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Results for अपध्वस्त

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अपध्वस्तapadhvastap. p.Reviled, cursed, accursed, contemptible, to be disdained. अपध्वस्ता दस्युभूता भवन्ति ये ब्राह्मणान्क्षत्रियाः…
1. Reviled, cursed, accursed, contemptible, to be disdained. अपध्वस्ता दस्युभूता भवन्ति ये ब्राह्मणान्क्षत्रियाः सन्त्यजन्ति Mb.12.73.1.
2. Pounded badly or imperfectly (अवचूर्णित).
3. Abandoned. शरैरपध्वस्त- विनीतवेषम् Rām.7.8.5.
Derived forms and compounds
- -स्तः A vile wretch, lost to all sense of right and virtue; मूर्ख अपध्वस्तोऽसि Mk.8. Compare अपध्वस्तः परित्यक्ते निन्दितेष्वथ चूर्णिते । Medinī.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अपध्वस्तapadhvastamfn. degraded
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective degraded
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective reviled
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective abandoned, destroyed
4. masculine gender a vile wretch lost to all sense of right Lexicographers
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