Apadishta, Apadiṣṭa: 3 definitions
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Apadishta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Apadiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Apadista or Apadishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApadiṣṭa (अपदिष्ट).—a. Assigned as a reason or pretext.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryApadiṣṭa (अपदिष्ट):—[=apa-diṣṭa] [from apa-diś] mfn. assigned as a reason or pretext.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApadiṣṭa (अपदिष्ट):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭam) Adduced as a reason; e. g. yasmātprakaraṇacintā sa nirṇayārthamapadiṣṭaḥ prakaraṇasamaḥ; or kālātyayāpadiṣṭaḥ kālātītaḥ (scil. hetvābhāsaḥ); or anumānaṃ kālātyayāpadiṣṭam. E. diś with apa, kṛt aff. kta.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with: Kalatyayapadishta, Karmapadishta, Vyapadishta.
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