Vedic Sanskrit words related to 'water---etymology and meanings
Vedic Sanskrit words related to 'water'. All Sanskrit words written in italics are itrans version. Most of these words are available in Sanskrit English Lexicon by Sir Monier Williams at < http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/>. (i) ap-- Water. Water is the personality of Universal Consciousness who removes 'any obsession or confinement'. This is 'fluidity'. The connected word 'apanayana' means 'to remove'. This is also reflected in the 'flowing rivers'. (ii) aapa-- Water, Obtaining. (iii) aap---- To gain or obtain. The feeling of gaining and the consequent satisfaction is from the 'inner water'. It quenches our desire and thirst. (vii) aapti-- Achievement, gain. (viii) payasa-- Water or more correctly from where water originates. payasa is from the root word 'pay' meaning 'to move, to flow'. It is the movement of the Consciousness or praaNa that creates the 'life giving...