1. vap cl. 1. P. Ā. va/pati , °te (only pres. stem and ind.p. uptvA , -upya ), to shear, shave ( Ā. ‘one's self’), cut off, AV. ; TS. ; Br. ; GṛŚrS. ; to crop (herbage), mow, cut (grass), graze, RV. vi, 6, 4 : Caus. vApayati , °te ( Pot. vA payIta , ĀśvŚr. ), to cause ( Ā. ‘one's self’) to be shorn, GṛŚrS.
2. vap cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 34 ) va/pati , °te ( Pot. upet , GṛS. ; pf. uvApa , Upu/H ; Upe , RV. &c.; vavApa , MBh. ; -vepe , Kāś. on Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120 ; aor. avA psIt , Br. &c.; avapta Gr. ; Pot. upyAt , ib. ; fut. vaptA , ib. ; vapsya/ti , Br. ; vapizyati , MBh. &c.; inf. vaptum Gr. ; ind.p. uptvA , MBh. ; -u/pya , RV. &c.), to strew, scatter ( esp. seed), sow, bestrew, RV. &c. &c.; to throw, cast (dice), ib. ; to procreate, beget (see vapus and 2. vaptf ); to throw or heap up, dam up, AV. : Pass. upya/te ( aor. vApi , Br. ), to be strewn or sown, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. vApayati ( aor. avIvapat Gr. ) to sow, plant, put in the ground, MBh. : Desid. vivapsati , °te Gr. : Intens. vAvapyate , vAvapti , ib.
vap 1 U. ( vapati, vapate, upta ; pass. upyate ; desid. vivapsati-te ) 1 To sow, scatter (as seed), plant; yaTeriRe bIjamuptvA na vaptA laBate PalaM Ms. 3. 142 ; na vidyAmiriRe vapet 2. 113 ; yAdfSaM vapate bIjaM tAdfSaM laBate PalaM Subhāṣ. ; Ku. 2. 5 ; Ś. 6. 23. 2 To throw, cast (as dice). 3 To beget, produce. 4 To weave. 5 To shear, shave (mostly Vedic). — Caus. ( vApayati-te ) To sow, plant, put into the ground.