Apadish, Apadiś: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Apadiś can be transliterated into English as Apadis or Apadish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apadiś (अपदिश्).—6 P.

1) To point out, indicate, show; तदागतित्वेनाहमपदेश्यः (tadāgatitvenāhamapadeśyaḥ) Daśakumāracarita 6; assign, allot.

2) To declare, put forward, adduce, communicate; announce, say, tell; inform against, accuse; अपदिश्यापदेश्यं च (apadiśyāpadeśyaṃ ca) Manusmṛti 8.54.

3) To feign, pretend, hold out or plead as a pretext or excuse; मित्रकृत्यमपदिश्य (mitrakṛtyamapadiśya) R.19.31.32,54; शिरःशूलस्पर्शन- मपदिशन् (śiraḥśūlasparśana- mapadiśan) Daśakumāracarita 56 pleading head-ache as an excuse.

4) To refer to, have reference to; रहसि भर्त्रा मद्गोत्रापदिष्टा (rahasi bhartrā madgotrāpadiṣṭā) Dk. 12 referred to, called by the name of.

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

Apadiś (अपदिश्).—the same; indicate, state, denounce; feign, pretend.

Apadiś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and diś (दिश्).

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

Apadiś (अपदिश्):—[=apa-√diś] ([indeclinable participle] -diśya) to assign, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to point out, indicate, to betray, pretend, hold out as a pretext or disguise, [Raghuvaṃśa etc.]

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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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