apasadaḥ

Dictionary meanings for apasadaḥ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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apasadaḥ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[apakṛṣṭo nīca iva sīdati, sad-ac] 1 An outcast, a low man; usually at the end of comp. in the sense of ‘vile,’ ‘wretched’ ‘accursed’; kāpālikaº Māl. 5; re re kṣatriyāpasadāḥ Ve. 3; naraº, brāhmaṇaº &c.

2 N. for the children of six degrading connec- tions, i. e. of men of the first three castes with women of the castes inferior to their own; viprasya triṣu varṇe- ṣu nṛpatervarṇayordvayoḥ. vaiśyasya varṇe caikasmin...

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