Dictionary meanings for abrahmaṇya from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Not fit for a Brāh- maṇa; abrahmaṇyamavarṇaṃ syāt brahmaṇyaṃ brahmaṇo hita- m Halāy.
2 Inimical to Brāhmaṇas. ṇyaṃ An act not befitting a Brāhma- ṇa; an unbrahmanical act. In dramas usually found as an exclamation uttered by a Brāhmaṇa in the sense of ‘to the rescue’, ‘help’, ‘help’, ‘a horrible or disgraceful deed has been committed’; aho ºṇyaṃ ºṇyaṃ Pt. 1; Ś. 6; U. 1; atrāṃtare brāhmaṇena mṛ-...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. not favourable to Bra1hmans Brahmans MBh.; BhP. 60,2 11086 n. an unbrahmanical or sacrilegious act, used as an exclamation, meaning help! a disgraceful deed is perpetrated! Pan5cat.; Katha1s. 60,2 11087 n. (Pra1kr2it Prakrit abbamhaṅṅaṃ) S3a1k. 008074 60,2 11088 mfn. not a brahm/an S3Br. 60,2 11089
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