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अपक्ष्य (apakSya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? apakṣya, adj. (cf. Skt. pakṣya, adherent of a party, as deva-p°), having no adherents: doubtful reading, LV 〔301.4〕 (vs), Lefm. apakṣyapakṣyo, but many mss. apakṣapakṣo
we must read certainly pakṣo, and before it as a separate word apakṣya or apakṣa (n. sg. m.), your (Māraʼs) party is without adherents. The form apakṣa occurs in Skt. (Mbh. Crit. ed. 〔1.134.24〕) and in LV 〔273.3〕 saṃsārapakṣāpakṣa-karaṇa-gatiḥ, with the gait of one who makes partisanless the party of the saṃsāra
LV 〔302.13〕 (Māraḥ) svapakṣaṃ cāpakṣam apaśyat, saw his party without adherents (i.e. annihilated)
also in Pali as apakkha (which however could of course = apakṣya)
whereas apakṣya has not been noted elsewhere.