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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अशुचिaśucia.Not clean, dirty, foul, impure; पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ Bg.16.16. सोऽशुचिः सर्वकर्मसु; in mourning…
    1. Not clean, dirty, foul, impure; पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ Bg.16.16. सोऽशुचिः सर्वकर्मसु; in mourning; त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्.
    2. Black.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -चिः The black colour.

    • -चिः

      1. Feminine
      2. Impurity.
      3. Degradation; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedता (Equivalent to ग्रीष्माभावः)
      4. Absence of purity.
      5. (Equivalent to ग्रीष्माभावः) The months of ज्येष्ठ and आषाढ (Compare वैशाखे माधवो, राधो ज्येष्ठः शुक्रः शुचिस्त्वयम् । आषाढे श्रावणे तु स्यात् नभाः श्रावणिकश्च सः ॥ Ak.; अशुचिता यदि केलिवने, कथं शुचिरवचिरवाचितषटपदैः । Rām. Ch.5.2.

    In the Gita16·1618·27

    प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ ॥

    prasaktāḥ kāmabhogeṣu patanti narake'śucau. — Thus occupied by many egoistic ideas, deluded, addicted to the gratification of desire (doing works, but doing them wrongly, acting mightily, but for… 16·16
    • अशुचौaśucaulocative singular of the neuter form of the compound adjective aśuci (the unclean).
    • अशुचिःaśuciḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the compound adjective aśuci (the impure).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अशुचिaśuci[a-suki] a. impure: -tva, n. impurity; -bhakshana, n. eating impure things; -bhâva, m. impurity; -varna, a. of…

    [a-suki] adjective impure: -tva, neuter impurity; -bhakshana, neuter eating impure things; -bhâva, masculine impurity; -varna, adjective of impure colour: -tâ, feminine; also equal for impurity of colour.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अशुचिaśucimfn. (Pa1n2. 6-2, 161) impure, foul Mn. &c.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Pa1n2. 6-2, 161) impure, foul Mn. etc.

  2. अशुचिकरaśucikaramfn. making dirty, soiling A1p.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective making dirty, soiling A1p.

  3. अशुचित्वaśucitvan. impurity.

    neuter gender impurity.

  4. अशुचिभावaśucibhāvam. id. MBh. i, 782.

    masculine gender the same MBh. i, 782.

  5. अशुचिलिप्तaśuciliptamfn. soiled A1p.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective soiled A1p.

  6. अशुचिव्रतaśucivratamfn. making unholy vows, Bhag.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective making unholy vows, Bhag.