Varnasamyoga, Varṇasaṃyoga, Varna-samyoga: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Varṇasaṃyoga (वर्णसंयोग).—marriage between persons of the same caste.

Derivable forms: varṇasaṃyogaḥ (वर्णसंयोगः).

Varṇasaṃyoga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms varṇa and saṃyoga (संयोग).

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

Varṇasaṃyoga (वर्णसंयोग):—[=varṇa-saṃyoga] [from varṇa > varṇ] m. ‘union of tribe or caste’, matrimonial connection or marriage between persons of the same caste, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

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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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