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    See also apaṣṭham, apaṣṭhaṃ.


    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 179, col. 1.
    apaṣṭha Tatpur. n. (-ṣṭham) [in the Kāśikā m. (-ṣṭhaḥ)] The sharp,

    crooked end of the hook for driving an elephant (Valla-

    bhagaṇi on Hemach. aṅkuśasyāgram . agrabhāgo vakrākṛti-

    stīkṣṇaḥ). E. sthā with apa, kṛt aff. ka.

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

    p. 53, col. 2.
    apaṣṭha apa-ṣṭha, am, n. (rt. sthā), the end

    or point of the hook for driving an elephant.

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

    p. 53, col. 1.
    apa-ṣṭha mn. (√ sthā), the end or point of the hook for driving an elephant, Pāṇ. viii, 3, 97 (cf. apāṣṭhá.)

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 295.
    apaṣṭha (von sthā mit apa) P. 8, 3, 97. m. Sch. n. Widerhaken, mit dem der Elephant angetrieben wird, H. 1231.

    — Vgl. apāṣṭha .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 74, col. 1.
    *apaṣṭha m. n. Spitze des Wiederhakens , mit dem ein Elephant geleitet wird.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 238, col. 1.
    apaṣṭha na0 apa + sthāka ambā0 ṣatvam . aṅkuśāgre hema0 . apakramya sthātari tri0 .
    p. 238, col. 1.
    apaṣṭha avya0 apa + sthāsuṣāmādi0 ṣatvam . nirddoṣe, śobhane,
    viparīte, ca . apaṣṭhu paṭhataḥ pāṭhyamadhigoṣṭhi śaṭhasya te
    iti naiṣa0 . pratikūle, viruddhārthe ca tri0 . kāle pu0 .