grāmya

Dictionary meanings for grāmya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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grāmya

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [grāma-yat] 1 Relating to or used in a village; Ms. 6. 3; 7. 120.

2 Living in a village, rural, rustic; alpavyayena suṃdari grāmyajano mi- ṣṭamaśnāti Cand. M. 1.

3 Domestic- ated, tame (as an animal).

4 Cul- tivated (opp. vanya ‘growing wild’).

5 Low, vulgar, used only by low people (as a word); cuṃbanaṃ dehi me bhārye kāmacāṃḍālatṛptaye R. G., or kaṭiste harate manaḥ S. D. 574, are instances of grāmya...

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