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    See also apadhvaṃsa.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 107, col. 2.
    apadhvaṃsaḥ

    1 Degradation, falling off or from, disgrace.

    2 Concealment.

    Comp.

    jaḥ, jā a person of a mixed, degraded and impure caste (where the mother belongs to a higher caste than the father's) Ms. 10. 41, 46.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 141.
    apadhvaṃsaḥ 1 Degradation, falling off or from, disgrace. -2 Concealment. -Comp. -jaḥ, - a person of a mixed, degraded and impure caste (where the mother belongs to a higher caste than the father's) eko viḍvarṇa evātha tathā'traivopalakṣitaḥ | ṣaḍapadhvaṃsajāste hi...Mb.13.49.8. apadhvaṃsajāḥ smṛtāḥ Ms.10.41.46.