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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 113, col. 1.
    apaśabdaḥ

    1 A bad or ungrammatical word, a corrupted word (in form or meaning); ta eva śaktivaikalyapramādālasatādibhiḥ . anyathoccāritāḥ śabdā apaśabdā itīritāḥ ..; dūrataścāpaśabdaṃ tyaktvā Bh. 3. 134 (where °bdaṃ has also sense 4); apaśabdaśataṃ māghe Subhāṣ.

    2 Vulgar speech.

    3 A form of language not Sanskrit, ungrammatical language.

    4 A reproachful word, offensive expression, censure; prāpākṣṇorgaladapaśabdamajanāṃbhaḥ Śi. 8. 43.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 149.
    apaśabdaḥ 1 A bad or ungrammatical word, a corrupted word (in form or meaning); ta eva śaktivaikalya- pramādālasatādibhiḥ | anyathoccāritāḥ śabdā apaśabdā itīritāḥ ||; dūrataścāpaśabdaṃ tyaktvā Bh.3.134 (where ˚bdam has also sense 4); apaśabdaśataṃ māghe Subhāṣ. cf. also vaiyākaraṇakirātādapaśabda- mṛgāḥ kva yānti saṃtrastāḥ | Udb. and Kau. A.2.10. -2 Vulgar speech. -3 A form of language not Sanskrit; ungrammatical language. -4 A reproachful word, offensive expression, censure; prāpākṣṇorgaladapaśabdamañjanāmbhaḥ Śi.8.43. -5 Words not in standard use.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 66.
    apaśabdaḥ , puṃ, (apa asaṃskṛtaḥ śabdaḥ, karmma-
    dhārayaḥ .) asaṃskṛ taśabdaḥ . aśāstrīyaśabdaḥ .
    laukikaśabdaḥ . grāmyabhāṣā . tatparyyāyaḥ . apa-
    bhraṃśaḥ 2 . ityamaraḥ ..
    (taeva śaktivaikalyāt pramādālasatādibhiḥ .
    anyathoccāritāḥ śabdā apaśabdā itīritāḥ ..
    iti harivaṃśe .)
    ābhīrādigiraḥ kāvyeṣvapabhraṃśa iti smṛtaḥ .
    śāstreṣu saṃskṛ tādanyadapabhraṃśatayoditaṃ ..
    iti daṇḍī ..