Sutra 21

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणस्य वैश्यायामम्बष्ठः शूद्रायां निषादः पारशवो वा ॥ कZ_०३.७.२१ ॥

Transliteration

brāhmaṇasya vaiśyāyām ambaṣṭhaḥ śūdrāyāṃ niṣādaḥ pāraśavo vā

Translation

ဗြာဟ္မဏအတွက်—ဝိုင်ရှျာ မိန်းမ/အဖော်နှင့် မွေးသောသားကို အမ္ဗဿဋ္ဌ ဟု ခေါ်သည်။ ရှူဒြာ မိန်းမနှင့် မွေးသောသားကို နိသာဒ သို့မဟုတ် ပါရာရှဝ ဟု ခေါ်သည်။

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of a Brahmin (male)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः (सम्बन्ध/अधिकारः)

• वैश्यायाम्: in/with a Vaishya woman
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्या
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, स्त्रीलिङ्गः (अधिकरणे/स्त्री-सम्बन्धे)

• अम्बष्ठः: an Ambastha (a mixed-caste offspring)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बष्ठ
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः (उत्पन्नः/जातिः)

• शूद्रायाम्: in/with a Shudra woman
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्रा
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, स्त्रीलिङ्गः (अधिकरणे/स्त्री-सम्बन्धे)

• निषादः: a Nishada (a mixed-caste offspring)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषाद
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः (उत्पन्नः/जातिः)

• पारशवः: or a Parashava (a mixed-caste offspring)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारशव
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः (विकल्पे निर्दिष्टः)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: अव्ययम्; विकल्पार्थक-निपातः

Entities Mentioned

• Brāhmaṇa
• Vaiśyā
• Śūdrā
• Ambaṣṭha
• Niṣāda
• Pāraśava

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