. : Pass. upyate ( aor. vāpi, Br. ), to be strewn or sown, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. vāpayati ( aor. avīvapat Gr. ) to sow, plant, put in the ground, MBh. : Desid. vivapsati, te Gr. : Intens. vāvapyate, vāvapti, ib.

vāpi f. = vāpī, a pond, BhP. ( cf. Uṇ. iv, 124 ).

vāpī f. any pond (made by scattering or damming up earth), a large oblong pond, an oblong reservoir of water, tank, pool, lake, Mn. ; MBh. &c. ( cf. krīḍāv)

a partic. constellation, VarBṛS.