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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abrahmaṇya (अब्रह्मण्य).—a.

1) Not fit for a Brāhmaṇa; अब्रह्मण्यमवर्णं स्यात् ब्रह्मण्यं ब्रह्मणो हितम् (abrahmaṇyamavarṇaṃ syāt brahmaṇyaṃ brahmaṇo hitam) Halāy.

2) Inimical to Brāhma- ṇas,

-ṇyam An act not befitting a Brāhmaṇa; an un-Brahmanical act. In dramas usually found as an exclamation uttered by a Brāhmaṇa in the sense of 'to the rescue', 'help', 'help', 'a horrible or disgraceful deed has been committed'. अहो °ण्यं° ण्यम् (aho °ṇyaṃ° ṇyam) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.; Ś.6; Uttararāmacarita 1; अत्रान्तरे ब्राह्मणेन मृतपुत्रमारोप्य राजद्वारि सोरस्ताडनम- ब्रह्मण्यमुद्घोषितम् (atrāntare brāhmaṇena mṛtaputramāropya rājadvāri sorastāḍanama- brahmaṇyamudghoṣitam) Uttararāmacarita 2 a cry of help, or distress; अथैत्य योगनन्दस्य व्याडिना क्रन्दितं पुरः । अब्रह्मण्यमनुत्क्रान्तजीवो योगस्थितो द्विजः (athaitya yoganandasya vyāḍinā kranditaṃ puraḥ | abrahmaṇyamanutkrāntajīvo yogasthito dvijaḥ) Bṛ. Kath.

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Abrāhmaṇya (अब्राह्मण्य).—

1) Violation of the duties of a Brāhmaṇa; breach of vows or sanctity.

2) = अब्रह्मण्यम् (abrahmaṇyam) q. v.

Derivable forms: abrāhmaṇyam (अब्राह्मण्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Abrāhmaṇya (अब्राह्मण्य).—(a-brāhmaṇya), adj. (neg. of brāh°), not devoted to brahmans, regularly after amātṛjña, apitṛjña, aśrā- maṇya; see s.v. amātṛjña for references; in Mahāvyutpatti 2459 °yam, nt., perhaps the group of those not devoted to brahmans, see s.v. aśrāmaṇya Mahāvyutpatti 2460.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abrahmaṇya (अब्रह्मण्य).—I. adj. 1. not fit for a Brāhmaṇa. 2. hostile to the Brāhmaṇas. Ii. n. 1. wickedness, a wicked act, [Pañcatantra] 101, 1. 2. an exclamation of distress, alas! woe! [Pañcatantra] 82, 18; murder, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 4, 111.

Abrahmaṇya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and brahmaṇya (ब्रह्मण्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abrahmaṇya (अब्रह्मण्य).—[adjective] unbrahmanical; [neuter] misdeed, violence.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Abrahmaṇya (अब्रह्मण्य):—[=a-brahmaṇya] mfn. not favourable to Brāhmans, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] n. an unbrahmanical or sacrilegious act, used as an exclamation, meaning ‘help!’ ‘a disgraceful deed is perpetrated!’ [Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) [v.s. ...] (Prākṛt abbamhaṇaṃ), [Śākaṭāyana]

4) Abrāhmaṇya (अब्राह्मण्य):—[=a-brāhmaṇya] [from a-brahmaṇya] n. violation of the duty of a Brāhman, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abrahmaṇya (अब्रह्मण्य):—[tatpurusha compound] 1. m. f. n.

(-ṇyaḥ-ṇyā-ṇyam) 1) Not proper or fit for a Brāhmaṇa (Halāyudha: abrahmaṇyamavarṇyaṃ syādbrahmaṇyaṃ brahmaṇo hitam).

2) Not well disposed to, hostile to, the Brāhmaṇas; e. g. in the Bhāgav. Pur.: śocatyaśrukalā sādhvī durbhagevojjhitādhunā . abrahmaṇyā nṛpavyājā śūdrā bhokṣyanti māmiti. 2. n.

(-ṇyam) 1) A disgraceful act, a horrible act; e. g. in the Panchatantra: nāndukastārasvareṇa provāca . bho abrahmaṇyamabrahmaṇyaṃ vartate . mama śiśuranena caureṇāpahṛtaḥ.

2) An exclamation of distress, uttered by a Brāhmaṇa, answering our: oh, alas! (Rāyamuk., Bhanūd. &c. on the Amarak.: vadhaṃ nārhatītyuktau; Svāmin on the Amarak., Vallabhag. on Hemach.: vadhānarhasya brāhmaṇasya pūtkaraṇe; according to this interpretation the word avadhya, in the explanatory compound of the Amarak. and of Hemach. ‘avadhyoktau’, would simply mean ‘Brāhmaṇa’, the etymological sense of this word having disappeared in the conventional meaning; Nīlak.: vadhaṃ nārhatītyuktau brahmaṇi sādhu . tatra sādhuriti (Pāṇ. Iv. 4. 98.) yat . brahmaṇyam . tato nañsamāsaḥ) e. g. in the Uttararāmach.: atrāntare brāhmaṇena mṛtaṃ putramāropya rāṃjadvāri sorastāḍanamabrahmaṇyamudghoṣitam; or

3) A cry of distress uttered by a person (in general) who craves for his life, answering our ‘mercy!’; (according to this interpretation of avadhyoktau, avadhya would not have the conventional, but the literal or etymological sense: Rāyamuk., Mathureśa, Rāmāśraya &c. on the Amarak.: avadhayācñcārthamityeke; Vallabhag. on Hemach.: avadhyayācñārthaṃ pūtkaraṇa ityeke, when abrahmaṇya has lost its etymological sense, ‘an act which is not proper for a Brāhmaṇa’ and assumed the meaning 1.); but the word occurs also in the still more general sense of a plaintive cry: ‘woe!’; e. g. in the Panchatantra: sarve te pakṣiṇo viṣaṇṇavadanā vāṣpapūritadṛśaḥ karuṇasvareṇa vainateyamāsādya phūtkartumārabdhāḥ . aho abrahmaṇyamabrahmaṇyam. (Amarak. and Hemach. restrict the use of the word in the two last meanings to the dramas, but it occurs also elsewhere in the dialogue, as results e. g. from the given instance.— abrahmaṇya is, contrary to the general rule on [tatpurusha compound] compounds with a neg., udātta on the last syllable.) Also abrāhmaṇya. E. a neg. and brahmaṇya.

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Abrāhmaṇya (अब्राह्मण्य):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṇyam) 1) Not the condition of a Brā-hmaṇa, unholiness.

2) The same as abrahmaṇya 2. 3. (according to Rāyamuk. and Ramānātha). E. a neg. and brāhmaṇya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abrahmaṇya (अब्रह्मण्य):—[a-brahmaṇya] (ṇyaṃ) n. Sacredness.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Abrahmaṇya (ಅಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] an injustice meted to a Brāhmaṇa.

2) [noun] an exclamatory shouting in a drama "help! A horrible act is committed".

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Brahmanya, A.

Ends with: Parama-brahmanya, Svabrahmanya.

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