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माहिष्य

   { māhiṣyḥ }
Script: Devanagari

माहिष्य

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
माहि°ष्य  m. m. a partic. mixed caste (the son of a क्षत्रिय and a वैश्या mother whose business is attendance on cattle), [Yājñ.] ; [Gaut.]

माहिष्य

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
माहिष्यः [māhiṣyḥ]   A mixed caste sprung from a Kṣatriya father and Vaiśya mother.

माहिष्य

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
माहिष्य  m.  (-ष्यः) A man of a mixed class, sprung from a Kshetriya father and Vaiśya mother.
   E. महिष a buffalo, and यत् aff., with अण् added; attendance on cattle forming with the practice of as- tronomy and music, are the business of the Māhishya.
ROOTS:
महिष यत् अण्

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