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    See also apaghana.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 105, col. 1.
    apaghanaḥ [apahanyate saṃhatya karma kṛtvā viyujyate, han-ap-ghanādeśaḥ P. III 3. 77]. A limb or member of the body, as a hand or foot (apaghanoṃ'gam III. 3. 81; aṃgaṃ śarīrāvayavaḥ sa ca na sarvaṃ kiṃ tu pāṇiḥ pādaścetyāhuḥ Sk. and Kāśikā.); but it is also used in the sense of ‘the body’; lauhodghanaghanaskaṃdhā lalitāpaghanāṃ striyaṃ Bk. 7. 62 (where the commentators take apaghana to mean the body itself).

    a. Free from the obstruction of clouds, cloudless.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 138.
    apaghanaḥ [apahanyate saṃhatya karma kṛtvā viyujyate, han-ap-ghanādeśaḥ P.III.3.77]. A limb or member of the body, as a hand or foot (cf. aṅga pratīko'vayavo'paghano'tha kalevaram |) (apaghano'- ṅgam III.3.81; aṅgaṃ śarīrāvayavaḥ sa ca na sarvaṃ kiṃ tu pāṇiḥ pādaścetyāhuḥ Sk. and Kāśikā); but it is also used in the sense of 'the body'; lauhodghanaghanaskandhā lalitāpaghanāṃ striyam Bk.7.62 (where the commentators take apaghana to mean the body itself). -a. Free from the obstruction of clouds; cloudless.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 62.
    apaghanaḥ , puṃ, (apahṛtya militvā viyujyate, apa +
    han + apaghano'ṅga-miti pāṇinisūtreṇa ap
    hasthāne gha .) avayavaḥ . aṅgaṃ . ityamaraḥ . (ghṛṇi-
    bhirapaghanairghagharavyaktaghoṣān . iti sūryyaśatake .)