jap

[apte] 1 P. (japati, japita or japta) 1 To utter in a low voice, repeat internal- ly, mutter; japannapi tavaivālāpamaṃtrāvaliṃ Gīt. 5; haririti haririti japati sakāmaṃ 4; N. 11. 26. --2 To mutter prayers or spells; Ms. 11. 194, 251, 260. --3 To pray to one or invoke in a low voice.

[mw] cl.1. j/apati (rarely A1. S3a1n3khS3r. iii, 6, 4 MBh. iii, xiii; pf. jajāpa; 3. du. jepatur R. i; inf. japitum MBh. xii, 7336; ind.p. ptvā Mn. xi R. i; pitvā Mn. xi Vet.) to utter in a low voice, whisper, mutter (esp. prayers or incantations) AitBr. ii, 38;... mfn. muttering, whispering, see karṇe-, ku- 412,1 77154 m. (Pa1n2. 3-3, 61; oxyt. g. uñchādi) muttering prayers, repeating in a murmuring tone passages from...