antyāvasāyin

2 A man or a woman of a particular caste living by the chase. See antāvasāyin.

the offspring of a Niṣādī woman by a Chāṇḍāla male. Ac-

cording to Angiras this term comprehends seven classes, viz.

cāṇḍāla, śvapaca, kṣattṛ, sūta, vaidehaka, māgadha and āyogava

qq. vv.; Vijnāneśvara applies it to Chāṇḍālas and men who

have become outcastes in general: ‘cāṇḍālapatitādīnām’.

Comp. antāvasāyin and antyaja. E. antya and avasāyin

lit. ‘engaged in the lowest occupations’.

antya-ava-so + in, m. A man of a de-

graded tribe; the son of a Niṣādī

woman by a Cāṇḍāla, Man. 10, 39.

mf. (-yī-yinī) A man or woman of low caste, especially one
of seven classes: a Chandāla, a Swapacka or executioner, a Kshattā
or insect hunter, a charioteer, a bard, and a Vaideha or attendant
on women.

2. A man or a woman of a particular caste living by
the chase. See antāvasāyin.

— Vgl. antāvasāyin .