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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry चातुर्वर्ण्य

  1. चातुर्वर्ण्यcāturvarṇyaa.Suited to the four tribes, or belonging to them. र्ण्यम् The aggregate of the four original castes of the…

    [चतुर्वर्ण-ष्यञ्]

    1. Suited to the four tribes, or belonging to them. र्ण्यम् The aggregate of the four original castes of the Hindus; एवं सामासिकं धर्मं चातु- र्वर्ण्येऽब्रवीन्मनुः Ms.1.63; चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः Bg.4.13.
    2. The duties of these four castes.

    In the Gita4·13

    चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः ।

    cāturvarṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ, — The fourfold order was created by Me according to the divisions of quality and active function. Know Me for the doer of this (the fourfold law of… 4·13
    • चातुर्वर्ण्यम्cāturvarṇyamaccusative singular of the neuter compound noun cāturvarṇya (the fourfold order).

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Headwords under च

Part 3 of 6 चाण्डाल – चितिAll parts
  1. च – चपलायते
  2. चपेट – चाण्डम्
  3. चाण्डाल – चिति
  4. चितिका – चुल्
  5. चुलुक – च्यूत
  6. च्योतम् – च्यौत्न