1 [i-ac] Going away, departure.

2 Separation; dhuvamapāye' pādānaṃ P. 1. 4. 24 (apāyo viśleṣaḥ Sk); yena jātaṃ priyāpāye kadvadaṃ haṃsakokilaṃ Bk. 6. 75.

3 Disappearance, vanishing, absence; sūryāpāye Me. 80 at the time of sunset; kṣaṇadāpāyaśaśāṃkadarśanaḥ R. 8. 74 close of night; jalāpāyavipāṃḍurā- ṇi Śi. 4. 5; 4. 54; 18. 1.

4 Destruc- tion, loss, death, annihilation; kara- ṇāpāyavibhinnavarṇayā R. 8. 42...