[vrātāt samūhāta cyavati yat] 1 A man of the first three classes who has lost his caste owing to the non-performance of the principal Saṃskāras or puri- ficatory rites (especially investiture with the sacred thread) over him, an outcast; bhavatyā hi vra tyādhamapatita- pākhaṃḍapariṣatparitrāṇasnehaḥ G. L. 37.

2 A low or vile person in general.

3 A man of a particular inferior tribe (the desc endant of a Śūdra...