Shudrata, Śūdratā, Śudratā: 7 definitions
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Shudrata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Shudrata has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Śūdratā and Śudratā can be transliterated into English as Sudrata or Shudrata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚūdratā (शूद्रता):—f. nom. abstr. von śūdra
1) a) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 15. 4, 245. 10, 65.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1903.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 112, 25.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 15, 72.]
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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