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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Jātihīna (जातिहीन) refers to the “outcastes”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.23. Accordingly as Śiva said to Satī:—“[...] O Goddess Satī, listen, I shall explain the great principle whereby the remorseful creature becomes a liberated soul (mukta). [...] Attracted by devotion and as a result of its influence, O Goddess, I go even to the houses of the base-born and outcastes (jātihīna). There is no doubt about it”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jātihīna (जातिहीन).—a. of low birth, outcaste; रूपद्रव्यविहीनांश्च जातिहीनांश्च नाक्षिपेत् (rūpadravyavihīnāṃśca jātihīnāṃśca nākṣipet) Manusmṛti 4.141;1.35.

Jātihīna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jāti and hīna (हीन).

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

Jātihīna (जातिहीन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Outcaste, void of caste. E. jāti and hīna void of.

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

Jātihīna (जातिहीन).—[adjective] base born (lit. destitute of birth).

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

Jātihīna (जातिहीन):—[=jāti-hīna] [from jāti > jāta] mfn. of low birth or rank, [iv, 141; x, 35].

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

Jātihīna (जातिहीन):—[jāti-hīna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Outcaste.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jatihina in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jātihīna (ಜಾತಿಹೀನ):—[noun] a man of low-birth.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Hina, Jati.

Full-text: Jatiheen.

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