pipráyas

ā-prī

aor. Subj. 2. sg. - pipráyas RV. II, 6, 8)
to satisfy, conciliate, propitiate, please RV. TS. ṠBr. ;
to address orﾠ invoke with the Āprī ( seeﾠ below) verses AitBr. ṠBr.:
Ā. (impf. â̱prīṇīta) to amuse one's self, be delighted orﾠ pleased TS. Lāṭy. ;
ā-prī́

(- príyas AV. XI, 7, 19 andﾠ - pryas Nārāy.)
f. pl. N. of particular invocations spoken previous to the offering of oblations (according to ĀṡvṠr. III, 2, 5 seqq. they are different in different schools;
e.g.. sámiddhoagnír RV. V, 28, 1,
in the school of Ṡunaka;
jushásvanaḥ RV. VII, 2, 1, in that of Vasishṭha;
sámiddhoadyá RV. X, 110, 1, in that of others;
Nārāyaṇa on this passage gives ten hymns belonging to different schools;
seeﾠ alsoﾠ Sāy on RV. I, 13 <súsamiddhonaā́vaha, the Āprī-hymn of the school of Kaṇva>, who enumerates twelve Āprīs andﾠ explains that twelve deities are propitiated;
those deities are personified objects belonging to the fire-sacrifice, viz. the fuel, the sacred grass, the enclosure, etc., all regarded as different forms of Agni;
hence the objects are alsoﾠ called Āprīs, orﾠ, according to others, the objects are the real Āprīs, whence the hymns received their names) AV. TS. ĀṡvṠr. etc.