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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for व्रात्य

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. व्रात्यvrātyaA man of the first three classes who has lost his caste owing to the nanperformance of the principal Saṁskāras…

    [व्रातात् समूहात् च्यवति यत्]

    1. A man of the first three classes who has lost his caste owing to the nanperformance of the principal Saṁskāras or purificatory rites (especially investiture with the sacred thread) over him, an outcast; सावित्रीपतिता व्रात्या भवन्त्यार्यविगर्हिताः Ms.2. 39; सौराष्ट्रावन्त्याभीराश्च शूरा अर्बुदमालवाः । व्रात्या द्विजा भविष्यन्ति शूद्रप्राया जनाधिपाः Bhāg.12.1.38; भवत्या हि व्रात्याधमपतित- पाखण्डपरिषत्परित्राणस्नेहः G. Latin37.
    2. A low or vile person in general; vagrant.
    3. A man of a particular inferior tribe (the descendant of a Śūdra father and Kṣatriya mother).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्या The daughter of an outcast.

    • -चर्या the life and practice of a vagrant.

    • -ब्रुवः one who calls himself a Vrātya.

    • -स्तोमः Name of a sacrifice performed to recover the rights forfeited by the nonperformance of the due Saṁskāras.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. व्रात्यvrātyam. a man of the mendicant or vagrant class, a tramp, out-caste, low or vile person (either a man who has lost…
    1. masculine gender a man of the mendicant or vagrant class, a tramp, out-caste, low or vile person (either a man who has lost caste through non-observance of the ten principal Sam2ska1ras संस्कार s, or a man of a particular low caste descended from a S3u1dra शूद्र and a Kshatriya1 क्षत्रिया; according to to some "the illegitimate son of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय who knows the habits and intentions of soldiers"; in AV. xv, 8, 1; 9, 1, the Ra1janyas राजन्य s and even the Bra1hmans Brahmans are said to have sprung from the Vra1tya व्रात्य who is identified with the Supreme Being, probably in glorification of religious mendicancy; according to to A1pS3r. व्रात्य is used in addressing a guest) AV. etc.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to the Vrata व्रत called Maha1-vrata महा-व्रत (quod vide) Pan5cavBr. Scholiast or Commentator
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. व्रात्यvrātya[vrất-ya] m. [vrâta] member of a vagrant gang; member of an extra-Brahmani cal association, outcast: â, f.…

    [vrất-ya] masculine [vrâta] member of a vagrant gang; member of an extra-Brahmani cal association, outcast: â, feminine; also equal for outcast woman; (a)-tâ, feminine; also equal for living as a Vrâtya; -stoma, masculine (± kratu) kind of ekâha sacrifice.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · व्रात्य

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