Brahmanacandala, Brāhmaṇacāṇḍāla, Brahmana-candala: 9 definitions
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Brahmanacandala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybrāhmaṇacāṇḍāla (ब्राह्मणचांडाल).—m (S) An outcast Brahman (a Brahman having a wife of another caste, or a man having a Brahman-mother and Shuḍra-father).
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBrāhmaṇacāṇḍāla (ब्राह्मणचाण्डाल).—
1) a degraded or outcast Brāhmaṇa; यथा ब्राह्मणचाण्डालः पूर्व- दृष्टस्तथैव सः (yathā brāhmaṇacāṇḍālaḥ pūrva- dṛṣṭastathaiva saḥ) Manusmṛti 9.87.
2) the son of a Śūdra father by a Brāhmaṇa woman.
Derivable forms: brāhmaṇacāṇḍālaḥ (ब्राह्मणचाण्डालः).
Brāhmaṇacāṇḍāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmaṇa and cāṇḍāla (चाण्डाल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrāhmaṇacāṇḍāla (ब्राह्मणचाण्डाल).—m.
(-laḥ) An outcaste Brahman, one who is attended by a wife of another caste or the son of a Sudra by a Brahman female. E. brāhmaṇa and cāṇḍāla an outcaste.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrāhmaṇacāṇḍāla (ब्राह्मणचाण्डाल).—m. The son of a Śūdra man and Brāhmaṇī woman, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 87.
Brāhmaṇacāṇḍāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmaṇa and cāṇḍāla (चाण्डाल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrāhmaṇacāṇḍāla (ब्राह्मणचाण्डाल).—[masculine] a degraded or outcast (lit. a Caṇḍāla of a) Brahman.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Brāhmaṇacāṇḍāla (ब्राह्मणचाण्डाल):—[=brāhmaṇa-cāṇḍāla] [from brāhmaṇa > brahman] m. ‘Cāṇḍāla among Br°’, a degraded or out-caste Br°, [Manu-smṛti ix, 87]
2) [v.s. ...] the son of a Śūdra father by a Brāhmaṇī mother, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrāhmaṇacāṇḍāla (ब्राह्मणचाण्डाल):—[brāhmaṇa-cāṇḍāla] (laḥ) 1. m. An outcaste brāhman.
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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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Partial matches: Brahmana, Candala.
Full-text: Mahapathika, Atthaka, Candala.
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