apAM enters into several compounds; e. g. apAMsaMvartaH destruction of the world by water; apAMvatsaH ‘calf of waters’, N. of a star; apAMnapAt, °naptA , °napttriya, °garBa, apAnnapAt, aponapAt Ved. N. of Agni or fire as sprung from water; cf. Ms. 9. 321 ; apAMpatiH, niDiH nATaH, appatiH lord of waters, the ocean; N. of Varuṇa; apAMpittaM, appittaM fire.