Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
-s/arpati, (said of the sun) to set VS. xvi, 7; (p. loc. m. -sarpati) La1t2y.; to flow back (as the, sea in low tide) MBh. xiii, 7257 (v.l. ava-sarpita mfn. caused to flow back); to creep to or approach unawares TS.; AV. viii, 6, 3; to flow over gradually AV.... m. one who approaches unawares, a spy L. (cf. apa-sarpa.) 013353 105,2 18311 n. descent, the place from which Manu manu descended after he had left his ark...