[capasya vaṃśabhedasya vikāraḥ aṇ Tv.] 1 A bow; tāte cāpadvitīye vaha- ti raṇadhurāṃ ko bhayasyāvakāśaḥ Ve. 3. 5; so cāpapāṇiḥ ‘with a bow in hand.’

2 The rain-bow.

3 (In geom.) An arc of a circle.

4 The sign of the zodiac called Sagittarius.