cāturvarṇya

Dictionary meanings for cāturvarṇya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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cāturvarṇya

Normalized lookup: caturvarnya

Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [caturvaṇa-ṣyañ] Suit- ed to the four tribes, or belonging to them. rṇyaṃ 1 The aggregate of the four original castes of the Hindus; evaṃ sāmāsikaṃ dharmaṃ cāturvarṇye 'bravīnmanuḥ Ms. 10. 63; Bg. 4. 13.

2 The duties of these four castes.

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