Mahashudra, Mahāśūdra: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahāśūdra can be transliterated into English as Mahasudra or Mahashudra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśūdra (महाशूद्र).—m.
(-draḥ) The cowherd. f. (-drī) The milk-woman, either the wife of a cowherd or a woman of that caste. E. mahā great, śūdra Sudra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśūdra (महाशूद्र).—m. a cowherd. f. rī, a milk-woman.
Mahāśūdra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and śūdra (शूद्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāśūdra (महाशूद्र):—[=mahā-śūdra] [from mahā > mah] m. a Śūdra in a high position, an upper servant, [Kauśika-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] a cowherd, [Pāṇini 4-1, 4], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali]
3) Mahāśūdrā (महाशूद्रा):—[=mahā-śūdrā] [from mahā-śūdra > mahā > mah] f. = mahatī śūdrā, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśūdra (महाशूद्र):—[mahā-śūdra] (draḥ) 1. m. A cowherd. f. (drī) A milk maid or woman.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMahāśūdra (ಮಹಾಶೂದ್ರ):—
1) [noun] a male member of śudra caste, who is rich.
2) [noun] a cowherd or a male member of cowherd caste.
3) [noun] a sub-caste of śudra.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Shudra, Maha.
Full-text: Mahashudri.
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