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has glosseng: Apri in Sanskrit means "conciliation, propitiation" and refers to special invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations. RV 1.13 is known as the Apri-hymn of the Kanvas, and Sayana in the context of this hymn enumerates twelve Apris propitiating twelve deities, also known as Apris. These are deified objects belonging to the fire sacrifice of Vedic religion, the fuel, the sacred grass, the enclosure, etc. The Apris are all regarded as different manifestations of Agni.
lexicalizationeng: Apris
instance of(noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god, divinity, deity, immortal

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