a. 1 Moving or gliding upwards, rising; payodharotsarpiṣu (śīkare- ṣu) R. 16. 62.

2 Soaring, tower- ing; utsarpiṇī khalu mahatāṃ prārthanā Ś. 7.

3 Transcendental. ṇī f. A divi- sion of time (with the Jainas), a long period said to be = ten crores of crores of oceans of year; cf. avasa- rpiṇī.