avasfp | अवस्फ़्प् | avasfp

ava-√ sfp | अव-√ स्फ़्प् | -sa/rpati | -स/र्पति |, (said of the sun) to set, VS. xvi, 7; (p. loc. m. -sarpati | -सर्पति |), Lāṭy.; to flow back (as the sea in low tide), MBh. xiii, 7257 (v.l. ava-sarpita | अव-सर्पित | mfn. ‘caused to flow back’); to creep to or approach unawares, TS.; AV. viii, 6, 3; to flow over gradually, AV. xi, 1, 17.