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nirvvāpa /nɪrˈwaːp/ A1875     †[Sanskrit nirvāpa `offering, oblation (esp. in honour of a deceased ancestor); sacrificial rice; gift, alms', < nir-√vāp `to offer, present (esp. sacrificial food, the funeral oblation or libation to deceased relatives)']. definitions 1 n. The rite of offering food to deceased ancestors and relatives. 2 v.intr. To make an offering to departed relatives.1 references K.215:16 (A.D. 949, C III:34), hapax. citations ... ʼāyatta ta pādamūla leṅ nirvvāpa neḥ dharmma yeṅ ... (K.215:16-7), `... it devolves upon the pādamūla to sanction services to the dead in this pious work of ours ... '. notes 1 Cf. C III:36, note 8.