Trivarnaka, Trivarṇaka, Tri-varnaka: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Trivarṇaka (त्रिवर्णक).—the first three of the four castes of Hindus taken collectively.

Derivable forms: trivarṇakam (त्रिवर्णकम्).

Trivarṇaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and varṇaka (वर्णक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Trivarṇaka (त्रिवर्णक).—n.

(-kaṃ) 1. The three myrobalans. 2. The three spices. 3. A plant, (Ruellia longifolia:) see gīkṣuraka. E. tri three, varṇa a class, and kan added.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Trivarṇaka (त्रिवर्णक).—n. the three myrobalans, [Suśruta] 1, 161, 5.

Trivarṇaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and varṇaka (वर्णक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Trivarṇaka (त्रिवर्णक):—[=tri-varṇaka] [from tri] mn. = -kaṭa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] n. = -kaṭu, [Suśruta i, 44]

3) [v.s. ...] the 3 Myrobalans

(-phalā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Trivarṇaka (त्रिवर्णक):—[tri-varṇaka] (kaṃ) 1. n. The three myrobalans; three spices.

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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.

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