शप् [ śap ] [ śap ]3 Root cl. [1] [4] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiii , 31 ; xxvi , 59) [ śapati ] , [ °te ] or [ śapyati ] , [ °te ] ( the latter only in Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; pf. [ śaśā́pa ] , [ śepé ] aor. [ aśāpsīt ] , [ aśapta ] Gr. ( 2. pl. [ śāpta ] in Lit. TS. prob. w.r. ) ; fut. [ śaptā ] Lit. ib. ; [ śapsyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. ib. ; [ śapiṣye ] Lit. MBh. ; inf. [ śaptum ] or [ śapitum ] Lit. ib. ; ind.p. [ śapitvā ] Lit. ib. ; [ śaptvā ] Gr.) , to curse ( mostly P. with acc. ; in Lit. AV. v , 30 , 3 Ā. with dat.) Lit. RV. ; (P. Ā.) to swear an oath , utter an execration (sometimes with [ śapatham ] or [ °thān ] ; also with [ anṛtam ] , to swear a false oath) Lit. RV. ; (P. Ā.) to revile , scold , blame (acc. , rarely dat.) Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pur. ; ( Ā. ; mc. also P.) to curse one's self (followed by [ yadi ] , " if " , i.e. to promise with an oath , vow or swear , " that one will not " ; or followed by dat. and rarely acc. of the person to whom and instr. of the object by which one swears ; or followed by [ iti ] e.g. [ varuṇeti ] , " to swear by the name of Varuṇa " Lit. VS.) Lit. RV. ; (Ā.) to adjure , supplicate , conjure any one (acc.) by (instr.) Lit. R. Lit. Hariv. : Caus. [ śāpayati ] (aor. [ aśīśapat ] ) , to adjure , conjure , exorcise (demons) Lit. AV. Lit. AitBr. ; to cause any one (acc.) to swear by (instr.) Lit. Mn. viii , 113 ( cf. [ śāpita ] ) : Desid. [ śiśapsati ] , [ °te ] Gr.: Intens. [ śāśapyate ] , [ śāśapti ] , or [ śaṃśapyate ] , [ śaṃśapti ] Lit. ib.