Caturvarnya, Cāturvarṇya, Caturvanrya: 13 definitions
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Caturvarnya has 11 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chaturvarnya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCāturvarṇya (चातुर्वर्ण्य):—(von catur + varṇa) n. die vier Kasten [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 124, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 807.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 30. 63. 131. 12, 1. 97.] [Mahābhārata 12, 1838.] [Nalopākhyāna 12, 31.] [Bhagavadgītā 4, 13.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 92. 27, 16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCāturvarṇya (चातुर्वर्ण्य):—n. die vier Kasten.
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: Varṇya, Catur.
Starts with: Caturvarnyadharmasamgraha, Caturvarnyadi, Caturvarnyam, Caturvarnyavicara, Caturvarnyavivarana, Caturvarnyavivecana, Caturvarnyavyavastha.
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