Hinajati, Hina-jati, Hīnajāti: 7 definitions
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Hinajati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryhīnajāti (हीनजाति).—a S hīnavarṇa a S Of low caste.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHīnajāti (हीनजाति).—a.
1) of a low caste.
2) excommunicated, outcaste, degraded; हीनजातिस्त्रियं मोहादुद्बहन्तो द्विजातयः । कुलान्येव नयन्त्याशु संसतानानि शूद्रताम् (hīnajātistriyaṃ mohādudbahanto dvijātayaḥ | kulānyeva nayantyāśu saṃsatānāni śūdratām) || Manusmṛti 3.15.
Hīnajāti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hīna and jāti (जाति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHīnajāti (हीनजाति).—mfn. (-tiḥ-tiḥ-ti) Outcaste, vile, degraded. E. hīna abandoned, jāti caste.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryHīnajāti (हीनजाति).—(vb. hā), adj. being of the lowest class, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 15; degraded, outcaste.
— Cf. [Latin] gens; [Anglo-Saxon.] cynd; Engl. kind.
Hīnajāti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hīna and jāti (जाति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHīnajāti (हीनजाति).—[adjective] low-born.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHīnajāti (हीनजाति):—[=hīna-jāti] [from hīna > hā] mfn. of low caste, outcaste, degraded, vile, [Manu-smṛti iii, 15.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryHīnajāti (हीनजाति):—[hīna-jāti] (tiḥ-tiḥ-ti) a. Outcaste, degraded.
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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