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    See also apadānam, apadānaṃ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 43.
    apadāna n. (-naṃ)

    1 Approved occupation.

    2 Work well or completely done.

    E. apa before, dā to give, and lyuṭ aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 34, col. 1.
    apa-dāna (naṃ) 1. n. Approved occu-
    pation or work. Also apadānakaṃ.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 162, col. 2.
    apadāna Tatpur. n. (-nam) 1 Pure or faultless behaviour

    (= śuddhaṃ caritam Subhūti). 2 Accomplished, excellent work

    (= vṛttaṃ praśastaṃ karma Rāyamukuṭa; = nirvyūḍhaṃ karma Bharata-

    malla; = niṣpannaṃ karma or sotkarṣaṃ karma Ramānātha &c.). A

    various reading of avadāna. E. dai with apa, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

    ☞ p. 50, col. 1.
    apadāna apa-dāna or apa-dānaka, am, n.

    (rt. dai), correct or pure conduct, approved occupa-

    tion; a great or noble work; work well or com-

    pletely done (for avadāna, q. v.).

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27.
    apadāna n. a glorious deed.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 19, col. 2.
    apadāna apa-dāna, n. heroic deed; -deśa,
    m. advice; designation; pretext, appearance;
    -deśin, a. disguised as (-°); fp.to be
    indicated; -doṣa, a. faultless; -tā, f. -ness.

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

    ☞ p. 49, col. 2.
    apa-dāna n. (√ dai?), a great or noble work, R. ii, 65, 4; Śāk. (v.l.)
    ☞ p. 49, col. 2.
    (in Pāli for ava-dāna, q.v.) a legend treating of former and future births of men and exhibiting the consequences of their good and evil actions.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 36, col. 1.
    apadāna

    n. (-naṃ)

    1. Approved occupation.

    2. Work well or completely
    done.

    E. apa before, dā to give, and lyuṭ aff.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 31, col. 1.
    apadāna apadāna n. (dā) ouvrage fini; besogne terminée; travail livré.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 50, col. 1.
    apa-dāna- nt. acte glorieux.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 282.
    apadāna (von dā, dadāti mit apa) n. = karma vṛttam SVĀMIN zu AK. 3, 3, 3. im ŚKDR. eine glorreiche That R. 2, 65, 4. ŚĀK. 160, v. l.

    — Vgl. avadāna .

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 70, col. 2.
    apadāna n. glorreiche That.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 19, col. 2.
    apadāna n. Heldenthat.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 227, col. 2.
    apadāna na0 apadāyati pariśudhyati yena karmaṇā apa + daipa-
    śodhane karaṇe lyuṭ . pariśuddhācaraṇe yena karmaṇā sarvvaiḥ
    pariśuddhatvena jñāyate tasmin karmaṇi .

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 25.
    apadāna, cf. dharm-āpadāna (CII 1); a noble deed.