samIpa mfn. ( prob. fr. sam + a/p and formed analogously to pratIpa , dvIpa , anUpa ; accord. to some fr. sam + √ Ap and =, ‘easy to attain’) near (in place or time), contiguous, proximate, adjacent, close by, at hand, approaching, imminent, Kāv. ; VarBṛS. &c.
samIpa a. [ saMgatA Apo yatra ] Near, close by, adjacent, at hand. — paM Proximity, vicinity ( samIpaM, samIpatas and samIpe are used adverbially in the sense of ‘near, before, in the presence of’); ataH samIpe pariReturizyate Ś. 5. 17. Comp. — vartin , sTa a. adjacent, neighbouring.