Antyavasayin, Antyāvasāyin, Antya-avasayin: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAntyāvasāyin (अन्त्यावसायिन्).—m., f. (°yī, °yinī) a man or woman of the lowest caste, begotten by a chāṇḍāla on a Niṣādī woman; निषादस्त्री तु चाण्डालात्पुत्रमन्त्यावसा- यितम् । स्मशानगोचरं सूते बाह्यानामपि गर्हितम् (niṣādastrī tu cāṇḍālātputramantyāvasā- yitam | smaśānagocaraṃ sūte bāhyānāmapi garhitam) || Manusmṛti 1.39; the following 7 are regarded as belonging to this class; चाण्डालः श्वपचः क्षत्ता सूतो वैदेहकस्तथा । मागधायोगवौ चैव सप्तैतेऽ- न्त्यावसायिनः ॥ सोऽहमन्त्यावसायानां हराम्येनां प्रतिगृहात् (cāṇḍālaḥ śvapacaḥ kṣattā sūto vaidehakastathā | māgadhāyogavau caiva saptaite'- ntyāvasāyinaḥ || so'hamantyāvasāyānāṃ harāmyenāṃ pratigṛhāt) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.141.41. see अन्तेवसायिन् (antevasāyin).
Antyāvasāyin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antya and avasāyin (अवसायिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntyāvasāyin (अन्त्यावसायिन्).—mf. (-yī-yinī) A man or woman of low caste, especially one of seven classes: a Chandala, a Swapacka or executioner, a Kshatta or insect hunter, a charioteer, a bard, and a Vaideha or attendant on women. 2. A man or a woman of a particular caste living by the chase. See antāvasāyin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntyāvasāyin (अन्त्यावसायिन्).—i. e. antya-ava-so + in, m. A man of a degraded tribe; the son of a Niṣādī woman by a Cāṇḍāla, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 39.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntyāvasāyin (अन्त्यावसायिन्).—[masculine] a man of low caste (lit. living at the end, scil. of the town or village).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntyāvasāyin (अन्त्यावसायिन्):—[from antya > antika] ī, inī mf. a man or woman of low caste (the son of a Cāṇḍāla by a Niṣādī, especially a Caṇḍāla, Śvapaca, Kṣattṛ, Sūta, Vaidehaka, Māgadha, and Āyogava), [Manu-smṛti etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntyāvasāyin (अन्त्यावसायिन्):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-yī) A man of a degraded tribe, the offspring of a Niṣādī woman by a Chāṇḍāla male. According to Angiras this term comprehends seven classes, viz. cāṇḍāla, śvapaca, kṣattṛ, sūta, vaidehaka, māgadha and āyogava qq. vv.; Vijnāneśvara applies it to Chāṇḍālas and men who have become outcastes in general: ‘cāṇḍālapatitādīnām’. Comp. antāvasāyin and antyaja. E. antya and avasāyin lit. ‘engaged in the lowest occupations’.
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