apawI f. a screen or wall of cloth (especially surrounding a tent), L.
apawI [ alpaH pawaH pawI, na . ta .] 1 A screen or wall of cloth, particularly the screen or kanāt surrounding a tent. 2 A curtain. Comp. — kzepaH ( apawakzepaH ) tossing aside the curtain; °kzepeRa (= akasmAt ) ‘with a (hurried) toss of the curtain’, frequently occurring as a stage-direction and denoting ( pb ) precipitate entrance on the stage which arises from fear, hurry, agitation &c., as when a character tossing up the curtain suddenly enters without the usual introduction tataH praviSati &c.