Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Without a wife (when she is either absent or dead).
2 To be performed without the company of a wife; apatnīkaḥ pitṛyajñaḥ Kāty.
apatnīka
Dictionary meanings for apatnīka from Apte and Monier-Williams.
apte + mw
apatnīka
Normalized lookup: apatnika
Source entry
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. not having a wife AitBr.; Ka1tyS3r. 49,1 9183 mfn. where the wife is not present Ka1tyS3r. 006639 49,1 9184