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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 दासी

  1. दासीdāsī1 A female servant or slave.
    1. 1 A female servant or slave.
    2. The wife of a fisherman.
    3. The wife of a Śūdra.
    4. An altar.
    5. A harlot.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पुत्रः, -सुतः the son of female slave.

    • -श्रोत्रियः a Brāhmaṇa (knowing the Vedas) attached to a female slave.

    • -सभम् a collection of female slaves. (The Genitive Singular दास्याः enters into some compounds, but loses its literal sense; Exempli gratia, for example दास्याःपुत्रः, सुतः 'a whore-son', used as a term of abuse; Bhāg. 3.1.15; Rāj. T.5.398; दास्याःपुत्रैः शकुनिलुब्धकैः Ś.2; but दास्याः सदृशी 'like a female slave').

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Headwords under द

Part 3 of 8 दान्ति – दिष्णुAll parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल