क्षप्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣáps, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps (“night”). Cognate with Hittite 𒅖𒉺𒀭𒍝 (ispanza), Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬀𐬞 (xṣ̌ap), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (xšap-) (whence Persian شب (šab)).
Noun
क्षप् • (kṣáp) stem, f
- night
- a measure of time equivalent to a whole day of twenty-four hours
- darkness
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.64.08:
- सिंहा इव नानदति प्रचेतसः पिशा इव सुपिशो विश्ववेदसः।
क्षपो जिन्वन्तः पृषतीभिरृष्टिभिः समित्सबाधः शवसाहिमन्यवः॥- siṃhā iva nānadati pracetasaḥ piśā iva supiśo viśvavedasaḥ.
kṣapo jinvantaḥ pṛṣatībhirṛṣṭibhiḥ samitsabādhaḥ śavasāhimanyavaḥ. - Exceeding wise they roar like lions mightily, they, all-possessing, are beauteous as antelopes;
Stirring the darkness with lances and spotted deer, combined as priests, with serpents' fury through their might.
- siṃhā iva nānadati pracetasaḥ piśā iva supiśo viśvavedasaḥ.
- सिंहा इव नानदति प्रचेतसः पिशा इव सुपिशो विश्ववेदसः।
- water
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣapāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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