Antaraprabhava, Antara-prabhava: 9 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Antaraprabhava (अन्तरप्रभव).—[antarābhyāṃ bhinnavarṇamātāpitṛbhyāṃ prabhavati] one of a mixed origin or caste. (ambaṣṭha, kṣattṛ, karaṇa, i.); अन्तरप्रभवाणां च धर्मान्नो वक्तुमर्हसि (antaraprabhavāṇāṃ ca dharmānno vaktumarhasi) Manusmṛti 1.2.

Derivable forms: antaraprabhavaḥ (अन्तरप्रभवः).

Antaraprabhava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antara and prabhava (प्रभव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaraprabhava (अन्तरप्रभव).—mfn.

(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) Of mixed origin or caste. E. antara different, prabhava birth.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaraprabhava (अन्तरप्रभव).—m. a mixed class produced by the intermixture of different castes, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 2.

Antaraprabhava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms antara and prabhava (प्रभव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaraprabhava (अन्तरप्रभव).—[adjective] of mixed origin or caste.

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

Antaraprabhava (अन्तरप्रभव):—[=antara-prabhava] [from antara] mfn. of mixed origin or caste, [Manu-smṛti i, 2.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaraprabhava (अन्तरप्रभव):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-vaḥ-vā-vam) Born between (in Manu 1. 2. applied to the offspring of parents of different castes, whether the caste of the father be superior—see anuloma—or inferior—see pratiloma—to that of the mother; as the word varṇa precedes in the passage in question, the use of the word in this sense is restricted, probably to the verse in question). E. antara and prabhava.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Antaraprabhava (अन्तरप्रभव):—[antara-prabhava] (vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) a. Of mixed race or origin.

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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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