Pandusopaka, Paṇḍusopāka, Pāṇḍusopāka, Pandu-sopaka: 9 definitions
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Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the ManubhāṣyaPaṇḍusopāka (पण्डुसोपाक):—‘From the Chaṇḍāla, on the Vaideha woman, is born’, the caste, named Paṇḍusopāka. His livelihood is next stated.—He ‘deals in bamboos’,—‘tvaksāra’ being a name of the Bamboo; it is by bamboos,—i.e., by buying and selling bamboos and by making mats and other things—that these people live. (See the Manubhāṣya verse 9.19)
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPāṇḍusopāka (पाण्डुसोपाक).—Name of a mixed tribe; चाण्डालात् पाण्डुसोपाकस्त्वक्सार- व्यवहारवान् (cāṇḍālāt pāṇḍusopākastvaksāra- vyavahāravān) Manusmṛti 1.37; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.48.26.
Derivable forms: pāṇḍusopākaḥ (पाण्डुसोपाकः).
Pāṇḍusopāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāṇḍu and sopāka (सोपाक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāṇḍusopāka (पाण्डुसोपाक).—m.
(-kaḥ) The offspring of a Chandala by a Vaidehi woman, a maker of mats, baskets, &c. a worker with bamboos, and reeds.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāṇḍusopāka (पाण्डुसोपाक).—m. the son of a Caṇḍāla by a Vaidehī female, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 37.
Pāṇḍusopāka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāṇḍu and sopāka (सोपाक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāṇḍusopāka (पाण्डुसोपाक).—[masculine] a cert. mixed caste.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāṇḍusopāka (पाण्डुसोपाक):—[=pāṇḍu-sopāka] [from pāṇḍu] m. Name of a [particular] mixed caste (the offspring of a Caṇḍāla by a Vaidehī mother), [Manu-smṛti x, 37] (cf. [Mahābhārata xiii, 2588]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPāṇḍusopāka (पाण्डुसोपाक):—[pāṇḍu-sopāka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A low man, a basket-maker; mat-maker.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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