*Āpā & *Āvā

(f.) misery, misfortune Ja.ii.317 (loc. pl. āpāsu, variant reading avāsu, C. āpadāsu); Ja.iii.12 (BB āvāsu); Ja.v.82 (avāgata gone into misery, variant reading apagata, C apagata parihīna), Ja.v.445 (loc. āvāsu, variant reading avāsu, C. āpadāsu), Ja.v.448 (āvāsu kiccesu; variant reading apassu, read āpāsu). Note. Since *āpā only occurs in loc. pl., the form āpāsu is to be regarded as a direct contraction of Sk. āpatsu.

for āpadā, q.v.