Apaca: 6 definitions
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Apaca means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Apacha.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApaca (अपच).—[paktumaśaktaḥ Sk.]
1) Unable to cook, or one who does not cook for himself.
2) A bad cook, a term of abuse (ākrośe); अपचो जाल्मः (apaco jālmaḥ) P.VI.2.157-8 Sk.
Derivable forms: apacaḥ (अपचः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaca (अपच):—[=a-paca] mfn. not able to cook, a bad cook, [Pāṇini 6-2, 157 [sequens] [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaca (अपच):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-caḥ) 1) A man who, from his mode of liv-ing, does not cook for himself; see the following; e. g. apacaḥ parivrājaka; or apaco dīkṣitaḥ; or a householder in a state of destitution: ‘gṛhasthadharmavṛtto yo dadātiparivarjitaḥ . ṛṣibhirdharmatattvajñairapacaḥ sa prakīrtitaḥ’; eating the food of such a man, entails on the receiver the penance of the Chāndrāyaṇa ‘apacasya ca bhuktvānnaṃ dvijaścāndrāyaṇaṃ caret’.
2) One who cannot cook.
3) A bad cook.
4) Different from one who cooks. (In the second and third meaning the word is udātta on the last syllable; in the other meanings it is udātta on the first syllable.) E. a neg. or deter. and paca.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryApaca (अपच) [Also spelled apach]:—(nm) indigestion, dyspepsia.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+15): Apacaka, Apacakkha, Apacakunam, Apacala, Apacalana, Apacalana, Apacalita, Apacam, Apacamana, Apacamanaka, Apacana, Apacankam, Apacaptam, Apacar, Apacara, Apacaraka, Apacari, Apacarin, Apacarisu, Apacarita.
Ends with: Anapaca, Doho Bapaca, Gacapaca, Garudapaca, Ghacapaca, Kacapaca, Kapaca, Pacapaca, Papao apaca, Pecapaca, Shvapaca, Sthirapaca, Tailapaca.
Full-text: Apacamana, Papao apaca, Anapaca, Apach, Apacana, Apacamanaka, Pacakala, Apatha.
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