Shvapaca, Śvapaca, Shvan-paca: 10 definitions
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Shvapaca has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śvapaca can be transliterated into English as Svapaca or Shvapaca, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shvapacha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚvapaca (श्वपच):—gaṇa pacādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 134.] m. Bez. einer best. verachteten Menschenklasse (Hunde kochend), oft dem Caṇḍāla gleichgesetzt, [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 20.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 207.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 933.] [Halāyudha 2, 443.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 14.] caṇḍālaśvapacānāṃ tu bahirgrāmātpratiśrayaḥ . apapātrāśca kartavyā dhanameṣāṃ śvagardabham .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 51.] [Mahābhārata 3, 105] [?(= Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 29, 23). 7, 8254. 12, 5003. 5386. fgg. Suśruta 1, 63, 4.] anyonyasya ca viśvāsaḥ śvapacena śuno yathā [Spr. 5105.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 51, 5. 53, 84.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 390. 392] (fälschlich paka ed. [TR.][?). Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 16, 6. 33, 7. 7, 9, 10. PAÑCAR. 1, 2, 40. Oxforder Handschriften 91], a, [?25. fg. f.] ī b, 34. ā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 404.] — Vgl. śvapāka, śvāda .
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Partial matches: Shva, Shvan, Paca.
Starts with: Shvapacaka, Shvapacata, Shvapacatva.
Full-text: Shvapacata, Antyavasayin, Shvapacatva, Shvapacaka, Shvapaci, Shvada, Shvapac, Sopaca, Shvapaka, Kukkura, Adhogati, Brahmanottama, Candala, Pacadi, Bhutamandala, Adhas, Pravana, Antyaja.
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