āprī | आप्री | AprI
1. ā-√ prī | आ-√ प्री | P. (-prīṛāti | -प्रीऋआति |, AitBr. ii, 4; aor. Subj. 2. sg. -pipra/yas | -पिप्र/यस् |, RV. ii, 6, 8) to satisfy, conciliate, propitiate, please, RV.; TS.; ŚBr.; to address or invoke with the Āprī (see below) verses, AitBr.; ŚBr. : Ā. (impf. āprīṛīta | आप्रीऋईत |) to amuse one's self, be delighted or pleased, TS.; Lāṭy.
2. ā-prī/ | आ-प्री/ | f. gaining one's favour, conciliation, propitiation
f. pl. (-pri/yas | -प्रि/यस् | [AV. xi, 7, 19] and -pryas | -प्र्यस् | [Nārāyaṇa]) N. of particular invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations (according to ĀśvŚr. iii, 2, 5 seqq. they are different in different schools; e.g. sa/midḍo agni/r | स/मिद्डो अग्नि/र् |, RV. v, 28, 1; in the school of Śunaka; juśa/sva naḥ | जुश/स्व नः |, RV. vii, 2, 1; in that of Vasiṣṭha; sa/midḍo adya/ | स/मिद्डो अद्य/ |, RV. x, 110, 1; in that of others; Nārāyaṇa on this passage gives ten hymns belonging to different schools; see also, Sāy. on RV. i, 13 [su/samidḍo na ā/ vaha | सु/समिद्डो न आ/ वह |, 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), AV.; TS.; ĀśvŚr. &c.
2. ā-prī/ | आ-प्री/ | f. gaining one's favour, conciliation, propitiation
f. pl. (-pri/yas | -प्रि/यस् | [AV. xi, 7, 19] and -pryas | -प्र्यस् | [Nārāyaṇa]) N. of particular invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations (according to ĀśvŚr. iii, 2, 5 seqq. they are different in different schools; e.g. sa/midḍo agni/r | स/मिद्डो अग्नि/र् |, RV. v, 28, 1; in the school of Śunaka; juśa/sva naḥ | जुश/स्व नः |, RV. vii, 2, 1; in that of Vasiṣṭha; sa/midḍo adya/ | स/मिद्डो अद्य/ |, RV. x, 110, 1; in that of others; Nārāyaṇa on this passage gives ten hymns belonging to different schools; see also, Sāy. on RV. i, 13 [su/samidḍo na ā/ vaha | सु/समिद्डो न आ/ वह |, 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), AV.; TS.; ĀśvŚr. &c.