1 (a) A family, race, lin- eage; kalahaṃsakādabhijanaṃ jñātvā Māl. 8; nā- bhijanamīkṣate K. 104; Mu. 6. 6; Ms. 4. 18; Dk. 135, 170; U. 4. (b) Birth, extraction, descent; tulyābhajineṣu bhū- mibhareṣu (dhareṣu?) rājñāṃ vṛttiḥ M. 1; Ms. 1. 100; Y. 1. 123.

2 High or noble descent, noble birth or fami- ly; stutaṃ tanmāhātmyaṃ yadabhijanato yacca guṇataḥ Māl. 2. 13; śīlaṃ śaulataṭātpata- tvabhijanaḥ saṃdahyatāṃ vahninā...