Antavasayin, Antāvasāyin, Antavashayin, Antāvaśāyin, Anta-avashayin: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Antāvaśāyin can be transliterated into English as Antavasayin or Antavashayin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAntāvasāyin (अन्तावसायिन्).—An untouchable.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 14. 88; Vāyu-purāṇa 79. 24.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAntāvaśāyin (अन्तावशायिन्).—m. [ante paryantadeśe avaśete] a chāṇḍāla.
Antāvaśāyin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anta and avaśāyin (अवशायिन्).
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Antāvasāyin (अन्तावसायिन्).—[nakhakeśānāmantaṃ avasātuṃ chettuṃ śīlamasya, so-ṇini]
1) a barber.
2) a chāṇḍāla, low caste.
3) Name of a sage, see अन्त्याव- सायिन् (antyāva- sāyin) (ante paścime vayasi avasyati tattvaṃ niścinoti).
Antāvasāyin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anta and avasāyin (अवसायिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntāvasāyin (अन्तावसायिन्).—m. (-yī) 1. A barbar. 2. A man of a low tribe or caste, the offspring of a Nishadi woman by a Chandala, whose business is to attend in places where dead bodies are burned. 3. The name of a saint. E. anta the end, ava and ṣo to cut, who pares the nails, &c. or ṣai to decay, ṇini aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Antāvasāyin (अन्तावसायिन्):—[from anta] m. a barber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a Cāṇḍāla, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] etc. cf. ante-vasāyin
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Muni, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Antāvaśāyin (अन्तावशायिन्):—[from anta] m. a barber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a Cāṇḍāla, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] etc. cf. ante-vasāyin
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a Muni, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntāvasāyin (अन्तावसायिन्):—m.
(-yī) 1) A Chāṇḍāla, a man of a Śūdra father and Brāhmaṇī mother.
2) A barber.
3) The name (probably a nickname) of a Muni. Comp. antyāvasāyin. E. anta and avasāyin (so with ava, kṛt aff. ṇini) acc. to the native explanation ‘because he has the business of finishing off the end sc. of the nails i. e. of paring them’; but more probably ‘one who is engaged in the lowest (cf. anta Iv. I.) occupations’. This word is therefore not connected with antevāsin q. v. An incorrect reading is antāvaśāyin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntāvasāyin (अन्तावसायिन्):—[antā+vasāyin] (yī) 5. m. A barber, a low man. Also antyā_vasāyin.
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