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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apadhvaṃsaja (अपध्वंसज) or Apadhvaṃsajā (अपध्वंसजा).—a person of a mixed, degraded and impure caste (where the mother belongs to a higher caste than the father's) एको विड्वर्ण एवाथ तथाऽत्रैवोपलक्षितः । षडपध्वंसजास्ते हि (eko viḍvarṇa evātha tathā'traivopalakṣitaḥ | ṣaḍapadhvaṃsajāste hi)...Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.49.8. अपध्वंसजाः स्मृताः (apadhvaṃsajāḥ smṛtāḥ) Manusmṛti 1.41.46.

Derivable forms: apadhvaṃsajaḥ (अपध्वंसजः).

Apadhvaṃsaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apadhvaṃsa and ja (ज).

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

Apadhvaṃsaja (अपध्वंसज).—m.

(-jaḥ) A man of a mixed or impure caste. E. apadhvaṃsa and ja born.

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

Apadhvaṃsaja (अपध्वंसज).—[apa-dhvaṃs + a-ja] (vb. jan), m. The offspring of a father inferior in caste to the mother, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 41.

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

Apadhvaṃsaja (अपध्वंसज).—[adjective] born in consequence of degradation, i.e. of a mixed marriage.

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

Apadhvaṃsaja (अपध्वंसज):—[=apa-dhvaṃsa-ja] [from apa-dhvaṃsa > apa-dhvaṃs] mfn. ‘born from it’, a child of a mixed or impure caste (whose father belongs to a lower [Manu-smṛti x, 41, 46] or higher [Mahābhārata xiii, 2617] caste than its mother’s).

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

Apadhvaṃsaja (अपध्वंसज):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-jaḥ) The offspring of a father inferior in caste to that of the mother, as a Sūta, the son of a Kshatriya man and a Brāhmaṇī woman &c.; the same as pratilomaja q. v. Such men have not the rights of the twiceborn, but the duties of a Śūdra; they do not receive the investiture with the sacred string and must follow occupations which are held in disrespect by the three first castes. Comp. anantaraja. E. apadhvaṃsa and ja.

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

Apadhvaṃsaja (अपध्वंसज):—[apa-dhvaṃsaja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Man of a mixed or impure caste.

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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.

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Partial matches: Apadhvamsa, Ja, Apa.

Full-text: Apasada, Upadhvamsaja, Apadhvamsa, Dhvams.

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