Vadhyavasas, Vadhyavāsas, Vadhya-vasas: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVadhyavāsas (वध्यवासस्).—the clothes of a criminal who has been executed; वध्यांश्च हन्युः सततं यथाशास्त्रं नृपाज्ञया । वध्यवासांसि गृह्णीयुः शय्याश्चाभरणानि च (vadhyāṃśca hanyuḥ satataṃ yathāśāstraṃ nṛpājñayā | vadhyavāsāṃsi gṛhṇīyuḥ śayyāścābharaṇāni ca) || Manusmṛti 1.56.
Vadhyavāsas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vadhya and vāsas (वासस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVadhyavāsas (वध्यवासस्):—[=vadhya-vāsas] [from vadhya > vadh] n. the clothes of a criminal who has been executed (given to a Caṇḍāla), [Manu-smṛti x, 56.]
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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