Dhvajavat: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDhvajavat (ध्वजवत्).—a.
1) Adorned with flags.
2) Having a mark.
3) Having the mark of a criminal, branded; शिरःकपाली ध्वजवान्भिक्षाशी कर्म वेदयन् (śiraḥkapālī dhvajavānbhikṣāśī karma vedayan) Y.3.243. -m
1) A standard-bearer.
2) A vendor of spirituous liquors, distiller; Manusmṛti 4.84.
3) A Brāhmaṇa who carries with him the skull of the man murdered by him to places of pilgrimage by way of penance; cf. com. on Y.3.243.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhvajavat (ध्वजवत्).—mfn. (-vān-vatī-vat) Having a mark or sign. m. (-vān) 1. An ensign, astandard-bearer. 2. A distiller, a vender of spirituous liquors. 3. A Brahman who having slain another carries the skull of the murdered man with him to places of pilgrimage by way of penance. E. E. dhvaja as above, matup affs.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Dhvajavat (ध्वजवत्):—[=dhvaja-vat] [from dhvaja > dhvañj] mfn. decorated with b° (town), [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] bearing a mark or sign ([especially] that of criminal), [Yājñavalkya iii, 243]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a standard-bearer, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] a vendor of spirituous liquors, [Manu-smṛti iv, 84] (cf. dhvaja above)
5) [v.s. ...] a Brāhman who having slain another carries the skull of the murdered man by way of penance, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhvajavat (ध्वजवत्):—[(vān-vatī-vat) a.] Having a mark or sign. m. An ensign; a distiller; a murderer carrying the skull of the murdered.
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Starts with: Dhvajavati.
Ends with: Samucchritadhvajavat.
Full-text: Samucchritadhvajavat, Dhvajavati.
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