Apāpurati & Apāpuṇati [Sk. apāvṛṇoti, apa + ā + vṛ, but Vedic only apa -- vṛṇoti corresponding to Lat. aperio = *apa -- ṷerio. On form see Trenckner, Notes 63] to open (a door) Vin i.5 (apāpurɔ etaŋ Amatassa dvāraŋ: imper.; where id. p. S i.137 has avāpur˚, T., but v. l. apāpur˚); Vv 6427 (apāpuranto Amatassa dvāraŋ, expld. at VvA 284 by vivaranto); It 80 (apāvuṇanti A. dv. as T. conj., with v. l. apānuṃanti, apāpurenti & apāpuranti). -- pp. apāruta (q. v.). -- Pass. apāpurīyati [cp. BSk. apāvurīyati M Vastu ii.158] to be opened M iii.184 (v. l. avā˚); J i.63 (avā˚); Th 2, 494 (apāpuṇitvā). See also avāpurati.

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