Apamukha: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apamukha (अपमुख).—a.

1) Having the face averted.

2) Illfavoured, ill-looking.

-kham ind. Without the face.

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

1) Apamukha (अपमुख):—[=apa-mukha] mfn. having the face averted, [Pāṇini 6-2, 186]

2) [v.s. ...] having an ill-formed face or mouth, [ib.]

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

Apamukha (अपमुख):—I. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-khaḥ-khā-kham) 1) Having a bad or plain face or mouth.

2) Having the face averted. Ii. Avyayībh.

(-kham) 1) Except the face or mouth.

2) Without a face or mouth. [The word is udātta on the last syllable. Beginners may notice that the meaning I. 1. follows from Pāṇ. Vi. 2. 177. which rule is given as an exception to Vi. 2. 168., the meaning I. 2. from Vi. 2. 186. which rule is given as an exception to the word dhruva of Vi. 2. 177— ‘averted’ not being the constant condition of a face—and the meanings Ii. 1. 2. also from Vi. 2. 186. which is, then, an exception to Vi. 2. 33.; comp. Patanjali to Vi. 2. 186. kimarthamidamucyate . na upasargātsvāṅgamityeva siddham . abhermukhamapāccādhruvārtham (Vārtt. 1.) . adhruvārthoyamārambhaḥ .. abahuvrīhyartho vā (Vārtt. 2.) . athavābahuvrīheriti vartate . abahuvrīhyarthoyamārambhaḥ ..; Kāśikā: avyayībhāvopyatra prayojayati . tatrāpi paripratyupāpā varjyamānāhorātrāvayaveṣvityuktam ...] E. apa and mukha.

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Apamukha 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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