enters into several compounds; e. g. apāṃsaṃvartaḥ destruction of the world by water; apāṃvatsaḥ ‘calf of waters’, N. of a star; apāṃnapāt, ºnaptā, ºnapttriya, ºgarbha, apānnapāt, aponapāt Ved. N. of Agni or fire as sprung from water; cf. Ms. 9. 321; apāṃpatiḥ, nidhiḥ nāthaḥ, appatiḥ lord of waters, the ocean; N. of Varuṇa; apāṃpittaṃ, appittaṃ fire.