ap f. [ Ap-kvip-hrasvaSca Uṇ. 2. 58 ] (Declined in classical language only in pl. ; ApaH, apaH, adBiH, adByaH apAM and apsu , but in singular and pl. in Veda) 1 Water (regarded in Ved. as sacred divinities, Apo devIH ); KAni cEva spfSedadBiH Ms. 2. 60. Water is generally considered to be the first of the 5 elements of creation, as in apa eva sasarjAdO tAsu bIjamavAsfjat Ms. 1. 8 , Ś. 1. 1 ; but in Ms. 1. 78 it is said to have been created from jyotis or tejas after manas, AkASa, vAyu and jyotis or agni; jyotizaSca vikurvARAdApo rasaguRAH smftAH . adByo gaMDaguRA BUmirityezA sfzwirAditaH .. 2 Air, the intermediate region. 3 The star Ś virginis. For the changes of ap at the end of comp. see P. V. 4. 74 , VI. 3. 97-98. [ cf. L. aqua , Gr. appos ; Lith. uppe ; Goth. ahva ; Pers. ab ; Zend ap ; Old Germ. aha ]. Comp. — kftsnaM deep meditation by means of water. — caraH an aquatic animal. — patiH 1 ‘Lord of waters’, N. of Varuṇa. 2 the ocean. For other comps. see s. v.