जातिjātithe duties of a caste.
Derived forms and compounds
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-धर्मः
- the duties of a caste.
- a generic property.
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-ध्वंसः loss of caste or its privileges.
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-पत्री the outer skin of the nutmeg.
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-फलम् (sometimes जातीफलम् also) a nutmeg; जातीफलं मातुलानीमहिफेनं च पत्रकम् Śiva. B.3.15.
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-ब्राह्मणः a Brāhmaṇa only by birth, but not by knowledge or religious austerities, an ignorant Brāhmaṇa; (तपः श्रुतं च योनिश्च त्रयं ब्राह्मण्यकारणम् । तपःश्रुताभ्यां यो हीनो जातिब्राह्मण एव सः ॥ शब्दार्थचिन्तामणि) -भ्रंशः loss of caste; Ms.11.67.
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-भ्रष्ट Adjective outcaste.
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-महः
- birth-day festival. मात्रम् 'mere birth', position in life obtained by mere birth.
- caste only (but not the performance of duties pertaining to it); Ms.8.2; 12.114.
- species, genus.
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-लक्षणम् generic distinction, a characteristic of a class.
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-वाचक Adjective expressing a genus, generic (as a word); गौरश्वः पुरुषो हस्ती.
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-वैरम् instinctive or natural hostility.
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-वैरिन् Masculine a born enemy.
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-वैलक्षण्यम् inconsistency, incompatibility in kind.
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-शब्दः a name conveying the idea of a genus, a generic word, common noun; गौः, अश्वः, पुरुषः, हस्ती etc.
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-संकरः admixture of castes; mixed blood.
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-संपन्न Adjective belonging to a noble family.
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-सारम् nutmeg.
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-स्मर Adjective remembering one's condition in a former life; जातिस्मरो मुनिरस्मि जात्या K.355.
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-स्वभावः generic character or nature.
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-हीन Adjective of low birth, outcaste; रूपद्रव्यविहीनांश्च जातिहीनांश्च नाक्षिपेत् Ms.4.141;1.35.
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जातिः jātiḥ, Feminine
- जन्-क्तिन्
- Birth, production, सङ्कुलं जल- जातिभिः Rām.3.11.6; Pt.1.38; Ms.2.148; also 'the time of birth'; Compare जातौ बाल्ये च कौमारे यौवने चापि मानवाः Mb.12.158.11.
- The form of existence fixed by birth.
- Race, family, lineage, rank.
- A caste, tribe or class (of men); अरे मूढ जात्या चेदवध्योऽहं एषा सा जातिः परित्यक्ता Ve.3; (the primary castes of the Hindus are only four: ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य and शूद्र).
- A class, genus, kind, species; पशुजातिः, पुष्पजातिः etc.
- The properties which are peculiar to a class and distinguish it from all others, the essential characteristics of a species; as गोत्व, अश्वत्व of cows, horses etc.; see गुण, क्रिया and द्रव्य; जातिक्रियागुणैः Śi.2.47; and Compare K. Parasmaipada2.
- A fire-place.
- Nutmeg.
- The Jasmine plant or its flower; नागपुन्नागजातिभिः Bhāg.8.2.18; पुष्पाणां प्रकरः स्मितेन रचितो नो कुन्दजात्यादिभिः Amaru.4 (written also as जाती in the last two senses).
- (In Nyāya) Futile answer.
- (In music) The seven primary notes of the Indian gamut; जातिभिः सप्तभिर्युक्तं तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितम् Rām.1.4.8.
- Reduction of fractions to a common denominator.
- False generalization.
- A figure of speech (in rhetoric) which consists in so arranging words that they may read the same in Sanskṛit as well as in Prākṛita (संस्कृतप्राकृतयोः समा जातिः); Compare Vb.1.3.
- A class of metres; see App.
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-अन्ध Adjective born blind; Bh.1.9.
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-कोशः, -षः, -षम् nutmeg.
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-कोशी, -षी the outer skin of the nutmeg.
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-क्षयः (Equivalent to जन्मोच्छेदः) the end of birth, spiritual release. जातिक्षयस्यासुलभस्य बोद्धा Bu. Ch.1.74.
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-गृद्धिः Feminine to take birth; जातिगृद्धयाभिपन्नाः Mb.5.6.9.
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-जानपद Adjective belonging to the castes and to the country; जातिजानपदान् धर्मान् Ms.8.41.
