1. Sap (in gram. ) a technical term used for the Vikaraṇa a (inserted between the root and terminations of the conjugational tenses in verbs of the 1st class; see vi-karaRa , p. 954).
2. Sap ind. a prefix implying assent or acceptance (as in Sap-karoti , he admits or accepts), W.
3. Sap cl. 1. 4. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 31 ; xxvi, 59 ) Sapati , °te or Sapyati , °te (the latter only in Bhaṭṭ. ; pf. SaSA/pa , Sepe/ aor. aSApsIt , aSapta Gr. [2. pl. SApta in TS. prob. w.r. ]; fut. SaptA , ib. ; Sapsyati , °te , ib. ; Sapizye , MBh. ; inf. Saptum or Sapitum , ib. ; ind.p. SapitvA , ib. ; SaptvA Gr. ), to curse (mostly P. with acc. ; in AV. v, 30, 3 Ā. with dat. ), RV. &c. &c.; ( P. Ā. ) to swear an oath, utter an execration (sometimes with SapaTam or °TAn ; also with anftam , to swear a false oath), RV. &c. &c.; ( P. Ā. ) to revile, scold, blame ( acc. , rarely dat. ), Yājñ. ; Kāv. ; Pur. ; ( Ā. ; mc. also P. ) to curse one's self (followed by yadi , ‘if’, i.e. to promise with an oath, vow or swear, ‘that one will not’ &c.; or followed by dat. and rarely acc. of the person to whom and instr. of the object by which one swears; or followed by iti , e.g. varuRe ti , ‘to swear by the name of Varuṇa ’, VS. ), RV. &c. &c.; ( Ā. ) to adjure, supplicate, conjure any one ( acc. ) by ( instr. ), R. ; Hariv. : Caus. SApayati ( aor. aSISapat ), to adjure, conjure, exorcise (demons), AV. ; AitBr. ; to cause any one ( acc. ) to swear by ( instr. ), Mn. viii, 113 ( cf. SApita ) : Desid. SiSapsati , °te Gr. : Intens. SASapyate , SASapti , or SaMSapyate , SaMSapti , ib.
Sap A technical term used by ( pb ) Pāṇini for the conjugational sign a inserted between the root and the terminations of the conjugational tenses in the first class of roots.
Sap ind. A particle and prefix implying assent or compliance.
Sap 1 4 U. ( Sapati-te, Sapyati-te, Sapta ) 1 To curse, execrate; aSapadBava mAnuzIti tAM R. 8. 80 ; so'BUtparAsuraTa BUmipatiM SaSApa (vfdDaH) 9. 78 , 1. 77. 2 To swear, take an oath, promise by oath, say on oath, (usually with dat. of the person to whom a promise &c. is made and instr. of the object by which it is made); BaratenAtpanA cAhaM Sape te manujADipa . yaTA nAnyena tuzyeyamfte rAmavivAsanAt Rām; when used without an object it generally governs the instr. of the thing and dat. of the person by which or whom the oath is taken; satyaM SapAmi ne pAdapaMkajasparSena K. ; Ghaṭ. 22 ; aSapta nihnuvAnA'sO sItAyE smaramohitaH Bk. 8. 74 ; prema jijYAsamAnAbyastAbyo'Sapsata kAminaH 8. 33 ; sometimes Sap governs a cognate accusative sahatraSo'sO SapaTAnaSapyat Bk. 3. 32. 3 To blame, scold, revile, abuse (with dat or by itself); dvizadByaScASapastayA Bk. 17. 4. prativAcamadatta keSavaH SapamAnAya na cediBUBuje Śi. 16 25. — Caus. ( SApayati-te ) To bind by an oath, conjure; SApito'si gobrAhmaRakAmyayA Mk. 3 ; SApitAsi mama lavaMgikAvalokitayoSva jIvitena yadi vAcA na kaTayasi Māl. 8.