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    See also antyaḥ, aṃtya.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 39.
    antya mfn. (-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ)

    1 Last, ultimate.

    2 Inferior, low. m. (-ntyaḥ)

    1 A man of low caste.

    2 A fragrant grass, (Cyperus rotundus.) See mustā. n. (-ntyaṃ) A measure of number, two Sāgaras, a very large number.

    E. anta, and yat aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 31, col. 1.
    antya (ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ) a. Last.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 129, col. 1.
    antya 1. m. f. n. (-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyam) 1 Last, ultimate. (In the

    Vaiśeṣika philos., antyo viśeṣaḥ is called ‘the ultimate

    degree of particularity or divisibility, which is the condition

    of eternal substances only’, viz. the condition of simple,

    non-compound substances, of atoms, since there is an end

    of discrimination when this last degree of elementary

    existence has been arrived at; compare also antyāvasthiti.)

    2 Final (as the letter of a word). 3 Nearest, e. g. navāntya

    nearest to nine i. e. ten. Comp. antima and the words

    named s. v. antika. 4 Inferior, lowest, belonging to the

    lowest tribe (see the following meanings). [Tatpur. com-

    pounds--not Karmadh.--the latter part of which is

    antya have the udātta accent on the first syllable.]

    2. m. (-ntyaḥ) 1 A man of the lowest tribe. See antyaja.

    2 A Mlechchha or foreigner. See antyaja. 3 (In Astronomy.)

    The twelfth or last lunar month, called Phālguna. 4 A

    fragrant grass (Cyperus rotundus). See mustā. 5 m. pl.

    (-ntyāḥ) The name of a people or country; read also andhāḥ

    or andhrāḥ or adhyāḥ.

    3. f. (-ntyā) 1 A woman of the lowest tribe. See antyaja.

    2 (In Astronomy) thus defined: ahorātravṛttavyāsārdhaṃ trijyā-

    tulyairaṅkairaṅkyate tāvattrijyātulyaṃ bhavati tairaṅkairyāvatkujyā gaṇyate

    tāvaccarajyātulyā bhavati . atha carajyayā trijyā yutonā antyā-

    saṃjñā bhavati (Siddhāntaśir. Gaṇitādhy. ed. Calc. p. 128).

    4. n. (-ntyam) 1 (In Arithm.) A measure of number,

    a thousand billions (1000,000,000,000,000). 2 (In Astronomy.)

    The last or twelfth sign (lagna) of the Zodiac, the Pisces

    or mīnarāśi. See antyabha. 3 (In Astronomy.) The last or

    twenty seventh mansion in the circumference of the moon's

    periodical revolution, the Nakshatra Revatī, the Yoga star

    of which is ζ Piscium. See antyabha. E. anta, taddh. aff. yat.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 28, col. 2.
    antya antya, i. e. anta + ya. I. adj.,

    f. yā. 1. Last, Man. 11, 213. With daśā,

    State of extremity, Pañc. 70, 5. 2.

    Lowest, Pañc. iv. d. 76. Of a very

    low class, Man. 12, 59. II. m. 1. A

    Cāṇḍāla, Man. 2, 238. 2. One of a

    barbarous nation, Man. 3, 9.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 45, col. 2.
    Antya, as, ā, am, last in place, in time, or in

    order; immediately following (used as the last mem-

    ber of a compound, e. g. aṣṭamāntya, ‘the ninth’);

    lowest in place or condition, undermost, inferior, be-

    longing to the lowest caste; (as), m., N. of the plant

    Cyperus Hexastachyus Communis; (am), n. the num-

    ber 1000 billions; the twelfth sign of the zodiac;

    the last member of a mathematical series. —Antya-

    karman, a, n. or antya-kriyā, f. funeral rites.

    —Antya-ja, as, ā, am, younger, latest born; of the

    lowest caste; (as), m. a Śūdra; a man of one of

    seven inferior tribes; a washerman, currier, mimic,

    Varuḍa, fisherman, Meda or attendant on women, and

    mountaineer or forester. —Antyaja-gamana, am,

    n. intercourse (between a woman of the higher caste)

    with a man of the lowest caste. —Antya-janman, ā,

    ā, a, or antya-jāti, is, is, i, or antya-jātīya as,

    ā, am, of the lowest caste. —Antyajā-gamana,

    am, n. intercourse (between a man of the higher

    caste) with a woman of the lowest caste. —Antya-

    dhana, am, n. last member of an arithmetical series.

    —Antya-pada or antya-mūla, am, n. (in arithm.)

    the last or greatest root (in the square). —Antya-bha,

    am, n. the last Nakṣatra (Revatī); the last sign of

    the zodiac, the sign Pisces. —Antya-yuga, as, m.

    the last or Kali age. —Antya-yoni, is, f. the lowest

    source; (is, is, i), of the lowest origin. —Antya-

    varṇa, as, ā, m. f. a man or woman of the last

    tribe, a Śūdra. —Antya-vipulā, f., N. of a metre.

    —Antyāvasāyin (°ya-av°), ī, inī, m. f. a man or

    woman of low caste, the son of a Cāṇḍāla by a Ni-

    ṣādī, especially one of the following classes: Cāṇ-

    ḍāla, Śvapaca or executioner, Kṣattṛ, Sūta, Vaide-

    haka, Māgadha or bard, and Āyogava. —Antyāhuti

    (°ya-āh°), is, f. funeral oblation or sacrifice. —An-

    tyeṣṭi (°ya-iṣ°), is, f. funeral sacrifice. —Anty-

    eṣṭi-kriyā, f. funeral ceremonies.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 117, col. 2.
    antya, a. being at the end, last; lowest; of lowest caste. [ánta.]

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 25.
    antya a. ultimate, last (in sp., t., and order).

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 18, col. 1.
    antya ántya, a. last; lowest; m. man of lowest
    caste, f. ā, woman —; -karman, n. last act, cremation;
    -ja, a. born in the lowest caste (also
    N.); -janman, a. id.: -tā, f. abst.
    N.; -yoni, a. of the lowest birth.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 43, col. 1.
    antya a &c. See antika, p. 45.
    p. 44, col. 3.
    antya b mfn. last in place, in time, or in order
    p. 44, col. 3.
    ifc. immediately following, e.g. aṣṭamāntya, the ninth
    p. 44, col. 3.
    lowest in place or condition, undermost, inferior, belonging to the lowest caste
    p. 44, col. 3.
    antya m. the plant Cyperus Hexastachyus Communis
    p. 44, col. 3.
    antya n. the number 1000 billions
    p. 44, col. 3.
    the twelfth sign of the zodiac
    p. 44, col. 3.
    the last member of a mathematical series.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 32, col. 2.
    antya

    mfn. (-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ)

    1. Last, ultimate.

    2. Inferior, low.

    m. (-ntyaḥ)

    1. A
    man of low caste.

    2. A fragrant grass, (Cyperus rotundus.) See
    sustā.

    n. (-ntyaṃ) A measure of number, two Sāgaras, a very large
    number.

    E. anta, and yat aff.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 126.
    antya a. [ante bhavati vasati &c., antāya hitaḥ; anta-yat] 1 Last, final (as a letter, word &c.); last (in time, order or place) P.I.1.47; as ha of letters, Revatī of asterisms, Mīna of the zodiacal signs. &c.; antye vayasi in old age R.9.79; antyaṃ ṛṇam R.1.71 last debt; ˚maṇḍanam 8.71 last funeral decoration, Ku.4.22. -2 Immediately following (in comp.); aṣṭama˚ ninth. -3 perishable, transitory; dehādyapārthamasadanyamabhijñamātraṃ (vindeta) Bhāg.12.8.44. -4 Lowest (in rank, degree or position), undermost, worst, inferior, base, vile, wretched; ˚avasthāṃ gataḥ Pt.4.110 reduced to the worst plight; antyāsu daśāsu Pt.1.336 at perilous (critical) times; belonging to the lowest caste; caṇḍāla ˚striyaḥMs.11.175; ˚strīniṣeviṇaḥ 12.59; antyādapi varaṃ ratnaṃ strīratnaṃ duṣkulādapi; śūdrāśca santaḥ śūdrāṇāmantyānāmantyayonayaḥ (sākṣyaṃ kuryuḥ) 8.68, 3.9; 4.79; Y.1.148, 2.294. -ntyaḥ 1 A man of the lowest caste; see above. -2 N. of a plant (mustā Mar. nāgara- mothā) (f. also) (the roots of which are prescribed for colic). -3 The last syllable of a word. -4 The last lunar month i. e. Fālguna. -5 A Mlechcha, foreigner, barbarian. antyeṣu sa vinikṣipya putrān yadupurogamān Mb.1.86.12. -6 (In Vaiśeṣika Phil.) A name for the category viśeṣa; antyo nityadravyavṛttirviśeṣaḥ parikīrtitaḥ Bhāṣā P. -ntyā 1 A technical name for trijyā in astronomy. -2 A woman of the lowest tribe. -ntyam 1 A measure of number; 1000 billions (1000,000,000,000,000.) -2 The 12th sign of the zodiac. -3 The last member or term of a progression (series), the last figure; sthāpyontavargo dviguṇāntyanighnaḥ Līlā. -Comp. -anuprāsaḥ see under anuprāsa. -avasāyin m., f. (˚, ˚yinī) a man or woman of the lowest caste, begotten by a chāṇḍāla on a Niṣādī woman; niṣādastrī tu cāṇḍālātputramantyāvasāyitam | smaśānagocaraṃ sūte bāhyānāmapi garhitam || Ms.10.39; the following 7 are regarded as belonging to this class; cāṇḍālaḥ śvapacaḥ kṣattā sūto vaidehakastathā | māgadhāyogavau caiva saptaite'- ntyāvasāyinaḥ || so'hamantyāvasāyānāṃ harāmyenāṃ pratigṛhāt Mb.12.141.41. see antevasāyin. -āśramin m. one who belongs to the last or mendicant order. -āhutiḥ -iṣṭiḥ f. -karman, -kriyā last or funeral oblations, sacrifices or rites; ˚karma Ms.11.197,5.168; antyāhutiṃ hāvayituṃ saviprāḥ Bk. -ṛṇam the last of the three debts which every one has to pay, i. e. begetting children; see anṛṇa. -gamanam intercourse by a woman of the higher caste with a man of the lowest caste. -ja. a 1 latest born, younger -2 belonging to the lowest caste; ˚jairnṛbhiḥ Ms.4.61; ˚strī 8.385. (-jaḥ) 1 a śūdra (antyaḥ san jāyate, varṇamadhye śeṣabhavatvāt). -2 one of the 7 inferior tribes; chāṇḍāla &c.; rajakaścarmakāraśca naṭo varuḍa eva ca | kaivartamedabhillāśca saptaite cāntyajāḥ smṛtā || Yama; also Ms.8.279; Y.1.273. (-) a woman of the lowest caste; Ms.11.59.171; Y.3.231. -janman, -jāti, -jātīya a. 1 one belonging to the lowest caste; pratigrahastu kriyate śūdrādapyantyajanmanaḥ Ms.10.110. -2 a Śūdra; ˚titā Ms.12.9. -3 a chāṇḍāla. -dhanam the last term of a progression or series. -padam, -mūlam the last or greatest root (in a square). -bham 1 the last lunar mansion revatī. -2 the last sign of zodiac; mīna Pisces.. -yugam the last or Kali age. -yoni. a. of the lowest origin; antyānāmantyayonayaḥ (sākṣyam) Ms.8.68. (-niḥ) the lowest source or origin. -lopaḥ dropping of the last letter or syllable of a word. -varṇaḥ, -varṇā a man or woman of the lowest caste, a śūdra male or female. -vipulā N. of a metre.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 29, col. 1.
    antya antya a. (anta) dernier, final; dernier en bas.

    S. m. cyperus rotundus, bot.

    antyaja m. homme de basse naissance, Śūdra.

    antyajanman m. f. mms.

    antyavarṇa a. de caste inférieure.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 46, col. 1.
    antya- a. dernier; le plus bas (aussi fig.), de la dernière caste.

    °karman- nt. incinération.

    °ja- a. et m. de la dernière caste, de la plus basse origine; °janman- °yoni- id.

    °jātitā- f. fait d'être issu de la dernière caste.

    antyārdha- m. partie postérieure.

    antyāvasāyin- m. membre de caste méprisée.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    vol. 1, p. 42. ☞ vol. 3, p. 371.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 255.
    ántya (von anta) gaṇa digādi, Accent eines darauf ausgeh. comp. gaṇa vargyādi .

    1) adj. f. ā .

    a) am Ende befindlich, der letzte (im Raume, in der Zeit oder in der Ordnung) AK. 3, 2, 30. 4, 161. H. 1459. an. 2, 344. MED. y. 3. KĀTY. ŚR. 2, 4, 10. 12, 3, 20. 22, 8, 3. 23, 1, 11. AIT. BR. 1, 1. P. 1, 1, 47. 3, 3. M. 11, 213. ŚĀT. 104, 9. RAGH. 1, 71. SUŚR. 2, 92, 16 (der zuletztgenannte).

    — b) unmittelbar folgend, am Ende eines comp.: aṣṭamāntya der neunte ŚRUT. 19. Vgl. antima 2.

    — c) der niedrigste, unterste, elendeste, (adhama) H. an. 2, 344. MED. y. 3. antyāṃ daśāṃ yāsyanti PAÑCAT. 70, 5. antyāvastho 'pi mahān IV, 76. zur niedrigsten, verachtetsten Kaste gehörig: caṇḍālāntyastriyaḥ M. 11, 175. antyastrīniṣeviṇaḥ 12, 59. jāyate 'ntyāsu yoniṣu YĀJÑ. 3, 134. substantivisch: ādadīta - antyādapi paraṃ dharmam M. 2, 238. 3, 9. 8, 66. śūdrāśca santaḥ śūdrāṇāmantyānāmantyayonayaḥ (sākṣyaṃ kuryuḥ) 68. na saṃvasecca patitairna cāṇḍālairna pukkaśaiḥ . na mūrkhairnāvaliptaiśca nāntyairnāntyāvasāyibhiḥ .. 4, 79. amedhyaśavaśūdrāntyaśmaśānapatitāntike YĀJÑ. 1, 148. antyaśvavāyasaiḥ 197. antyābhigamane (f.), śūdrastathāntya eva syādantyasyāryāgame vadhaḥ 2, 294. ein Mleccha PRĀYAŚCITTATATTVA im ŚKDR. Vgl. antyaka, antyaja, antyajanman, antyajātitā u. s. w.

    — 2) m. N. einer Pflanze, deren Wurzelknollen gegen Kolik gebraucht werden, Cyperus hexastachyus communis Nees, MED. y. 3. Vielleicht in dieser Bedeutung aus antrya (von antra) entstanden. S. mustā .

    — 3) n.

    a) die Zahl 1000,000,000,000,000 H. 874. COLEBR. Alg. 4. Vgl. anta 11.

    — b) das 12te Sternbild im Thierkreise (dvādaśalagna) JYOT. im ŚKDR. Vgl. antyabha .

    — c) das letzte Glied einer Progression (mathem.) COLEBR. Alg. 52.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 64, col. 3.
    antya

    — 1) Adj. (f. ā)

    — a) am Ende befindlich , der letzte.

    — b) am Ende eines Comp. unmittelbar folgend auf.

    — c) der niedrigste , unterste , elendeste.

    — 2) m.

    — a) ein Mann aus der niedrigsten Kaste.

    — b) *Cyperus_hexastachyus_communis Nees.

    — 3) f. ā

    — a) eine Frau aus der niedrigsten Kaste. °gamana RĀJAT. 5,399.

    — b) day-measure , radius + the sine of ascensional difference.

    — 4) n.

    — a) die Zahl 1000,000,000,000,000.

    — b) die Fische im Thierkreise.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 17, col. 2.
    antya der äußerste, letzte.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    p. 89.
    antya;
    ādyamādimamantyaṃ syādantimaṃ cāgryamagrimam .
    4.1.1.775

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 206, col. 2.
    antya tri0 ante paryyante vasatīti anta + yat . cāṇḍāle .
    antyādapi varaṃ dharmmaṃ strīratnaṃ duṣkulādapīti manuḥ
    antyaścaṇḍāla iti kullū0 . bhlecche, caṇḍāṃlāntya-
    striyo gatvā bhuktvā ca pratigṛhya ca patatyajñānato vipro
    jñānāt sāmyaṃ tu gacchati narkṣavṛkṣanadīnābhnīṃ nāntyaparvata-
    nāmikāmiti nāntyo na vikalendriya iti ca
    manuḥ . antyaścaṇḍālādiriti nakṣatravṛkṣanadīmleccha-
    parvatanāmikāmiti ca kullū0 . mlecchānāṃ sarvvāpa-
    karṣāntabhavatvāttathātvam . avasānabhave, jāyāyai pūrvva-
    māriṇyai dattvāgnīnantyakarmmaṇīti manuḥ nānāvījeṣvantya
    eva sāmarthyāt kātyā0 2, 4, 10, asahyapīḍaṃ bhagavan!
    ṛṇamantyamavehi me iti visasarjjatadantyamaṇḍanamiti
    ca raghuḥ kriyatāṃ kathamantyamaṇḍanamiti kumā0 . ava-
    sānañca daiśikaṃ kālikañca uktodāharaṇe yathāyathaṃ bodhyam
    antāya paricchedāya hitaḥ yat . paricchedakārake
    vaiśiṣikokte viśeṣapadārthe antyo nityadravyavṛttirviśeṣaḥ
    parikīrttita iti bhāṣā0 pralaye paramāṇūnāṃ gaganādī-
    nāñca anyasya viśeṣakārakasyābhāvāt viśeṣasyaiva pariccheda-
    karatvamiti tasyāntyatvam . sustāyām strī . antime
    vastuni tri0 . yathā nakṣatrāṇāṃ madhye revatī, rāśīnāṃ
    madhye mīnaḥ, varṇṇānāṃ madhye hakāra ityādi . saṃkhyābhede
    na0 jaladhiścāntyaṃ madhyaṃ parārddhamiti daśaguṇottarā saṃkhye ti
    bhāskṛrācāryyokte parārddhaśatabhāge . gaṇitaśāstrokte sarvasya
    vāmasthitāṅke sthāpyo'ntyavargo dviguṇāntyanighna iti
    līlā0 . lagnāvaghidvādaśarāśau pu0 ṣaṣṭhe'ṣṭame'ntye bhuvi-
    centhiheśa iti nīla0 tā0 . trikoṇāṣṭakayūkāntyagrahā-
    yadvat phalaṃ tathā iti jyoti0 . antebhavaḥ digā0 yat .
    siddhāntaśiromaṇyuktāyāṃ carajīvayā yutonāyāṃ trijyāyām
    strī . yathā kṣitijyayaivaṃ dyuguṇaśca sā hṛtiścarajya-
    yaivaṃ triguṇo'pi sāntyakā . dyujyaiva kṣitijyayo-
    ttaragole yutā, yāmye rahitā hṛtirbhavati . evaṃ trijyā
    carajīvayā yutonāntyā syāt . atropapattiḥ . atra
    gole'horātravṛttakṣitijasaṃpātayorbaddha yat tadudayāsta-
    sūtram . evamunmaṇḍalasaṃpātayorbaddhaṃ tadahorātravṛttavyāsa-
    sūtram . tadudayāstasūtrayorantaraṃ sarvvatra kujyā . atha
    yāmyottaravṛttasaṃpātayorbaddhaṃ tat tanmitaṃ tasya vyāsasūtram .
    tayorvyāsasūtrayoryaḥ saṃpātastasmāduparitanaṃ khaṇḍaṃ dyujyā .
    so'ttaragole'dhaḥsthayā kujyayā yutā yāvat kriyate tāva-
    ddinārdhorkodayāstasūtrayorantaraṃ syāt . dakṣiṇe tu kujyayā
    hīnā . yatastatrodayāstasūtrādadhaḥ kujyā . yadarko-
    dayāstasūtrayorantaraṃ sā ca hṛtirucyate . evamantyāpi .
    atrāhorātravṛttavyāsārdhaṃ trijyātulyairaṅkairaṅkyate tāvat
    trijyātulyaṃ bhavati . tairaṅkairyāvat kujyā gaṇyate
    tāvaccarajyātulyā bhavati . atha carajyayā trijyā yuto-
    nā'ntyāsaṃjñā bhavati . nahyantyāhṛtyoḥ kṣetrasaṃsthānabhedaḥ .
    kintvaṅkānāṃ gurulaghutvāt kevalaṃ sakhyākṛto bheda ityupa-
    pannam pramitā0 .

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 65.
    Antya — a son of Bhṛgu, and a deva.

    Br. III. 1. 89.
    vol. 1, p. 66.
    Antya(Janmanā) — members of the fourth caste: home

    of.

    M. 207. 19; 227. 54; 255. 14.