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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 116, col. 1.
    antaḥpurasahāya Tatpur. m. (-yaḥ) An assistant belonging to

    the gynæceum or inner apartments (compare sthāpatya); such

    assistants are: ‘dwarfs, eunuchs, Kirātas or mountaineers

    --retained as guards--Mlechchhas or barbarians, Abhī-

    ras, the mock-brother-in-law of a king--i. e. the brother

    of his concubine--humpbacks, mutes &c. E. antaḥpura and

    sahāya.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 43, col. 1.
    antaḥ—pura-sahāya m. belonging to the women's apartments (as a eunuch, &c.)

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 196, col. 2.
    antaḥpurasahāya pu0 antaḥpure sahāyaḥ . rājñāmantaḥpura-
    sahacare vidūṣakādau .