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अपि [api] ind. (Sometimes with the अ dropped according to the opinion of Bhāguri; वष्टि भागुरिरल्लोपमवाप्योरुपसर्गयोः; पिधा, पिधान &c.)
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अपि n. सावर्णि मनु का पुत्र ।
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(Used with roots and nouns in the sense of) Placing near or over, taking towards, uniting with; reaching or going up to, proximity, nearness &c. [cf. Gr. epi, Zend api, Germ. and Eng. be]. (Note: अपि, as a prefix to roots, occurs mostly in Veda, its place being taken by अभि in classical literature).
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(As a separable adverb or conjunction) And, also, too, moreover, besides, in addition, having a cumulative force (समुच्चय); अस्ति मे सोदरस्नेहोऽप्येतेषु; Ś.1 on one's part, in one's turn; विष्णुशर्मणाऽपि राजपुत्राः पाठिताः [Pt.1;] राजाऽपि मुनिवाक्यमङ्गीकृत्यातिष्ठत् [Dk.2;] अपि-अपि or अपि च as well as, and also; अपि स्तुहि, अपि सिञ्च [P.I.4.46] Sk., न नापि-न चैव, न वाऽपि, नापि वा चापि neither-nor; न चापि काव्यं नवमित्यवद्यम् [M.1.2] nor; वाऽपि or; अल्पोऽप्येवं महान् वाऽपि [Ms.3.53] whether small or great.
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