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/apa / अप

/apa is an /upasarga meaning "away", "out" or "off".

apalikhati अपलिखति "scrapes off"
apaharati अपहरति "takes away", "kidnaps"
apagacchati अपगच्छति "go away"
apabhavati अपभवति "be absent"
apakramati अपक्रमति "moves out"

as in

apakramya rathAt tUrNaG gadApANiH kSitau sthitaH ||
अपक्रम्य रथात्तूर्णं गदापाणिः क्षितौ स्थितः ॥
"he quickly alighted off the chariot and stood mace-in-hand on the ground."