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Entry शूद्र

  1. शूद्रśūdradominion of a Śūdra.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -शासनम्

      1. dominion of a Śūdra.
      2. a written bond of a Śūdra; Latin D. B.
      3. an edict addressed to Śūdras.

    • -संस्पर्शः the touch of a Śūdra; अस्वर्ग्या ह्याहुतिः सा स्याच्छूद्रसंस्पर्शदूषिता Ms.5.14.

    • -सेवनम् serving a Śūdra, being the servant of a Śūdra; Ms.11.69.

    • शूद्रः śūdrḥ

      1. [शुच्-रक् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied चस्य दः दीर्घः Uṇ.2.19] A man of the fourth or the last of the four principal tribes of the Hindus; he is said to have been born from the feet of Puruṣa; पद्भ्यां शूद्रो अजायत Ṛv.1.9.12; or of Brahman; Ms.1.87; and his principal business was to serve the three higher castes; एकमेव तु शूद्रस्य प्रभुः कर्म समादिशत् । एतेषामेव वर्णानां शुश्रुषामनसूयया ॥ Ms.1.9.-Compound -आर्ता the Priyaṅgu plant. -आह्निकम् the daily ceremonies or observances of a Śūdra. -उदकम् water polluted by the touch of a Śūdra. -कृत्यम्, -धर्मः the duties of a Śūdra. -घ्न, -हन् Adjective
      2. killing a Śūdra.
      3. the slayer of a Śūdra; एतदेव व्रतं कृत्स्नं षण्मासान् शूद्रहा चरेत् Ms.11.13.

    • -प्रियः an onion.

    • -प्रेष्यः a man of any of the three higher castes who has become a servant to a Śūdra.

    • -भूयिष्ठ Adjective consisting mostly of Śūdra; यद्राष्ट्रं शूद्रभूयिष्ठम् (विनश्यति) Ms.8.22.

    • -याजकः one who conducts a sacrifice for a Śūdra.

    • -राज्यम् a country of which a Śūdra is a king; न शूद्रराज्ये निवसेत् Ms.4.61.

    • -वर्गः the Śūdra or servile class.

    • -वृत्तिः the occupation of a Śūdra; वैश्योऽजीवन् स्वधर्मेण शूद्रवृत्त्यापि वर्तयेत् Ms.1.98,

    In the Gita9·3218·4118·44

    स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥

    striyo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāste'pi yānti parāṁ gatim. — Those who take refuge with Me, O Partha, though outcastes, born from a womb of sin, women, Vaishyas, even Shudras, they also attain to the highest… 9·32
    • शूद्राःśūdrāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun śūdra (Shudra, the labouring class of the society).
    • शूद्राणाम्śūdrāṇāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun śūdra (Shudra, the labouring class of the society).
    • शूद्रस्यśūdrasyagenitive singular of the masculine noun śūdra (Shudra, the labouring class of the society).
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Headwords under श

Part 7 of 10 शुषिरा – शैवलAll parts
  1. श – शपित
  2. शप्त – शल्ल
  3. शल्लक – शाबरिका
  4. शाबल्यम् – शिक्यित
  5. शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीय
  6. शीघ्ऱ्यम् – शुषिर
  7. शुषिरा – शैवल
  8. शैवलिनी – श्येन
  9. श्यै – श्लीपदिन्
  10. श्लील – श्वैत्रम्