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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

स्नातकsnātaka1 A Brāhmaṇa who has performed the ceremony of ablution which has to be performed on his finishing his first…
1. 1 A Brāhmaṇa who has performed the ceremony of ablution which has to be performed on his finishing his first Āśrama (that of a Brahmachārin); राजस्नातकयोश्चैव स्नातको नृपमानभाक् Ms.2.139.
2. A Brāhmaṇa just returned from the house of his preceptor and become an initiated householder (गृहस्थ).
3. A Brāhmaṇa who is a Bhikṣu (beggar of alms) for any religious object; नवैतान् स्नातकान् विद्याद् ब्राह्मणान् धर्म- भिक्षुकान् Ms.11.2.
4. Any man of the first three classes who is an initiated householder.
Derived forms and compounds
- -व्रतम् the vows and duties of a स्नातक.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

स्नातकsnātaka[snấta-ka] a. having performed the purificatory ablutions concluding apprentice ship; entering or having…

[snấta-ka] adjective having performed the purificatory ablutions concluding apprentice ship; entering or having entered the house holder stage; masculine religious student entering on the householder stage: -vrata, neuter duties of a Snâtaka; adjective performing the duties of a Snâtaka: -lopa, masculine neglect of the duties of a Snâtaka.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

स्नातकsnātakam. one who has bathed or performed ablutions (i.e. a Bra1hman Brahman who, after performing the ceremonial…

masculine gender one who has bathed or performed ablutions (id est a Bra1hman Brahman who, after performing the ceremonial lustrations required on his finishing his studentship as a Brahma-ca1rin ब्रह्म-चारिन् under a religious teacher, returns home and begins the second period of his life as a Gr2iha-stha गृह-स्थ see समावर्तन; three kinds of Sna1takas स्नातक s are named, 1. a विद्या-स्न्that the rest of a word is to be supplied quod vide, 2. a व्रत-स्न्that the rest of a word is to be supplied [who has completed the vows, such as fasting, continence etc., without the Vedas वेद s], 3. a विद्या-व्रत-स्न्that the rest of a word is to be supplied or उभय-स्न्that the rest of a word is to be supplied [who has completed both Vedas वेद s and vows], the last is the highest; in a wider sense there may be 9 Sna1takas स्नातक s see Mn. xi, 1) S3Br. Gr2S. Gaut. Mn. iii, 4 etc. (IW. 296) .

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उभयस्नातकubhayasnātakamfn. one who has performed the prescribed ablutions after finishing both (his time of studying and his vow)…

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who has performed the prescribed ablutions after finishing both (his time of studying and his vow) commentator or commentary on Mn. iv, 31.

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विद्यास्नातकvidyāsnātaka(Pa1rGr2.) mfn. one who has finished his studentship and completed his study of the Vedas वेद s .

(Pa1rGr2.) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who has finished his studentship and completed his study of the Vedas वेद s .

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व्रतस्नातकvratasnātakamfn. id. Gr2S.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective the same Gr2S.

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स्नातकव्रतsnātakavratan. the vows and duties of a Sna1taka स्नातक (ex. plained at full length in the Gr2ihya गृह्य - su1tras सूत्र s…
1. neuter gender the vows and duties of a Sna1taka स्नातक (ex. plained at full length in the Gr2ihya गृह्य - su1tras सूत्र s and giving a clear notion of what was considered good manners in well-educated persons) A1s3vGr2. Kaus3. Mn. etc.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to next MBh.
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स्नातकव्रतिन्snātakavratinmfn. fulfilling the vows and duties of a Sna1taka स्नातक MBh.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective fulfilling the vows and duties of a Sna1taka स्नातक MBh.

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