निर्-√ वप् P. Ā. -वपति,
°ते (
pf. -ववाप,
[R.] ,
-उवाप,
[Bhaṭṭ.] ,
-ऊपे,
[RV.] ;
fut. -वप्स्यति,
[TBr.] ,
-वपिष्यति,
[Hariv.] ;
[R.] ),
to pour out, sprinkle, scatter, to offer, present (
esp. sacrificial food, the funeral oblation or libation to deceased relatives);
to choose or select for (
dat. or
gen. ),
to distribute (
e.g. grain for sacrif. purposes);
to perform (a sacrifice or a funeral oblation &c.),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
(with
कृषिम्) to practise or exercise agriculture,
[MBh.] :
Caus. -वापयति, to sow out,
[Pañc.] ;
to choose or select (for the gods),
[MBh.]