Apasu, Apāsu, Apashu, Apaśu: 7 definitions

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Apasu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Apaśu can be transliterated into English as Apasu or Apashu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

apāsu (अपासु).—a Lifeless, dead.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apaśu (अपशु).—a. Without cattle.

-śuḥ Not cattle; a bad animal; any animal other than a cow and horse; अपशवो वा अन्ये गोऽश्वेभ्यः (apaśavo vā anye go'śvebhyaḥ) Śat. Br.

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Apāsu (अपासु).—a. Lifeless, dead.

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

Apasū (अपसू).—sent or drive away.

Apasū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apa and (सू).

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

1) Apaśu (अपशु):—[=a-paśu] 1. a-paśu m. not cattle id est. cattle not fit to be sacrificed, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) [=a-paśu] 2. a-paśu mfn. deprived of cattle, poor, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] having no victim, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]

4) Apasū (अपसू):—[=apa-√sū] (1. sg. -suvāmi; Imper. 2. sg. -suva; [Aorist] [subjunctive] -sāviṣat) to drive off, [Ṛg-veda x, 37, 4 and 100, 8; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

5) Apāsu (अपासु):—mfn. lifeless, [Naiṣadha-carita]

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

Apaśu (अपशु):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.

(-śuḥ) 1) Any thing which is not cattle, as a jar &c.

2) Small cattle, cattle except oxen and horses. (Both meanings are discussed in the Mīmāṃsā in reference to the vaidic passage: apaśavo vā anye goaśvebhyaḥ paśavo goaśvāḥ; comp. also the instance to Pāṇ. Vi. 1. 122.) E. a

1) neg.,

2) deter. and paśu. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-śuḥ-śuḥ-śu) Without cattle, poor. E. a priv. and paśu.

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Apāsu (अपासु):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-suḥ-suḥ-su) Lifeless, having lost the life. E. apa and asu. Comp. the Etym. of apāsana.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apasu 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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