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Results for चातुर्वर्ण्य

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चातुर्वर्ण्यcāturvarṇyaa.Suited to the four tribes, or belonging to them. र्ण्यम् The aggregate of the four original castes of the…
[चतुर्वर्ण-ष्यञ्]
1. Suited to the four tribes, or belonging to them. र्ण्यम् The aggregate of the four original castes of the Hindus; एवं सामासिकं धर्मं चातु- र्वर्ण्येऽब्रवीन्मनुः Ms.1.63; चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः Bg.4.13.
2. The duties of these four castes.
In the Gita4·13

चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः ।

cāturvarṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ, — The fourfold order was created by Me according to the divisions of quality and active function. Know Me for the doer of this (the fourfold law of… 4·13
- चातुर्वर्ण्यम्cāturvarṇyamaccusative singular of the neuter compound noun cāturvarṇya (the fourfold order).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

चातुर्वर्ण्यcāturvarṇya[kâtur-varn-ya] n. the four castes; -vimsika, a. belonging to the 24th day; -vid ya, a. versed in the four…

[kâtur-varn-ya] neuter the four castes; -vimsika, adjective belonging to the 24th day; -vid ya, adjective versed in the four Vedas; neuter the four Vedas; -vaidya, adjective versed in the four Vedas; -hotra, adjective performed by the four principal priests; neuter sacrifice performed by the four principal priests.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चातुर्वर्ण्यcāturvarṇyan. (g. चतुर्वर्णा*दि) the four castes Mn. x; xii, 1 and 97 MBh. R. i, 1, 92 and 27, 16.

neuter gender (gaRa चतुर्वर्णा*दि) the four castes Mn. x; xii, 1 and 97 MBh. R. i, 1, 92 and 27, 16.

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