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    See also apātram, apātraṃ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 47.
    apātra n. (-traṃ)

    1 A worthless or common utensil.

    1 An inferior or worthless person.

    E. a neg. pātra a vessel.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 37, col. 1.
    a-pātra (traṃ) 1. n. A common, mean
    utensil; a worthless person.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 185, col. 2.
    apātra Tatpur. n. (-tram) 1 A worthless or inferior utensil.

    2 A worthless person. 3 An undeserving person, one not

    worthy of receiving gifts. E. a deter. and pātra.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 54, col. 2.
    apātra a-pātra, am, n. a worthless or

    common utensil; an inferior, undeserving or worthless

    person, unfit as a recipient, unworthy to receive gifts.

    —A-pātra-kṛtyā, f. or a-pātri-karaṇa, am, n.

    acting unbecomingly, doing degrading offices (as for

    a Brāhman to receive wealth improperly acquired,

    to trade, to serve a Śūdra, and to utter an untruth);

    excommunication, disqualification. —Apātra-dāyin,

    ī, inī, i. giving to the undeserving. —Apātra-bhṛt,

    t, t, t, supporting the unworthy, cherishing the un-

    deserving.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 30.
    apātra n. (m.) an unworthy person (lit. no recipient).

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 20, col. 3.
    apātra a-pātra, n. (m.) unworthy recipient,
    — person; -kṛtyā, f. action making one unworthy
    of receiving presents; -bhṛt, m.
    cherisher of the undeserving; -varṣaṇa, n.
    bestowing on the unworthy; -varṣin, a. bestowing
    (lit. raining) on unworthy persons.

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

    p. 54, col. 1.
    a-pātra n. a worthless or common utensil, an undeserving or worthless object, unfit recipient, unworthy, to receive gifts, Bhag.; Kathās.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 39, col. 1.
    apātra

    n. (-traṃ)

    1. A worthless or common utensil.

    2. An inferior or
    worthless person.

    E. a neg. pātra a vessel.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 33, col. 2.
    apātra apātra n. (pātra) vase [ou homme] indigne de recevoir ce qu'on met en lui.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 54, col. 1.
    a-pātra- nt. personne indigne de recevoir des dons.

    °kṛtyā- f. acte qui rend impropre à recevoir des dons.

    °varṣaṇa- nt. fait de donner à des apātra.

    °varṣin- a. qui fait des dons à des apātra.

    apātrī-karaṇa- a. qui rend indigne.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 300.
    apātra (3. a + pātra) n. eine Person, die nicht werth ist eine Gabe zu empfangen adeśakāle yaddānamapātrebhyaśca dīyate BHAG. 17, 22. vidyeva kanyakā mohādapātre pratipāditā . yaśase na na dharmāya jāyetānuśayāya tu .. KATHĀS. 24, 26.
    vol. 5, p. 1011.
    apātra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 87,a,19.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 75, col. 2.
    1. apātra m. (selten) und n. unwürdige Person 172,30. 184,14.
    vol. 1, p. 75, col. 2.
    2. apātra Adj. ohne Gefäss. Davon Nom.abstr. °tva n. JAIM. 4,1,34. °tā Comm. ebend.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 21, col. 1.
    apātra (m). n. unwürdige Person (eig. kein Gefäß).

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 243, col. 2.
    apātra na0 pātraṃśrāddhamojanadānādiyogyaṃ na0 ta0 . 1 vidyādi-
    hīne'nācāre, 2 dānādiyogyatāhīne kupātre, naṭādau ca .
    dānādipātrañca pātraśabde darśayiṣyate . adeśakāle yaddā-
    namapātrebhyaśca dīyate . asatkṛtamavajñātaṃ tattāmasamudāhṛta-
    miti gītā apātreṣu ca yaddattaṃ tat sarvaṃ viphalaṃ bhave
    diti smṛtiḥ apātre pātramityukte kāryye vā dharmmasaṃhite
    iti mitākṣarāyāṃ nāradaḥ .