Vaidehaka: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVaidehaka (वैदेहक):—(von videha)
1) adj. gaṇa dhūmādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 127.] zu Videha in Beziehung stehend u. s. w.: rājan Fürst der Videha [Mahābhārata 2, 1087.] —
2) m. a) pl. = vaideha
2) b) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 32, 22.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 58, 8.] — — b) = vaideha
2) c) [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 898, v. l.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 13. 19. 26.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 93.] [Mahābhārata 12, 10868. 13, 2571.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 36. 48.] fälschlich als Sohn eines Śūdra und einer Brahmanin erklärt [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 42.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 36] (veśyā fehlerhaft für vaiśyā). [Medinīkoṣa k. 215.] vaidehakānāṃ strīkāryam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 47.] vaidehaka = vaṇij Kaufmann [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 78.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Nomen proprium eines Berges [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 291 (61).]
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Starts with: Vaidehakaparvata.
Full-text: Maukalya, Antyavasayin, Kanakukkuta, Rathakaraka, Vaidehika, Vaideha, Kayastha, Pancavarga, Ramaka, Ekadashasankaravarna, Vena.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.6 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.47 < [Section IV - Occupations of the Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.33 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Economics (1): Trade and commerce < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Professions, Servants and Employed persons < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Cāturvarṇya System < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Gautama Dharmasūtra (by Gautama)
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XLVIII < [Anusasanika Parva]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 7 - Distinction Between Sons < [Book 3 - Concerning Law]
Chapter 11 - The Institution of Spies < [Book 1 - Concerning Discipline]
Chapter 1 - Formation of Villages < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]