Avaravarnaja, Avaravarṇaja, Avara-varnaja: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avaravarṇaja (अवरवर्णज).—a Sūdra.

Derivable forms: avaravarṇajaḥ (अवरवर्णजः).

Avaravarṇaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avara and varṇaja (वर्णज). See also (synonyms): avaravarṇaka.

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

Avaravarṇaja (अवरवर्णज):—[=avara-varṇa-ja] [from avara] m. ‘born in a low caste’, a Śūdra, [Manu-smṛti iii, 241 and ix, 248.]

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

Avaravarṇaja (अवरवर्णज):—[avara-varṇa-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

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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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