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    See also apogaṇḍa, apogaṇḍaḥ.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 120, col. 1.
    apogaṃḍaḥ [a-pogaṃḍaḥ, or apasi (vaidha) karmaṇi gaṃḍaḥ tyājyaḥ Tv.]

    1 Having a limb too many or too few (redundant or deficient).

    2 Not under 16 years of age; bāla āṣoḍaśādvarṣātpogaṃḍaścāpi saṃjñitaḥ . Nārada; Ms. 8. 148; pogaṃḍaḥ paṃcamādabdādarvāk ca daśamābdataḥ .

    3 A child or infant (kiśora, śiśu)

    4 Very timid;

    5 Wrinkled, flaccid.

    6 One past 16.