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श्वपच

   
Script: Devanagari

श्वपच

हिन्दी (hindi) WN | Hindi  Hindi |   | 
   See : चांडाल, चांडाल

श्वपच

A dictionary, Marathi and English | Marathi  English |   | 
   A man of an outcast tribe, the son of an Ugrá woman by a Kshatrí male. He is classed with the Chanḍál.

श्वपच

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
श्व—पच  mf. mf( or ). ‘one who cooks ’, a man or woman of a low and outcaste tribe (the son of a चण्डाल and a ब्राह्मणी, or of a निष्ट्य and a previously unmarried किराती, or of an उग्र woman by a क्षत्रिय, or of a Kṣ° woman by an उग्र, or of a ब्राह्मणी by an अम्बष्ठ, often = चण्डाल; he acts as a public executioner and carries out the bodies of those who die without kindred), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] ; [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c.
ROOTS:
श्व पच
   a dog-feeder, dog-keeper, [W.]

श्वपच

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
श्वपच  mf.  (-चः-चा)
   1. A man or woman of a low and degraded caste.
   2. A dog-feeder or keeper.
   E. श्वन् a dog, पच् to cook, (for his food,) or to cherish as his property, and अच् aff.; also
ROOTS:
श्वन् पच् अच्
   with क्विप् aff. श्वपच्
  m.  (-पक्) and
   with घञ् aff. श्वपाक .

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