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Apte Dictionary

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

अपात्रम्apātram1 A worthless vessel or utensil.
1. 1 A worthless vessel or utensil.
2. (fig). An unworthy or undeserving person, unfit receptacle or recipient.
3. One unfit or disqualified to receive gifts; अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते Bg.17.22; Ks.24. 26.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कृत्या अपात्रीकरणम् doing degrading or unworthy acts; disqualification, any action which makes a man unworthy; four disqualifications for a Brāhmaṇa are mentioned in Ms.11.7.
- -निन्दितेभ्यो धना- दानं वाणिज्यं शूद्रसेवनम् । अपात्रीकरणं ज्ञेयमसत्यस्य च भाषणम् ॥; see also संकरापात्रकृत्यासु मासं शोधनमैन्दवम् 11.125.
- -दायिन् Adjective giving to unworthy persons.
- -भृत् Adjective supporting the unworthy or worthless; प्रायेणापात्रभृद्भवति राजा Pt.1.
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