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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 198, col. 1.
    apūruṣa Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-ṣaḥ-ṣā-ṣam) 1 Unpeopled, lonely,

    desert. 2 Without a maker or creator, without a soul. E.

    a priv. and pūruṣa.

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

    p. 56, col. 2.
    apūruṣa a-pūruṣa, as, ā, am, lifeless, in-

    animate; soulless; unpeopled. —A-pūruṣa-ghna, as,

    m., Ved. not killing men.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 118, col. 3.
    apūruṣa a.

    1 Lifeless, inanimate (as wood &c.).

    2 Soulless.

    3 Unpeopled, untenanted.

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

    p. 56, col. 2.
    a-pūruṣá mfn. lifeless, inanimate, RV. x, 155, 3.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 157.
    apūruṣa 1 Lifeless, inanimate (as wood &c.) ado yad dāru plavate sindhoḥ pāre apūruṣam Rv.10.155.3. -2 Soulless. -3 Unpeopled, untenanted.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 310.
    apūruṣá (3. a + pū°) adj. unbelebt: dārû ṚV. 10, 155, 3.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    p. 77.
    a-pūruṣá, a., nicht von Menschen [pū́ruṣa] besetzt.

    -ám {981,3} dā́ru.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 77, col. 2.
    apūruṣá Adj. unbelebt.

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    p. 92.