Brahmanajati, Brāhmaṇajāti, Brahmana-jati: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brāhmaṇajāti (ब्राह्मणजाति).—f. the Brāhmaṇa caste.

Derivable forms: brāhmaṇajātiḥ (ब्राह्मणजातिः).

Brāhmaṇajāti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmaṇa and jāti (जाति). See also (synonyms): brāhmaṇajāta.

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

Brāhmaṇajāti (ब्राह्मणजाति).—f.

(-tiḥ) The Brahminical tribe or caste. E. brāhmaṇa and jāti tribe.

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

Brāhmaṇajāti (ब्राह्मणजाति):—[=brāhmaṇa-jāti] [from brāhmaṇa > brahman] f. ([Horace H. Wilson]) the Brāhmanical caste or race

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

Brāhmaṇajāti (ब्राह्मणजाति):—[brāhmaṇa-jāti] (tiḥ) 2. m. Brāhmanical tribe.

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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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