A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Ambastha
This page describes Ambastha which is located on page 100 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Ambastha” according to 20 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Baudhayana Dharmasutra [by Georg Bühler]
The Rathakara (carpenter), the Ambashtha, the Suta (charioteer), the Ugra, the Magadha, the Ayogava, the Vaina, the Kshattri, the Pulkasa, the Kukkuta, the Vaidehaka, the Candala, and so forth, 2. Among these, sons of equal caste (spring) from women of equal caste. 3. A Brahmana (begets) on a female of the Kshatriya caste a Brahmana, on a female of the Vaishya caste an Ambashtha, on a female of the Shudra caste a Nishada, 4. (According to) some a Parashava. 5....
Read full contents: Prashna I, Adhyaya 9, Kandika 17
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
The son of a Brahmana from a Kshatriya woman is an Anantara;—an Ambashtha and an Ugra are begotten in the same way by Kshatriya men and on Vaishya women respectively. An Ambashtha is an Ekantara, the son of a Brahmana father from a Vaishya woman. The son called Nishada springs from the union of a Kshatriya with a Shudra woman. A Shudra woman obtains from a Brahmana a son called Parashava, who is superior to the Nishada....
Read full contents: Verse 10.6
The Brihaddharma Purana (abridged) [by Syama Charan Banerji]
They were as follows:— (1) Karana (or the writer caste) born of a Vaisya father and a Sudra mother. (2) Ambashtha (or the physician class) whose father was a Brahmana and mother a Vaisya. (3) Grandhavanika (dealer in perfume), (4) Kamsya Vanika (dealer in metal) and (5) Sankha Vanika (dealer in conches) were also similarly descended. (6) Ugra Kshatriya, and Rajputa were descended from a Brahmana father and Sudra and Vaisya mothers respectively. (8) Kumbhakara (potter) and (9) Tantuvaya (weaver) were...
Read full contents: Chapter 57 - Origin of mixed castes
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