abhiśasta

1 Calumniated, falsely accused.

2 Defamed, infamous.

3 Sinful, wicked.

4 Asked, wanted.

E. abhi- implying opposition, śasa to praise, and affix of the part. past kta; the nasal being dropped.

accused, whether rightly or wrongly, but esp. wrongly;

hence, calumniated; e. g. Baudhāyana: pātakābhiśaṃsane kṛ-

cchrastadardhamabhiśastasya; or Manu: vatsasya hyabhiśastasya puro

bhrātrā yavīyasā . nāgnirdadāha romāpi satyena jagataḥ spṛśaḥ;

or Kātyāy.: indrasthāne'bhiśastānāṃ mahāpātakināṃ nṛṇām .

nṛpadrohe pravṛttānāṃ rājadvāre prayojayet; or Yājnav.: abhi-

śasto mṛṣā kṛcchraṃ caredāgneyameva vā &c.; compare also the

quotation s. v. abhiśapta.--According to Yājnavalkya

3. 285 ff. a man exonerates himself from a false accusation

by undergoing the penance Kṛchchhra, or by sacrificing

to Agni the Puroḍāśa, or to Vāyu a sacrificial animal

(compare the legend in Manu 8. 116. and in the Hariv.

6428 &c.; Vijnāneśvara holds that the term apāṅktya, when

used by Manu 11. 200., comprises the abhiśasta); whoever

makes a false accusation becomes twice as guilty as if he

had divulged the real blemish of a person, and assumes,

moreover, all the other evils that may arise to the slan-

dered person; he undergoes, besides, the penalty of fasting

during a whole month, muttering the Śuddhavatī prayers

and abstaining from sensual enjoyments. The civil liabi-

lities for an insult or slander are regulated according to

the nature of the offence and relative caste, sex &c. of the

parties; comp. Manu 8. 267-270.; Yājnav. 2. 204-211. and the

synopsis of the various law authorities as given by the

Mitākṣara on the named verses of Yājnav., by the Vīra-

mitrod. p. 148 a ff., the Vivādachint. p. 69 &c. &c.--² Ill-

famed, defamed, of doubtful character; e. g. Manu: pāpa-

rogyabhiśastaśca dāmbhiko rasavikrayī (scil. varjyāḥ) (Medhāt.:

abhiśastaḥ pātakayoḥ karteti loke prasiddhaḥ . asatyakartṛkatvani-

ścaye; Kull.: anirṇote'pi tasminmahāpātakādau jātābhi-

śāpaḥ); or niyamya prayato vācamabhiśastāṃstu varjayet (Medh.:

a° = kṛtapātakatve prasiddhānadṛṣṭapātakānapi); or the Mit. when

it explains in a verse of Kātyāy. the word saṃdigdhaḥ = abhi-

śastaḥ. Several commentators on the Amarak. restrict the

sense of the word to the meaning ‘a married man or wo-

man slandered on the score of chastity’, others however

take it in the general sense of the first meaning: Rāyam.,

Bharatam., Padārthak., Nīlak., Bhanūjid, &c. maithunaṃ prati

mithyādūṣitayoḥ parastrīparapuruṣayoḥ, or mithyāmaithunaparivā-

dayukte, but also: parastriyāṃ parapuruṣe vā mithyādūṣite maithunaṃ

prati āhūta iti kecit . upapannapātaka iti kecit . mithyā-

dūṣitamātra iti kecit (Bharatam.); thus Sārasund. = mi-

thyāvākyadūṣitaḥ, Kṣīrasv. alīkotpannapātakavyapadeśaḥ. E.

śaṃs with abhi, kṛt aff. kta.

II. Hurt, struck, inflicted; e. g. Rāmāy.: devi kenābhiśa-

stāsi kena vāsi vimānitā; or Manu: āturāmabhiśastāṃ

vā cauravyāghrādibhirbhayaiḥ . patitāṃ paṅkalagnāṃ vā sarvopāyairvi-

mocayet (Kull.: = vyādhitāṃ cauravyāghrādibhayahetubhiḥ; but,

besides sarvaprāṇairvimocayet instead of the latter words, there

is a v. l. abhiṣaktām in the place of abhiśastām, which is

also adopted by Medhātith.: abhiṣaktāṃ = gṛhītām); or Nā-

rada: badhādṛte brāhmaṇasya na badhaṃ brāhmaṇo'rhati . śiraso

muṇḍanaṃ daṇḍastasya nirvāsanaṃ purāt . lalāṭe vābhiśastāṅkaḥ (a

mark of infamy stamped on his forehead) prayāṇaṃ gardabheṇa

ca. E. śas with abhi, kṛt aff. kta.

mfn. (-staḥ-stā-staṃ)

1. Calumniated, falsely accused.

2. Defamed,
infamous.

3. Sinful, wicked.

4. Asked, wanted.

E. abhi implying
opposition, śaṃsa to praise, and affix of the part. past kta; the nasal
being dropped.