Dictionary meanings for pāraśava from Apte and Monier-Williams.
apte + mw
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (vī f.) 1 Made of iron.
2 Relating to or derived from an axe. vaḥ 1 Iron.
2 The son of a Brāhmaṇa by a Śūdra woman; yaṃ brahmaṇastu śūdāyāṃ kāmādu- tpādayetsutaṃ. sa pārayannaṃva śavastasmātpāra- śavaḥ smṛtaḥ Ms. 9. 178; or paraṃ śavāt brāhmaṇasyaiṣa putraḥ śūdra putraṃ pāraśavaṃ tamāhuḥ Mb.
3 An adulterine, a bastard.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. (fr. paraśu; but also written pārasava) made of iron (only in sarvap) 620,2 122593 mf (I) n. N. of a mine in which pearls are found and of the pearls found there VarBr2S. 620,2 122594 m. or n. iron L. 620,2 122595 m. N. of a mixed caste, the son of a Bra1hman Brahman by a S3u1dra śūdra woman (f (I).) Mn.; MBh. (122598.1 -tva n.) Var. 620,2 122596
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