apabhraṃśaḥ1 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.
apabhraṃśaḥ1 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.