Apaviddhaputra: 3 definitions
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaviddhaputra (अपविद्धपुत्र).—m.
(-ٰ�) A son rejected by his natural parents, and adopted by a stranger; one of the twelve objects of filiation in Hindu law. E. apaviddha as before and putra a son.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apaviddhaputra (अपविद्धपुत्र):—[=apa-viddha-putra] [from apa-viddha > apa-vyadh] m. a son rejected by his natural parents and adopted by a stranger, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]
2) [v.s. ...] one of the twelve objects of filiation in law.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaviddhaputra (अपविद्धपुत्र):—[apaviddha-putra] (ٰ�) 1. m. A rejected son adopted by a stranger.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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