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ओस्वापन (osvApana)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
osvāpana, nt. (presumably for ava-sv°, to avasvāpayati with -ana
cf. apa-sv°), going to sleep
sleeping
or perhaps putting to sleep: LV 〔236.8〕 (vs
avasvāpanaṃ would be metrically better!) devatābhi osvāpanaṃ kṛtam (in the corresponding prose version 〔217.7〕 apasvāpanaṃ)
Mv 〔iii.296.16〕 (prose) sarvasya rājakulasya °naṃ kṛtam. Non-causative mg. would be possible in both cases, tho causative mg. would seem more natural
but see under apasvāpana
see also osopati, °pana.