अपाम् नपात्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬅᬧᬵᬫ᭄ᬦᬧᬵᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
অপাম্ নপাত্ (Assamese script)
অপাম্ নপাত্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰢𑰯𑰦𑰿𑱃𑰡𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀧𑀸𑀫𑁆 𑀦𑀧𑀸𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌅𑌪𑌾𑌮𑍍 𑌨𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
અપામ્ નપાત્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਪਾਮੑ ਨਪਾਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦥꦴꦩ꧀ꦤꦥꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
អបាម៑ នបាត៑ (Khmer script)
ಅಪಾಮ್ ನಪಾತ್ (Kannada script)
ອປາມ຺ ນປາຕ຺ (Lao script)
അപാമ് നപാത് (Malayalam script)
𑘀𑘢𑘰𑘦𑘿 𑘡𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᢒᠠᢗᠮ
ᠨᠠᢒᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
ᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮ
ᠨᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
အပါမ် နပါတ် (Burmese script)
𑦠𑧂𑧑𑧆𑧠 𑧁𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐥𑐵𑐩𑑂 𑐣𑐥𑐵𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅପାମ୍ ନପାତ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢂꢦꢵꢪ꣄ ꢥꢦꢵꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆥𑆳𑆩𑇀 𑆤𑆥𑆳𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖢𑖯𑖦𑖿 𑖡𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
අපාම් නපාත් (Sinhalese script)
అపామ్ నపాత్ (Telugu script)
อปามฺ นปาตฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་པཱ་མ྄་ན་པཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒣𑒰𑒧𑓂 𑒢𑒣𑒰𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From नपात् (napāt, “grandson”) +‎ अप् (ap, “water”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɑ́ːm nɐ.pɑːt/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.pɑːm ˈn̪ɐ.pɑːt̪/

Noun

अपाम् नपात् • (apā́ṃ nápāt) m

'grandson of the waters', commonly applied to Agni, sometimes to Savitr

Related terms

अग्नि (agní)
सवितृ (savitṛ́)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अपाम् नपात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0047, column 3.

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