Apushta, Apuṣṭa: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Apuṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Apusta or Apushta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Apusht.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchApuṣṭa (अपुष्ट):—(3. a + puṣṭa) adj.
1) nicht genährt, nicht fett. —
2) leise, vom Schluchzen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1402.]
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Apuṣṭa (अपुष्ट):—
3) in der Rhetorik die Sache selbst nicht fördernd, nichtssagend, überflüssig; z. B. das Beiwort vitata im Satze vilokya vitate vyomni vidhuṃ muñca ruṣaṃ priye . Davon nom. abstr. tā f. und tva n. [Sāhityadarpana 576] nebst Schol.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungApuṣṭa (अपुष्ट):—Adj. —
1) nichtssagend , überflüssig [Kāvyaprakāśa 7,7.] Dazu Nom.abstr. tā f. und tva n. —
2) *leise.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Apushtartha, Apushtarthatva, Apushtatva.
Ends with (+1): Anyapushta, Carapushta, Charapushta, Dashtapushta, Dhvankshapushta, Dhyanapushta, Divapushta, Hrishtapushta, Jarapushta, Jivapushta, Kakapushta, Karapushta, Mapushta, Nityapushta, Parannapushta, Parapushta, Rasapushta, Rogapushta, Shantapushta, Tushtapushta.
Full-text: Apusht, Apushtarthatva, Apushtatva, Apushtartha, Pathada, Push, Shabdadosha.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.111 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.85 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 7.84 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
7. Kavya-doshas (Poetic blemishes) < [Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work]
Alankara Sastra (English study) (by V. Raghavan)