accident, misfortune distress, DN.iii.190; AN.ii.68 (loc. pl. āpadāsu), AN.ii.187; AN.iii.45; AN.iv.31; Thag.371; Ja.iv.163 (āpadatthā, a difficult form; vv.ll. T. aparattā, āpadatvā, C. aparatthā; expl^d. by āpadāya); Ja.v.340 (loc. āpade), Ja.v.368; Pv-a.130 (quot.) Sdhp.312, Sdhp.554. Note. For the contracted form in loc. pl āpāsu (= *āpatsu) see *āpā.

Sk. āpad, fr. ā + pad, cp. āpajjati & BSk. āpad, e.g. in āpadgata Jtm.31#33