Apashthu, Apaṣṭhu: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Apaṣṭhu can be transliterated into English as Apasthu or Apashthu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaApaṣṭhu (अपष्ठु) refers to “falsely” or “wrongly” and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 17.96. Nārāyaṇa says apaṣṭhu pratikūlam, “in a contrary or hostile manner”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApaṣṭhu (अपष्ठु).—a. [apa-sthā ku Uṇādi-sūtra 1.25; P.VIII.3.98]
1) Contrary, opposite.
2) Unfavourable, adverse, perverse.
3) Left.
-ṣṭhu adv.
1) Contrary, on the contrary or opposite way or direction.
2) Falsely, untruly, wrongly; तव धर्मराज इति नाम तथमिदमपष्ठु पठ्यते (tava dharmarāja iti nāma tathamidamapaṣṭhu paṭhyate) Śiśupālavadha 15.17; उपष्ठु पठतः पाठ्यमधिगोष्ठि शठस्य ते (upaṣṭhu paṭhataḥ pāṭhyamadhigoṣṭhi śaṭhasya te) N.
3) Faultlessly,
4) Well, properly, handsomely.
-ṣṭhuḥ Time.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaṣṭhu (अपष्ठु).—m.
(-ṣṭhuḥ) Time. mfn. (-ṣṭhuḥ-ṣṭhuḥ-ṣṭhu) 1. Contrary, opposite. 2. Left, (not right.) ind. 1. Well, properly. 2. Handsomely. 3. Contrary, perversely. E. apa badly, stha what stays, with ku Unadi affix; stha becomes ṣṭha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apaṣṭhu (अपष्ठु):—[=apa-ṣṭhu] [from apa-ṣṭha] mfn. contrary, opposite, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] perverse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] left, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] ind. perversely, badly, [Śiśupāla-vadha xv, 17] ([varia lectio] um)
5) [v.s. ...] properly, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] handsomely, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] m. time, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaṣṭhu (अपष्ठु):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-ṣṭhuḥ-ṣṭhuḥ-ṣṭhu) 1) Contrary, opposite, adverse.
2) Handsome, beautiful.
3) Ignorant, infantine. 2. m.
(-ṣṭhuḥ) Time. 3. adv.
(-ṣṭhu) 1) Contrary, adversely.
2) Faultlessly, blamelessly.
3) Handsomely. [The Medinī has the meaning vāma; the latter word however, compared to cāru of the Bhūriprayoga and to the meanings cāru and śobhana, for the adverb., of Hemach. and the Med., can scarcely be taken in another sense than in that of ‘beautiful’; the meaning ‘ignorant, infantine’ rests on the authority of the Bhūripr. and the Uṇṇādikoṣa which have the meaning bāla, the former together with, the latter without, kāla.—The form of the adv. ‘apaṣṭhum’ in the present ed. of the Śiśupālab. 15. 17. has been expressly mentioned, as if it were something remarkable, but the mere scanning of the verse—without any reference to Mss.—might have shown that it is a misprint, instead of apaṣṭhu.] E. sthā with apa, uṇ. aff. ku.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaṣṭhu (अपष्ठु):—[apa-ṣṭhu] (ṣṭhuḥ) m. Time. a. Contrary; left. adv. Well; badly.
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