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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 108, col. 1.
    apabhraṃśaḥ

    1 Falling down or away, a fall; atyārūḍhirbhavati mahatāmapyapabhraṃśaniṣṭhā Ś. 4 v. l. ending in a (precipitate) fall.

    2 A corrupted word, corruption; ghara is an apabhraṃśa or corruption of gṛha; (hence) an incorrect word whether formed against the rules of grammar or used in a sense not strictly Sanskrit; see apaśabda.

    3 A corrupt language, one of the lowest forms of the Prākṛta dialect used by cow-herds &c. (in kāvyas); (in Śāstras) any language other than Sanskrit; ābhīrādigiraḥ kāvyeṣvapabhraṃśa iti smṛtāḥ . śāstreṣu saṃskṛtādanyadapabhraṃśatayoditam .. Kāv. 1.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 143.
    apabhraṃśaḥ 1 Falling down or away, a fall; atyārūḍhi- rbhavati mahatāmapyapabhraṃśaniṣṭhā Ś.4 v. l. ending in a (precipitate) fall. -2 A corrupted word, corruption; ghara is an apabhraṃśa or corruption of gṛha; (hence) an incorrect word whether formed against the rules of grammar or used in a sense not strictly Sanskrit; see apaśabda. -3 A corrupt language, one of the lowest forms of the Prākṛita dialect used by cowherds &c. (in kāvyas); (in Śāstras) any language other than Sanskrit; ābhīrādigiraḥ kāvyeṣvapabhraṃśa iti smṛtāḥ | śāstreṣu saṃskṛtādanya- dapabhraṃśatayoditam || Kāv.1.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 63.
    apabhraṃśaḥ , puṃ, (apa + bhransa + ghañ .) grāmyabhāṣā .
    apabhāṣā . tatparyyāyaḥ . apaśabdaḥ 2 . ityamaraḥ ..
    patanaṃ . yathā,
    atyārūḍhirbhavati mahatāmapyapabhraṃśaniṣṭhā .
    ityabhijñānaśakuntalaṃ .. (adhaḥ patanaṃ . dhvaṃsaḥ .
    adhogatiḥ .)