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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 42, col. 1.
    adeśaḥ [na. ta.]

    1 A wrong place, not one's proper place or strong position; °stho hi ripuṇā svalpakenāpi hanyate H. 4. 45; striyaṃ spṛśedadeśe yaḥ Ms. 8. 358; nādeśe tarpaṇaṃ kuryāt &c.

    2 A bad country. The Smṛtis mention several places of this description: mleccha, ānartaka, aṃga, magadha, surāṣṭra, dakṣiṇāpatha, vaṃga, kaliṃga &c.

    Comp.

    kālaḥ wrong place and time; adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate . Bg. 17. 22.

    stha a. [sa. ta.] in the wrong place, out of place; absent from one's country.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 56.
    adeśaḥ [na. ta.] 1 A wrong place, not one's proper place or strong position; ˚stho hi ripuṇā svalpakenāpi hanyate H.4.45; striyaṃ spṛśedadeśe yaḥ Ms.8.358; nādeśe tarpaṇaṃ kuryāt &c. -2 A bad country; The Smṛitis mention several places of this description : mleccha, ānartaka, aṅga, magadha, surāṣṭra, dakṣiṇāpatha, vaṅga, kaliṅga &c. -Comp. -kālaḥ wrong place and time; adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate | Bg.17.22. -stha a. [sa. ta.] in the wrong place, out of place; absent from one's country.