Dictionary meanings for āprī from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. [āprīṇātyanayā ā-prī-ḍa- gaurāº ṅīṣ] Ved. 1 Conciliation, pro- pitiation, gaining one's favour.
2 (pl.) ‘Propitiatory verses’, a name given to certain invocations addres- sed to several deified objects in con- secutive order, and said to be in- troductory to the animal sacrifice; some take the Āprīs to represent the objects themselves, the verses being consequently called Āprī verses. The objects invoked are...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. (-prīṇāti AitBr. ii, 4; aor. Subj. 2. sg. -pipr/ayas RV. ii, 6, 8) to satisfy, conciliate, propitiate, please RV.; TS.; S3Br.; to address or invoke with the A1pri1 āprī (See below) verses AitBr.; S3Br.: A1. (impf. āprīṇīta) to amuse one's self, be... mfn. belonging to or being an A1pri1 āprī (See below) RAnukr. 018096 144,2 25128 f. gaining one's favour, conciliation, propitiation 144,2 25129 f. pl. (-pr/iyas [...