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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for द्विज

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. द्विजdvijasee द्विज्/अ .
    1. see द्विज्/अ .
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective twice-born
    3. masculine gender a man of any one of the first 3 classes, any A1ryan Aryan, (especially) a Bra1hman Brahman (re-born through investiture with the sacred thread confer, compare उप-नयन) AV. Mn. MBh. etc.
    4. masculine gender a bird or any oviparous animal (appearing first as an egg) Mn. MBh. etc.
    5. masculine gender a tooth (as growing twice) Sus3r. Bhartr2. Var. (neuter gender BhP. ii, 1, 31)
    6. masculine gender coriander seed or Xantboxylum Alatum Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Clerodendrum Siphonantus Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender पालङ्की Lexicographers (confer, compare -ज्/आ and -जति).
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. द्विजdvija[dvi-gá] a. twice-born; m. member of the three upper castes (reborn by investiture); (invested) Brâhman; bird…

    [dvi-gá] adjective twice-born; masculine member of the three upper castes (reborn by investiture); (invested) Brâhman; bird (as being first pro duced in the egg); tooth (because renewed): -tva, neuter state of a Brâhman; -gánman, adjective having a double birth or birthplace; masculine member of the three upper castes; especially Brâh man.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · द्विज

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