apadhvaṃsaja

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 43.

apadhvaṃsaja m. (-jaḥ) A man of a mixed or impure cast.

E. apadhvaṃsa and ja born.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 34, col. 2.

apa-dhvaṃsaja (jaḥ) 1. m. Man of a
mixed or impure caste.

Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 163, col. 1.

apadhvaṃsaja Tatpur. m. (-jaḥ) The offspring of a father inferior

in caste to that of the mother, as a Sūta, the son of a

Kshatriya man and a Brāhmaṇī woman &c.; the same as

pratilomaja q. v. Such men have not the rights of the twice-

born, but the duties of a Śūdra; they do not receive the

investiture with the sacred string and must follow occupa-

tions which are held in disrespect by the three first castes.

Comp. anantaraja. E. apadhvaṃsa and ja.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 32, col. 2.

apadhvaṃsaja apa-dhvaṃs + a-ja (vb.

jan), m. The offspring of a father in-

ferior in caste to the mother, Man. 10, 41.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 27.

apadhvaṃsaja a. born in consequence of degradation, i.e. of a mixed marriage.

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

☞ p. 49, col. 3.

apa-dhvaṃsa—ja mfn. ‘born from it’, a child of a mixed or impure caste (whose father belongs to a lower [Mn. x, 41, 46] or higher [MBh. xiii, 2617] caste than its mother's).

Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 36, col. 1.

apadhvaṃsaja

m. (-jaḥ) A man of a mixed or impure caste.

E. apadhvaṃsa and ja
born.

Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

☞ p. 50, col. 1.

apa-dhvaṃsa-ja- m. pl. enfants nés de parents de castes différentes.

Vācaspatyam

☞ p. 228, col. 1.

apadhvaṃsaja puṃstrī apadhvasyate'nena apadhvaṃsaḥ varṇānāṃ bhinna-
rūpatāsaṃmādakaḥ saṅkarastasmājjāyate jana—ḍa 5 ta0 .
bhinnavarṇasaṅgamajāte karaṇādau saṅkīrṇavarṇe . “śūdrāṇāṃ tu
sadharmmāṇaḥ sarvve'padhvaṃsajāḥ smṛtā” iti manuḥ “ye dvijā-
nāmapasadā ye cāpadhvaṃsajāḥ smṛtā” iti ca manuḥ . teṣāṃ
pitrīḥ samavarṇatvāprāpteḥ svarūpapracyavena jātatvāt tathātvam .