viniHsfptAhuti
vi-niHsfptA huti f. (√ sfp ) a kind of sacrifice, ĀśvŚr.
sfp cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 14 ) sa/rpati ( ep. and mc. also °te ; p. sa/rpat [see s.v. ] and sarpamARa ; pf. sasarpa [1. du. sasfpiva ] Br. ; aor. asfpat , AV. ; Br. ; asfpta , Br. &c.; asArpsIt or asrApsIt Gr. ; fut. sarptA or sraptA , ib. ; sarpsyati , Br. ; srapsyati , ib. &c.; inf. sarpitum , MBh. &c.; sarptum or sraptum Gr. ; -sf/pas , Br. ; ind.p. sfptvA , ib. ; -sf/pya , AV. &c.; -sarpam , Br. &c.), to creep, crawl, glide, slink, move gently or cautiously ( sarpata , ‘depart!’, Rājat. ), RV. &c. &c.; to slip into ( acc. ), AitBr. ; (in ritual) to glide noiselessly and with bended body and hand in hand ( esp. from the Sadas to the Bahiṣ-pavamāna ), Br. ; ŚrS. ; ChUp. : Pass. sfpyate ( aor. asarpi ), to be crept &c., MBh. &c.: Caus. sarpayati ( aor. asIsfpat or asasarpat ), to cause to creep &c. (see ava- , anu-pra- , vi-√ sfp ) : Desid. si/sfpsati (see ut-√ sfp ) : Intens. sarIsfpyate ( AitĀr. ), sarIsarpti , p. sarIsfpat ( BhP. ), to creep along or hither and thither, glide about &c. [ cf. Gk. ἕρπω ; Lat. serpere ; see also sarpa .]
sfp 1 P. ( sarpati, sfpta ; desid. sisfpsati ) 1 To creep, crawl, glide gently. 2 To go, move.