Apadhvasta: 8 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Apadhvasta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apadhvasta (अपध्वस्त).—p. p.

1) Reviled, cursed, accursed, contemptible, to be disdained. अपध्वस्ता दस्युभूता भवन्ति ये ब्राह्मणान्क्षत्रियाः सन्त्यजन्ति (apadhvastā dasyubhūtā bhavanti ye brāhmaṇānkṣatriyāḥ santyajanti) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.73.1.

2) Pounded badly or imperfectly (avacūrṇita).

3) Abandoned. शरैरपध्वस्त- विनीतवेषम् (śarairapadhvasta- vinītaveṣam) Rām.7.8.5.

-staḥ A vile wretch, lost to all sense of right and virtue; मूर्ख अपध्वस्तोऽसि (mūrkha apadhvasto'si) Mṛcchakaṭika 8. cf. अपध्वस्तः परित्यक्ते निन्दितेष्वथ चूर्णिते (apadhvastaḥ parityakte ninditeṣvatha cūrṇite) | Medinī.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apadhvasta (अपध्वस्त).—mfn.

(-staḥ-stā-staṃ) 1. Cursed, reviled. 2. Abandoned. 3. Pounded. E. apa implying contempt, &c. part. past of dhvasa to go, also avadhvasta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apadhvasta (अपध्वस्त).—[adjective] brought down, degraded, ruined.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Apadhvasta (अपध्वस्त):—[=apa-dhvasta] [from apa-dhvaṃs] mfn. degraded

2) [v.s. ...] reviled

3) [v.s. ...] abandoned, destroyed

4) [v.s. ...] m. a vile wretch lost to all sense of right, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apadhvasta (अपध्वस्त):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-staḥ-stā-stam) 1) Reviled, blamed.

2) Imperfectly pounded (according to some: pounded). [Rāyam. Kṣīrasv. Ramān. asamyakcūrṇa; Sārasund. cūrṇīkṛta; Bharatam. dattacandanādicūrṇa; Padārthakaum. kṣiptasudhācūrṇe lekhādau; Nīlak. kṣiptasudhādicūrṇe lekhādau; Bhānūjid. kṣiptasudhādicūrṇe; Viśva avacūrṇita.]

3) Abandoned.—A various reading of avadhvasta. E. dhvaṃs with apa, kṛt aff. kta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Apadhvasta (अपध्वस्त):—[apa-dhvasta] (staḥ-stā-staṃ) a. Cursed.

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Apadhvasta in German

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Apadhvasta in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apadhvasta (ಅಪಧ್ವಸ್ತ):—

1) [adjective] damned; cursed; accursed; reviled for the sin or wrong social acts etc.

2) [adjective] reduced to fine powder; crushed; ground.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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