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Abrahmana, 󳾲ṇa: 9 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abrahmana in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

󳾲ṇa (अब्राह्म�).�a. Devoid of or without Brāhmaṇas.

-ṇa� Not a Brāhmaṇa; अब्राह्मणादध्ययनमापत्काल� विधीयत� (abrāhmaṇādadhyayanamāpatkāle vidhīyate) | ... नाब्राह्मण� गुरौ शिष्ये � वासमात्यन्तिकं वसेत� (nābrāhmaṇe gurau śiṣye | vāsamātyantika� vaset) Manusmṛti 2.241-2; (= śū) six kinds are usually mentioned.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

󳾲ṇa (अब्राह्म�).�1. m. one who is not a Brāhmaṇa, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 2, 241. 2. adj. without Brāhmaṇas.

󳾲ṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and 󳾲ṇa (ब्राह्मण).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

󳾲ṇa (अब्राह्म�).�1. [masculine] no Brahman.

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󳾲ṇa (अब्राह्म�).�2. [adjective] without Brahmans.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 󳾲ṇa (अब्राह्म�):—[=a-󳾲ṇa] [from -󳾲ṇy] 1. a-󳾲ṇa m. not a Brāhman, [Atharva-veda] etc.

2) [=a-󳾲ṇa] [from -󳾲ṇy] mfn. without Brāhmans, [Śatapatha-󳾲ṇa]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

󳾲ṇa (अब्राह्म�):—I. [tatpurusha compound] 1. m.

(-ṇa�) 1) Not a Brāhmaṇa, any one in general except a Brāhmaṇa; e. g. in the Śatapath.: …tadvai nā󳾲ṇa� pibedagnau hyadhiśrayanti tasmānnā󳾲ṇa� pibet; or in the Chhānd. Upan.: ta� hovāca naitadabrāhmaṇo vivaktumarhati (where ‘none but a Brāhmaṇa� implies ‘because the Brāhmaṇas alone are upright�); or in the Mitāk�.: aśvādvaḍavāyāmaśva� . tasmādbrāhmaṇādbrāhmaṇyāmutpanno󳾲ṇa iti viruddham; [but so far, by the fact of negation, comparable to a Brāhmaṇa, that a man, not a lump of earth &c. is implied; this sense is conveyed when Patanjali gives a󳾲ṇa as an instance to the meaning ‘similar� of na, in his comment on the to �. Iii. 1. 12. and Vi. 1. 71., omitted in the mutilated reprint of the Calc. edition: nañyuktamivayukta� vā (to Vi. 1. 71.: nañyukta ivayukte vā) yatkiṃcidiha dṛśyate . anyasmiṃstatsadṛśe kārya� vijñāyate . tathā hyartho gamyate . (Vi. 1. 71.: tadyathā .) a󳾲ṇamānayetyukte 󳾲ṇasadṛśa evānīyate (to Vi. 1. 71.: 󳾲ṇasadṛśamevānayati) nāsau loṣṭamānīya kṛtī bhavati; or the latter words more completely to the same ⲹ, Vi. 1. 135. (omitted in the Calc. ed. and therefore also in the reprint of that edition): a󳾲ṇamānayetyukte 󳾲ṇasadṛśa� kṣatriyamānayati . nāsau &c.].

2) A twice-born man who is not a Brāhmaṇa, i. e. a Kshatriya or a Vaiśya; e. g. in Manu: abrāhmaṇādadhyayanamāpatkāle vidhīyate (Kullūka: brāhmaṇādanyo yo dvija� kṣatriyastadabhāve vaiśyo vā); or in Jaimini's Sūtra: abrāhmaṇe ca darśanāt (where a Kshatriya is meant); or in the ٳپ첹 to �.: a󳾲ṇagotramātrādyuvapratyayasyopasaṃkhyānam (Kaiyy.: tena vaiśyagotrādapi sidhyati, i. e. a Kshatriya and a Vaiśya; comp. the other ٳ. of Ii. 4. 58. in the Calc. ed.); or in the Vājas.: aśūdrā abrāhmaṇāste prājāpatyā� (scil. 貹ś�).

3) A Śūdra (i. e. the reverse of a Brāhmaṇa, the last of the castes, while the Brāhmaṇa is the first &c.); e. g. in Manu: a󳾲ṇa� saṃgrahaṇe prāṇānta� daṇḍamarhati; (Kullūka: abrāhmaṇo tra śū�).

4) A bad Brāhmaṇa, an impious Brāhmaṇa; e. g. in the Ā徱貹 of the Mahābh.: sa pīḍito devayānyā maharṣi� samāhvayatsaṃrambhāccaiva kāvya� . asaṃśaya� māmasurā dviṣanti ye me śiṣyānāgatāndūṣayanti . a󳾲ṇa� kartumicchanti raudrāste mā� yathā vyabhicaranti nityam. 2. f.

(-ṇ�) The fem. of a󳾲ṇa in the foregoing meanings; e. g. Nārada: svairiṇyabrāhmaṇ� veśyā dāsī niṣkāsinī ca yā� . gamyā� syurānulomyena striyo na pratilomata� (Vīramitr.: abrāhmaṇīti svairiṇyaviśeṣaṇam). E. a neg. and 󳾲ṇa. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-ṇa�-ṇ�-ṇa) Without Brāhmaṇas; e. g. in the Vāyu Pur.: mamādhvare śaṃsitāra� stuvanti rathaṃtare sāma gāyanti geyam . abrāhmaṇe brahmasatre yajante &c. E. a priv. and 󳾲ṇa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abrahmana in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

󳾲ṇa (अब्राह्म�):�(nm) a non-Brahman.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Abrahmana in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

󳾲ṇa (ಅಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮ�):—[adjective] not of or not proper to a Brāhmaṇa.

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󳾲ṇa (ಅಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮ�):—[noun] he who is not a Brāhmaṇa.

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