आप्री — {ā-√prī} P. ({-prīṇāti} ii, 4##aor. Subj. 2. sg. {-pipráyas} ii, 6, 8) to satisfy, conciliate, propitiate, please##to address or invoke with the Āprī ( below) verses : Ā. (impf. {âprīṇīta}) to amuse one's self, be delighted or pleased
आप्री — {ā-prī} f. gaining one's favour, conciliation, propitiation##({-príyas} [ xi, 7, 19] and {-pryas} {ṇārāy.}), f. pl., N. of particular invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations (according to iii, 2, 5 seqq. they are different in different schools##e.g. {sámiddho agnír} v, 28, 1, in the school of Śunaka##{juṣásva naḥ} vii, 2, 1, in that of Vasishṭha##{sámiddho adyá} x, 110, 1, in that of others##Nārāyaṇa on this passage gives ten hymns belonging to different schools##also on i, 13 [{súsamiddho na ā vaha}, the Āprī-hymn of the school of Kaṇva], who enumerates twelve Āprīs and explains that twelve deities are propitiated##those deities are personified objects belonging to the fire-sacrifice, viz. the fuel, the sacred grass, the enclosure, &c., all regarded as different forms of Agni##hence the objects are also called Āprīs, or, according to others, the objects are the real Āprīs, whence the hymns received their names) &c
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