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Results for अपध्वंस

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अपध्वंसapadhvaṃsa1 Degradation, falling off or from, disgrace.
    1. 1 Degradation, falling off or from, disgrace.
    2. Concealment.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -जः, -जा a person of a mixed, degraded and impure caste (where the mother belongs to a higher caste than the father's) एको विड्वर्ण एवाथ तथाऽत्रैवोपलक्षितः । षडपध्वंसजास्ते हि...Mb.13.49.8. अपध्वंसजाः स्मृताः Ms.1.41.46.

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  2. अपध्वंसिन्apadhvaṃsina.Destroying, removing; सर्वैनसामपध्वंसि जप्यं त्रिष्वघमर्षणम् Ak.

    Destroying, removing; सर्वैनसामपध्वंसि जप्यं त्रिष्वघमर्षणम् Ak.

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  3. अपध्वंस्apadhvaṃs1 A (rarely P.)
    1. 1 A (rarely Parasmaipada)
    2. To pack off, clear out; अपध्वंसेति बहुशो वदन् क्रोधसमन्वितः Hariv. आः अपध्वंस Dūtavākya 1.
    3. To abuse, revile, scold; न चाप्यन्यमपध्वंसेत्क- दाचित्कोपसंयुतः Mb. -Causal To free from dust; blow away (as dust etc.).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अपध्वंसapadhvaṃsam. concealment AV.
    1. masculine gender concealment AV.
    2. masculine gender "falling away, degradation", in compound with
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  2. अपध्वंसजapadhvaṃsajamfn. "born from it", a child of a mixed or impure caste (whose father belongs to a lower [Mn. x, 41, 46] or…

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "born from it", a child of a mixed or impure caste (whose father belongs to a lower [Mn. x, 41, 46] or higher [MBh. xiii, 2617] caste than its mother's).

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  3. अपध्वंसिन्apadhvaṃsinmfn. causing to fall, destroying, abolishing.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective causing to fall, destroying, abolishing.

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  4. अपध्वंस्apadhvaṃs-ध्वंसति, to scold, revile, [Comm. on] MBh. i, 5596 ("to drive or turn away" NBD.); to fall away, be degraded…

    -ध्वंसति, to scold, revile, [commentator or commentary on] MBh. i, 5596 ("to drive or turn away" NBD.); to fall away, be degraded (NBD.) Hariv. 720.

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