Turiyajati, Turīyajāti, Turiya-jati: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Turiyajati in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Turīyajāti (तुरीयजाति).—a man of the fourth caste, a Śūdra; तुरीयजातिं तिलकयन् कुलोत्तुङ्ग इति यथार्थनामा बभूव शूद्रः । चोलचम्पू (turīyajātiṃ tilakayan kulottuṅga iti yathārthanāmā babhūva śūdraḥ | colacampū) p.6.

Derivable forms: turīyajātiḥ (तुरीयजातिः).

Turīyajāti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms turīya and jāti (जाति). See also (synonyms): turīyavarṇa.

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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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