The Sanskrit term Apahṛ can be transliterated into English as Apahr or Apahri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apahṛ (अपहृ).—1 P.

1) (a) To take off, bear or snatch away, carry off; पश्चात्पुत्रैरपहृतभरः (paścātputrairapahṛtabharaḥ) V.3.1 relieved of the burden; तन्त्रादचिरापहृतः पटः (tantrādacirāpahṛtaḥ paṭaḥ) brought; तन्त्रादचिरापहृते (tantrādacirāpahṛte) P.V.2.7 Sk. (b) To avert, turn away; वदनमपहरन्तीम् (vadanamapaharantīm) (gaurīm) Kumārasambhava 7.95 averting or turning away her face. (c) To rob, plunder, steal.

2) To sever, separate, cut off; R.15.52. v. l.

3) To overpower, overcome, subdue; attract, ravish, captivate; affect, influence (in a good or bad sense); अपह्रिये खलु परिश्रमजनितया निद्रया (apahriye khalu pariśramajanitayā nidrayā) Uttararāmacarita 1 overpowered; उत्सवा- पहृतचेतोभिः (utsavā- pahṛtacetobhiḥ) Ratnāvalī 1; यथा नापह्रियसे सुखेन (yathā nāpahriyase sukhena) K.19 seduced, led away, 277; न (na)...प्रियतमा यतमानमपाहरत् (priyatamā yatamānamapāharat) R.9.7 did not subdue i. e. did not divert his mind.

4) To remove, take away, destroy, annihilate, deprive (one) of; कीर्तिं° (kīrtiṃ°) R.11.74; प्रिया मे दत्ता वाक् पुनर्मेऽपहृता (priyā me dattā vāk punarme'pahṛtā) Daśakumāracarita 52.

5) To take back, resume; देयं प्रतिश्रुतं चैव दत्त्वा नापहरेत्पुनः (deyaṃ pratiśrutaṃ caiva dattvā nāpaharetpunaḥ) Y.2.176.

6) To subtract, deduct. -Caus. To cause (others) to take away; परैस्त्वदन्यः क इवापहारयेन्मनोरमाम् (paraistvadanyaḥ ka ivāpahārayenmanoramām) Kirātārjunīya 1.31.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apahṛ (अपहृ).—carry away, take off, remove, separate from ([ablative]); seize, rob, steal; overpower, frustrate, destroy.

Apahṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and hṛ (हृ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apahṛ (अपहृ):—[=apa-√hṛ] to snatch away, carry off, plunder;

—to remove, throw away:—[Causal] -hārayati See apa-hārita below.

2) [v.s. ...] (also) to captivate, [Divyāvadāna]

3) Apāhṛ (अपाहृ):—[=apā-√hṛ] [Ātmanepada] to take off, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apahṛ (अपहृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Avahara, Auhara, Phura.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Hri, Apa.

Starts with: Apahrit, Apahrita, Apahritabhara, Apahritajnana, Apahritanivarana, Apahritavijnana, Apahrite, Apahriti.

Ends with: Vyapahri.

Full-text (+1): Avahara, Phura, Apaharin, Apaharaka, Apaharana, Apahara, Vyapahri, Apahartri, Apahriti, Apaharas, Apahrit, Apahrita, Apaharita, Apaharsha, Apahritavijnana, Apaharaniya, Apaharavarman, Apaharati, Apahata, Apaharya.

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