अपुत्र

अ- (a-, “not, un-”) +‎ पुत्र (putra, “son”). The compound was likely formed in the Proto-Indo-Iranian stage as *apútras; compare Avestan 𐬀𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (apuθra, “without sons, childless”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pút.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈput̪.ɾɐ/

अपुत्र • (apútra) stem

1. without sons; sonless
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 5.3.1.13:

     अथ श्वो भूते । परिवृत्त्यै गृहान्परेत्य नैर्ऋतं चरुं निर्वपति या वा अपुत्रा पत्नी सा परिवृत्ती स कृष्णानां व्रीहीणां नखैर्निर्भिद्य तण्डुलान्नैर्ऋतं चरुं श्रपयति स जुहोत्येष ते निर्ऋते भागस्तं जुषस्व स्वाहेति या वा अपुत्रा पत्नी सा निर्ऋतिगृहीता तद्यदेवास्य अत्र नैर्ऋतं रूपं तदेवैतच्छमयति तथो हैनं सूयमानं निर्ऋतिर्न गृह्णाति तस्य दक्षिणा कृष्णा गौः परिमूर्णी पर्यारिणी सा ह्यपि निर्ऋतिगृहीता तामाह मामेऽद्येशायां वात्सीदिति तत्पाप्मानमपादत्ते

     atha śvo bhūte. parivṛttyai gṛhānparetya nairṛtaṃ caruṃ nirvapati yā vā aputrā patnī sā parivṛttī sa kṛṣṇānāṃ vrīhīṇāṃ nakhairnirbhidya taṇḍulānnairṛtaṃ caruṃ śrapayati sa juhotyeṣa te nirṛte bhāgastaṃ juṣasva svāheti yā vā aputrā patnī sā nirṛtigṛhītā tadyadevāsya atra nairṛtaṃ rūpaṃ tadevaitacchamayati tatho hainaṃ sūyamānaṃ nirṛtirna gṛhṇāti tasya dakṣiṇā kṛṣṇā gauḥ parimūrṇī paryāriṇī sā hyapi nirṛtigṛhītā tāmāha māmeʼdyeśāyāṃ vātsīditi tatpāpmānamapādatte

     And on the following day he goes to the house of a discarded , and prepares a porridge for Nirriti; -- a discarded wife is one who has no son. He cooks the porridge for Nirriti of black rice, after splitting the grains with his nails. He offers it with , "This, O Nirriti, is thy share: accept it graciously, hail!" For a wife that is without a son, is possessed with Nirriti (destruction, calamity); and whatever of Nirriti's nature there is in her, that he thereby propitiates, and thus Nirriti does not take possession of him while he is consecrated. The fee for this (oblation) consists of a black, decrepit, diseased cow; for such a one also is possessed with Nirriti. He says to her (the wife), "Let her not dwell this day in my dominion!" thus he removes evil from himself.

• Pali: aputta
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (aputta)
  • Hindi: अऊत (aūt), ऊत (ūt)