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Apte Dictionary

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

अपसदapasadaAn outcast, a low man; usually at the end of comp. in the sense of 'vile', 'wretched', 'accursed'; कापालिक˚…
[अपकृष्टो नीच इव सीदति, सद-अच्]
1. An outcast, a low man; usually at the end of comp. in the sense of 'vile', 'wretched', 'accursed'; कापालिकdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Māl.5; रे रे क्षत्रियापसदाः Ve.3; नरdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, ब्राह्मणdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
2. Name for the children of six degrading connections, id est, that is of men of the first three castes with women of the castes inferior to their own; विप्रस्य त्रिषु वर्णेषु नृपतेर्वर्णयोर्द्वयोः । वैश्यस्य वर्णे चैकस्मिन् षडेतेऽपसदाः स्मृताः ॥ Ms.1.1. See अपध्वंसः. प्रतिलोमजः contrary to अनुलोमजः (परवर्णासु अनुलोमजाः ष़ड- पध्वंसजाः विलोमजा अपसदाः षडिति ज्ञेयम्) Compare Mb.13.49.6-8.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अपसदapasada[apa-sada] m. outcast; worst among (--˚): pl. children of mixed marriages (in which the father is lower)…

[apa-sada] masculine outcast; worst among (--˚): plural children of mixed marriages (in which the father is lower); -sarana, neuter going away, retreat; -sarpa, masculine spy; -savya, adjective not left, right: -m kri, turn the right side towards (accusative, locative); hang the sacred thread on the right shoulder: -vat, adjective in which the sa cred cord is on the right shoulder; -sâra, masculine exit, outlet, egress: -na, neuter removing, dismiss ing, banishing; -sâri-tâ, feminine; also equal for issue, end; -sârin, adjective decreasing, diminishing.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अपसदapasadam. the children of six degrading marriages (of a Bra1hman Brahman with the women of the three lower classes…

masculine gender the children of six degrading marriages (of a Bra1hman Brahman with the women of the three lower classes, of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय with women of the two lower, and of a Vais3ya वैश्य with one of the S3u1dra शूद्र Mn. x, 10 seqq., but confer, compare MBh. xiii, 2620 seqq. and अपध्वंस-ज), an outcast (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; see ब्राह्मणा*पसद).

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