Avaravarna, Avaravarṇa, Avara-varna: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvaravarṇa (अवरवर्ण).—a. belonging to a low caste or tribe. (-rṇaḥ) 1 a Sūdra, a man of the fourth tribe.
2) the last or fourth tribe; स्पर्शेनावरवर्णजः (sparśenāvaravarṇajaḥ) (hanti) Manusmṛti 3.241. ब्राह्मणान् बाधमानं तु कामा- दवरवर्णजम् (brāhmaṇān bādhamānaṃ tu kāmā- davaravarṇajam) (hanyāt) 9.248.
Avaravarṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avara and varṇa (वर्ण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaravarṇa (अवरवर्ण).—mfn. (-rṇaḥ-rṇā or -rṇī) A Sudra, a man or woman of the fourth tribe. E. avara last, and varṇa a tribe.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaravarṇa (अवरवर्ण).—[masculine] a low caste; ja [masculine] a Śūdra (cf. [preceding]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avaravarṇa (अवरवर्ण):—[=avara-varṇa] [from avara] m. ‘a low or despised caste’ See -varṇa-ja
2) [v.s. ...] ‘belonging to a low caste’, a Śūdra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaravarṇa (अवरवर्ण):—[avara-varṇa] (rṇaḥ) 1. m. A Sudra.
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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 corpusAvaravarṇa (ಅವರವರ್ಣ):—
1) [noun] in India, a lower caste.
2) [noun] a man belonging to a lower caste.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Varna, Avara.
Starts with: Avaravarnaja, Avaravarnaka.
Full-text: Avaravarnaja, Avaravarnaka.
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