avakṛṣṭa

Dictionary meanings for avakṛṣṭa from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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avakṛṣṭa

Normalized lookup: avakrsta

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

p. p. 1 Drawn away or down, pulled down.

2 Removed.

3 Expelled, turned out or away.

4 Inferior, low, degraded, out- cast (opp. utkṛṣṭa or prakṛṣṭa); ºjātiḥ Ms. 8. 177; pratikartuṃ prakṛṣṭasya nāvakṛṣṭena yujyate Rām. ṣṭaḥ A servant who per- forms the lowest menial duties (such as sweeping &c.) (saṃmārjanaśo- dhanaviniyukta); paṇo deyo'vakṛṣṭasya ṣaḍutkṛ- ṣṭasya vetanaṃ Ms. 7. 126.

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