Mahishya, Māhiṣya: 10 definitions
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Mahishya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Māhiṣya can be transliterated into English as Mahisya or Mahishya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Sacred Texts: The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30)Māhiṣya (माहिष्य) refers to the “son of a Kṣatriya and a Vaiśyā”.—In later times Rathakāra is the name of a caste, and its members are supposed to be the offspring of a marriage between a Māhiṣya and a Karaṇī. A Māhiṣya is the son of a Kṣatriya and a Vaiśyā, a Karaṇī the daughter of a Vaiśya and a Śūdrā.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMāhiṣya (माहिष्य).—A mixed caste sprung from a Kṣatriya father and Vaiśya mother.
Derivable forms: māhiṣyaḥ (माहिष्यः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāhiṣya (माहिष्य).—m.
(-ṣyaḥ) A man of a mixed class, sprung from a Kshetriya father and Vaiśya mother. E. mahiṣa a buffalo, and yat aff., with aṇ added; attendance on cattle forming with the practice of astronomy and music, are the business of the Mahishya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāhiṣya (माहिष्य).—i. e. mahiṣa + ya, m. The offspring of a Kṣatriya father and a Vaiśya mother.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāhiṣya (माहिष्य).—[masculine] a cert. mixed caste.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāhiṣya (माहिष्य):—[from māhiṣa] m. a [particular] mixed caste (the son of a Kṣatriya and a Vaiśyā mother whose business is attendance on cattle), [Yājñavalkya; Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMāhiṣya (माहिष्य):—(ṣyaḥ) 1. m. A low man.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMāhiṣya (ಮಾಹಿಷ್ಯ):—[noun] a male offspring of a kṣatriya man and a woman of merchant caste.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mahishyadi.
Full-text: Rathakara, Mankusha, Anulomaja, Makishyan, Mahishaddaka, Mahanarman, Karani, Rathakrit, Ekadashasankaravarna, Savarna, Madgu, Vainava.
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Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Punjai < [Chapter VI - Temples of Aditya II’s Time]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.6 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā (by Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
Chapter 8 < [Appendix - Sanskrit Text]
Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Warfare and Military System in Vedic Literature (by Rinki Deka)
Composition of Army < [Chapter 2 - Military System as Revealed in the Vedic Texts]
Gautama Dharmasūtra (by Gautama)