m. (connected with 1. vṛ, or with vrat/a and 2. vṛ) a multitude, flock, assemblage, troop, swarm, group, host (vr/ātaṃ vrātam, in companies or troops; p/añca vr/ātās, the five races of men), association, guild RV. &c 1043,1 210730 m. the company or attendants at a marriage feast W. 1043,1 210731 m. = manuṣya Naigh. ii, 3 1043,1 210732 m. the descendant of an out-caste Bra1hman Brahman &c (= vrātya) L. 1043,1 210733