Antyavarna, Antyavarṇa, Antya-varna, Antyavarṇā, Amtyavarna: 8 definitions

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Antyavarna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Antyavarna in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Antyavarṇa (अन्त्यवर्ण) or Antyavarṇā (अन्त्यवर्णा).—a man or woman of the lowest caste, a śūdra male or female.

Derivable forms: antyavarṇaḥ (अन्त्यवर्णः).

Antyavarṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antya and varṇa (वर्ण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antyavarṇa (अन्त्यवर्ण).—mf.

(-rṇaḥ-rṇā) A man or woman of the fourth tribe. E. antya, and varṇa a tribe.

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

Antyavarṇa (अन्त्यवर्ण):—[=antya-varṇa] [from antya > antika] mf(ā) a man or woman of the last tribe, a Śūdra.

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

Antyavarṇa (अन्त्यवर्ण):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f.

(-rṇaḥ-rṇā) A man or woman belong-ing to the last or fourth tribe, a Śūdra or Śūdrī. Compare antyaja, antyajāti and antyajanman. E. antya and varṇa.

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

Antyavarṇa (अन्त्यवर्ण):—[antya-varṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā) 1. m. f. A sudra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Antyavarna in German

context information

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Antyavarna in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃtyavarṇa (ಅಂತ್ಯವರ್ಣ):—

1) [noun] the last letter in the alphabet.

2) [noun] the lowest caste.

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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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