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''Ap'' (') is the Vedic Sanskrit term for "water", which in Classical Sanskrit only occurs in the plural, ' (sometimes re-analysed as a thematic singular, '), whence Hindi '. The term is from PIE "water".〔The word has many cognates in archaic European toponyms, e.g., ''Mess-apia'', and perhaps also ''Avon'', from Old Brythonic ''abona'' or Welsh ''afon'' (), both meaning 'river'.〕 The Indo-Iranian word also survives as the Persian word for water, ''āb'', e.g. in ''Punjab'' (from ''panj-āb'' "five waters"). In archaic ablauting contractions, the laryngeal of the PIE root remains visible in Vedic Sanskrit, e.g. ' "against the current", from '' *''. In the Rigveda, several hymns are dedicated to "the waters" ('): 7.49, 10.9, 10.30, 10.47. In the oldest of these, 7.49, the waters are connected with the drought of Indra. Agni, the god of fire, has a close association with water and is often referred to as ''Apām Napāt'' "offspring of the waters". The female deity Apah is the presiding deity of Purva Ashadha (The former invincible one) asterism in Vedic astrology In Hindu philosophy, the term refers to water as an element, one of the ''Panchamahabhuta,'' or "five great elements". In Hinduism, it is also the name of the deva Varuna a personification of water, one of the Vasus in most later Puranic lists. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ap (water)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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