The Sanskrit terms Apaṣṭha and Apāṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Apastha or Apashtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apaṣṭha (अपष्ठ).—[apa-sthā, -ka sasya ṣatvam P.VIII.3.97] The point of the goad of an elephant.

Derivable forms: apaṣṭham (अपष्ठम्).

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Apāṣṭha (अपाष्ठ).—[sthā-ka; sasya ṣatvam] Ved. The barb or point of an arrow.

-ṣṭham The remainder of the Soma plant after it has been pressed out; °वत् (vat) barbed.

Derivable forms: apāṣṭhaḥ (अपाष्ठः).

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

Apasthā (अपस्था).—stand aloof, forsake ([ablative]).

Apasthā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and sthā (स्था).

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

1) Apaṣṭha (अपष्ठ):—[=apa-ṣṭha] mn. (√sthā), the end or point of the hook for driving an elephant, [Pāṇini 8-3, 97] (cf. apāṣṭha.)

2) Apāṣṭha (अपाष्ठ):—[from apāṣṭi] m. ([from] √sthā with apa, [Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya]; cf. apaṣṭha), the barb of an arrow, [Atharva-veda iv, 6, 5] (cf. śatāpāṣṭha.)

3) Apāsthā (अपास्था):—[=apā-√sthā] to go off towards, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra] ([varia lectio] upā-√sthā q.v.)

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

Apaṣṭha (अपष्ठ):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṣṭham) [in the Kāśikā m.

(-ṣṭhaḥ) ] The sharp, crooked end of the hook for driving an elephant (Vallabhagaṇi on Hemach. aṅkuśasyāgram . agrabhāgo vakrākṛtistīkṣṇaḥ). E. sthā with apa, kṛt aff. ka.

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Apāṣṭha (अपाष्ठ):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṣṭham) (ved.) The stale Soma juice, or the refuse of the Soma plant which is left after its juice has been pressed out. (Sāyaṇa: apāṣṭhamapasthitamṛjīṣam.) E. sthā with apa, kṛt aff. ka, the final vowel of the prefix being lengthened.

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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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Partial matches: Stha, Apa.

Starts with: Apashthavant, Apashthavat.

Ends with: Mapashtha, Shatapashtha.

Full-text: Apashthavat, Apashthula, Apashthura, Apashthu, Apashti, Apatthapeti, Ayopashthi, Apashthi, Ayopashti, Ishu.

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