mfn. with agnī-, or m. () the householder's fire (received from his father and transmitted to his descendants, one of the three sacred fires, being that from which sacrificial fires are lighted ) etc.
अपत्यम् [न पतन्ति पितरो$नेन, पत् बाहु˚ करणे यत् न. त.; some derive it from अप, the termination त्य being added to it, as in तत्रत्य, अत्रत्य, sprung from a stock; Yāska gives two etymologies : अपत्यं कस्मात् अपततं भवति पितुः सकाशादेत्य पृथगिव ततं भवति, अनेन जातेन सता पिता नरके न पततीति चा] Offspring, child, progeny, issue (of animals and men); offspring in general (male or female); sons or grandsons and other later generations of a Gotra; अपत्यं पौत्रप्रभृत्ति गोत्रम् P.IV.1.162; अपत्यैरिव नीवार भागधेयो चितैर्मृमैः R.1.5. (Bhavabhūti calls apatya 'a knot for tying parents together' अन्योन्यसंश्लेषणम् पित्रोः; अन्तः- करणतत्त्वस्य दम्पत्योः स्नेहसंश्रयात् । आनन्दग्रन्थिरेको$यमपत्यमिति वध्यते ॥ U.3.17). -2 A partronymic affix; स्त्रीपुंसयोरपत्यान्ताः Ak.; ˚अधिकारप्रकरणम् Sk.; -Comp. -काम a. desirous of progeny. -जीवः N. of a plant (Mar. पुत्रजीवी). -द a. giving offspring (as a Mantra &c.) -ता State of childhood; शूद्रावेदी पतति......तदपत्यतया भृगोः Ms.3.16. (-दा) N. of a plant (गर्भदात्रीवृक्ष). -पथः the vulva. -प्रत्ययः a patronymic affix. -विक्रयिन् m. a seller of his children, a father who sells his girl for money to a bridegroom. -शत्रुः [अपत्यं शत्रुर्गर्भभेदनेन नाशकं यस्याः सा] 1 'having the child for its enemy', a crab (said to die in producing young). -2 a serpent. -साच् a. Ved. accompanied with offspring.
अनपत्य a. 1 Without issue, childless, without heir; ˚त्यश्च किल तपस्वी Ś.6; K.59,63. -2 Not propitious or favourable to children; causing fall (पतनकारण) युयोत नो अनपत्यानि गन्तोः Rv.3.54.18. ˚ता, -˚त्वम् childlessness; नूनमनपत्यता मां वत्सलयति Ś.7.
गाणपत्यः [गणपति-यक्] A worshipper of Gaṇeśa. -त्यम् 1 Worship of Gaṇeśa. -2 The leadership of a troop, chieftainship; रुद्रस्य गाणपत्यं मयोभूरेहि Vāj.11.15.
गार्हपत्यः [गृहपतिना नित्यं संयुक्तः, संज्ञायां ञ्य] 1 One of the three sacred fires perpetually maintained by a householder, which he receives from his father and transmits to his descendants, and from which fires for sacrificial purposes are lighted; अथ हैनं गार्हपत्यो$नु- शशास Ch. Up.4.11.1; cf. Ms.2.231. -2 The place where this sacred fire is kept. -त्यम् The government of a family; position and dignity of a householder; गार्हपत्येन सन्त्य ऋतुना यज्ञनीरसि Rv.1.15.12. -Comp. -न्यायः A rule of interpretation according to which a direct statement (श्रुति) is stronger than an indirect one (लिङ्ग). This rule is discussed and established by जैमिनि and शबर at MS.3.2.3 and 4.
n. offspring, progeny, child; -duhkha½eka-maya, a. consisting solely of grief for children; -vat, a. possessed of off spring; -sneha-kripâ-maya, a. filled with love and pity for children.
noun (neuter) a patronymical affix (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
child (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
descendant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
offspring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a class of manes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the householder's fire; received from his father and transmitted to his descendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective (in astrol.) promising or foretelling a numerous progeny (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having a numerous progeny (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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