संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

Monier–Williams

गार्ध्रपृष्ट — {pṛṣṭa} for {-sp}##in Prākṛit {geddha-paṭṭhaga}), 'touched (i.e. seized) by vultures', a kind of death not sanctioned by the Jainas (probably with reference to the Pārsī custom of exposing corpses to vultures)