apaTa a. [ nAsti paMTA yatra ] Pathless, roadless; °To deSaH, °TA nagarI &c. — TaM , — TaH (also apaMTAH P. V. 4. 72 , II. 4 II. 4. 30 ) 1 Not a way, absence of a way or road, pathless state; a bad or wrong road ( lit. ); ( fig. ) irregularity, deviation, a moral irregularity or deviation, a wrong road, bad or evil course; apaTe padamarpayaMti hi SrutavaMtopi rajonimIlitAH R. 9. 74 ; 17. 54 ; na kaScidvarRAnAmapaTamapakfzwopi Bajate Ś. 5. 10 ( pb ) follows evil ways; kAritastvamapaTe pada mayA Ki. 13. 45 , 64. 2 Heresy, heterodoxy (in opinions). 3 The vulva. — TA N. of several plants. — TaM ind. By or in the wrong way, astray; apaTaM vartate Sk. Comp. — gAmin a. pursuing evil courses; heretical. — prapanna a. taking to evil ways (as man); spent or used out of place, misapplied, misspent (as money &c.); H. 3. 123.