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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the Manubhāṣya

Baiḍālavratika (बैडालव्रतिक) (=Vaiḍālavratika) refers to “hypocrites” (those who are cat-like in their behaviour), according to the Manusmṛti chapter 4.30. Accordingly:—“[...] He shall not honour, even with speech, impostors, those who follow improper occupations, those who are cat-like in their behaviour [i.e., baiḍālavratika], hypocrites, logicians, and those who behave like herons”.—(cf. Baiḍāla, Baiḍālavrata, Baiḍālavratin)

According to Viṣṇudharmottara (Aparārka, p. 171).—“The man who transgresses all laws laid down in the Śruti and the Smṛti, relating to the division of castes and life-stages, and acts as he likes, relying upon false reasonings, addicted to evil deeds, deluded with overweening opinion of his own reasoning powers, is the Pāṣaṇḍin, wicked, fit for hell, the lowest of men. With such men and with the Vaiḍālavratas [=Baiḍālavratika/Vaiḍālavratika?] one shall never have any intercourse”.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Baiḍālavratika (बैडालव्रतिक).—m. a religious hypocrite, an impostor; बैडालव्रतिकाञ्छठान् (baiḍālavratikāñchaṭhān) ...... वाङ्मात्रेणापि नार्चयेत् (vāṅmātreṇāpi nārcayet) Manusmṛti 4.3.

Derivable forms: baiḍālavratikaḥ (बैडालव्रतिकः).

Baiḍālavratika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms baiḍāla and vratika (व्रतिक). See also (synonyms): baiḍālavratin.

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

Baiḍālavratika (बैडालव्रतिक).—[adjective] acting like a cat, hypocritical, false.

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

Baiḍālavratika (बैडालव्रतिक):—[=baiḍāla-vratika] [from baiḍāla] ([Manu-smṛti; Kāvya literature; Purāṇa]) mfn. acting like a cat, hypocritical, a religious impostor (= bhaṇḍa-tapasvin).

[Sanskrit to German]

Baidalavratika in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Baidala, Vratika.

Full-text: Baidalavratin, Baidalavrati, Baidala, Bidalavratika, Vaidalavratika, Baidalavrata.

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