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अन्तावसायिन्

   
Script: Devanagari

अन्तावसायिन्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
अन्तावसायिन्  m. m. a barber, [L.]
अन्ते-ऽवसायिन्   a चाण्डाल, [MārkP.] &c. cf.
ROOTS:
अन्ते ऽवसायिन्
   N. of a मुनि, [L.]

अन्तावसायिन्

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
अन्तावसायिन्  m.  (-यी)
   1. A barbar.
   2. A man of a low tribe or caste, the offspring of a Nishādi woman by a Chandāla, whose business is to attend in places where dead bodies are burned.
   3. The name of a saint.
   E. अन्त the end, अव and षो to cut, who pares the nails, &c. or षै to decay, णिनि aff.
ROOTS:
अन्त अव षो षै णिनि

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