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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, 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, 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.