a. [saṃgatā āpo yatra] Near, close by, adjacent, at hand. paṃ Proximity, vicinity (samīpaṃ, samīpatas and samīpe are used adverbially in the sense of ‘near, before, in the presence of’); ataḥ samīpe pariṇetu- riṣyate Ś. 5. 17. Comp. vartin, stha a. adjacent, neighbouring.

mfn. (prob. fr. sam + /ap and formed analogously to pratīpa, dvīpa, anūpa; accord. to some fr. sam + āp and =, easy to attain) near (in place or time), contiguous, proximate, adjacent, close by, at hand, approaching, imminent Ka1v.; VarBr2S. &c 1165,1 234977 n. nearness, proximity, vicinity, presence, imminence (with gen. or ifc., am, to, towards; āt, from; e, in the vicinity, near, close at hand, beside, in the...