Vaivarnika, Vaivarṇika: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaivarṇika (वैवर्णिक).—a. Variegated (said especially of a variety of coral); Kau. A.2.11.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVaivarṇika (वैवर्णिक).—(nt.; abstract, compare prec. and Sanskrit vaivar-ṇya; = Pali vevaṇṇiya, in °yam amhi ajjhūpagato Aṅguttaranikāya (Pali) v.87.30 = 210.8, so read with Critical Pali Dictionary s.v. ajjhupagata; also Jātaka (Pali) iii.394.26, same meaning), loss of (normal) appearance, alteration (for the worse) of aspect: pravrajyā khalu vaivarṇikābhyupagatā Divyāvadāna 424.1 (the meaning is that of Pali Aṅguttaranikāya (Pali) above, which pertains to a monk; Divyāvadāna Index and [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] wrongly outcaste).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaivarṇika (वैवर्णिक):—m. ([from] vi-varṇa) one who has lost or been expelled from his caste, an outcaste, [Divyāvadāna]
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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