चतुर्वर्ण (caturvarNa)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 चतुर्वर्ण m.
  (-र्णः)
	 1. The four classes of Hindus.
	 2. Four principal colours.
3. Four letters.
 E.
  चतुर्,  and वर्ण tribe.

Yates

English

 चतु-र्वर्ण (र्णः) 1.
m.
  Four classes
four colours
 four letters.

Spoken Sanskrit

English

चतुर्वर्ण 	-	  caturvarNa 	-	  4 castes
चातुर्वर्ण्य 	-	  cAturvarNya 	-	 n.
  	-	  four castes
अनुलोम 	-	  anuloma 	-	 m.
  	-	  mixed castes
वर्णक्रम 	-	  varNakrama 	-	 m.
  	-	  order of castes
परिध्वंस 	-	  paridhvaMsa 	-	 f.
  	-	  mixture of castes
सङ्कर 	-	  saGkara 	-	 m.
  	-	  mixture of castes
वर्णज 	-	  varNaja 	-	 adj.
  	-	  produced from castes
उपवीत 	-	  upavIta 	-	 n.
  	-	  sacred thread or cord  [ worn by the first three castes over the left shoulder and under the right arm ]
वैदेह 	-	  vaideha 	-	 m.
  	-	  people of mixed castes
वर्णविक्रिया 	-	  varNavikriyA 	-	 f.
  	-	  enmity against the castes
चतुर्वर्णमय 	-	  caturvarNamaya 	-	 adj.
  	-	  consisting of the 4 castes
द्विजा 	-	  dvijA 	-	 adj.
  	-	  of any of three upper castes  [ a twice born ]
त्रैवर्ण 	-	  traivarNa 	-	 m.
  	-	  member of the first 3 castes
वर्णगुरु 	-	  varNaguru 	-	 m.
  	-	  father or chief of the castes
वर्णसंसर्ग 	-	  varNasaMsarga 	-	 m.
  	-	  mixture or confusion of castes
साङ्करिक 	-	  sAGkarika 	-	 adj.
  	-	  sprung from a mixture of castes
द्विज 	-	  dvija 	-	 m.
  	-	  member of the upper three castes
नानास्त्री 	-	  nAnAstrI 	-	 f.
  	-	  women belonging to different castes
नवशायक 	-	  navazAyaka 	-	 n.
  	-	  name given to any of 9 inferior castes
आर्यकृत 	-	  AryakRta 	-	 adj.
  	-	  made by a man of the first three castes

चतुर्वर्ण 	-	 caturvarNa 	-	  4 principal colours
चतुर्वर्ण 	-	 caturvarNa 	-	  four letters
चतुर्वर्ण 	-	 caturvarNa 	-	  4 castes

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Wilson

English

 चतुर्वर्ण
m.
  (-र्णः)
1 The four classes of Hindus.
2 Four principal colours.
3 Four letters.
E.
  चतुर्,  and वर्ण tribe.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 चतुर्—वर्ण (in comp. ) the 4 castes
 4 principal colours,  W.
 

 four letters,  W.
 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

चतुर्वर्णः
पुं*
  चतुर्-वर्णः -
"हिन्दुओं की चार श्रेणियाँ या जातियाँ अर्थात् ब्राह्मण,  क्षत्रिय,  वैश्य और शूद्र"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

चतुर्वर्ण
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಕ್ಷತ್ರಿಯ ವೈಶ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಶೂದ್ರರೆಂಬ ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಣಗಳು
व्युत्पत्तिः - > चत्वारो वर्णाः
प्रयोगाः - > "चतुर्वर्णमयो लोकः त्वत्तः सर्वं चतुर्मुखात्"
उल्लेखाः - > रघु० १०-२२

L R Vaidya

English

 catur-varRa {% m. %} the four classes or castes of the Hindus,  viz.,  ब्राह्मण,  क्षत्रिय,  वैश्य and शूद्र,  चतुर्वर्णमयो लोकः R.x.22.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 चतुर्वर्णः पु०
  ब० व० चत्वारोवर्णाः संज्ञात्वात् न समा० द्वि०कर्म्म० । ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियवैश्यशूद्रेषु चतुर्षु वर्णेषु ।“चतुर्वर्णमयोलोकस्त्वत्तः सर्वं चतुर्मुखात्” मनुः ।स्वार्थे भावे वा ष्यञ् चातुवर्ण्य चतुर्षु वर्णेषु तद्भावे चन०  । “चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया प्रोक्तं गुणकर्मविभागशः” गीता०

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