ब्राह्मणक (brAhmaNaka)

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Capeller Eng

English

 ब्राह्मणक m.
  a bad Brahman,  a Brahman only by name.

Apte

English

ब्राह्मणकः [brāhmaṇakḥ],  1 A bad or unworthy Brāhmaṇa (only in name)
 एवं युक्तो ब्राह्मणः स्यादन्यो ब्राह्मणको भवेत् Mb.
 *  12.27. 27.

A family of such a Brāhmaṇa. 

N.
  of a country inhabited by warlike Brāhmaṇas.

Apte 1890

English

 ब्राह्मणकः 1 A bad or unworthy Brāhmaṇa (only in name). 
2 A family of such a Brāhmaṇa. 
3 N. of a country inhabited by warlike Brāhmaṇas. 

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 ब्राह्मणक m.
  a bad Brāhman,  a Br° only by name,  MBh.
  

 a country inhabited by warlike Br°,  Pāṇ.
  v,  2,  71 (°कीय mfn.
  ,  iv,  2,  104 Vārtt.
  30
 Pat.
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Monier Williams 1872

English

 ब्राह्मणक,  अस्,  m. a bad Brāhman,  a Brāhman
merely by name
 N. of a country inhabited by
warlike Brāhmans [cf. ब्राह्मणकीय]
 (इका),  f.
(probably) a species of lizard
 [cf. ब्राह्मणी and
ब्राह्मण।]

Apte Hindi

Hindi

ब्राह्मणकः
पुं*
  - ब्राह्मण + कन्
"अयोग्य या नीच ब्राह्मण,  नाम का ब्राह्मण"

ब्राह्मणकः
पुं*
  - ब्राह्मण + कन्
एक देश का नाम जहाँ योद्धा ब्राह्मणों का वास हो

L R Vaidya

English

 brAhmaRaka {% m. %} 1. A vile Brāhmaṇa
 2. name of a country inhabited by warlike Brāhmaṇas.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 brāhmaṇaka,  adj. and subst., 
(1) adj.,  f. °ikā,  of brahmans,  brahmanic: °keṣu deveṣu Mv 〔i.231.18〕,  (orthodox) brahmanical gods
 °ṇikāyām īryāyāṃ Divy 〔485.6〕
 °ṇakān mantrān (vācayati,  various forms) Divy 〔60.26〕
 〔487.2〕
 〔621.19〕
(2) subst.,  = brāhmaṇa,  brahman: māgadhakānāṃ °ṇakānāṃ Mv 〔i.261.17〕 (prose
 -ka svārthe)
 perh. dim.,  young brahman,  MSV 〔i.46.15〕 (see s.v. gaṇavācaka),  but prob. adj.,  to (1)
 at end of Bhvr. cpds.,  f. °ikā,  saśramaṇa-brāhmaṇikāḥ prajāḥ Mvy 〔6425〕,  and other case-forms of this same cpd. SP 〔21.8〕
 〔64.9〕
 Suv 〔9.18〕
 Sukh 〔25.7〕,  etc.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 ब्रा(व्रा)ह्मणक पु०
  कुत्सितार्थे कन् । कुत्सितब्राह्मणे । ब्राह्मण-कर्माण्युक्त्वा “एवमुक्तो ब्राह्मणः स्यादन्यो ब्राह्मणको भवेत्”भा० शा० २७१ अ० उक्तेः । ब्राह्मणेन जातिमात्रेण कायतिकै--क । २ ब्राह्मणकृत्यरहिते विप्रवंश्ये । संज्ञायाम्कन् । आयुधजीविव्राह्मणप्रधाने ३ देशे सि० कौ० ततःकोपधत्वात् छ । ब्राह्मणकीय तत्सम्बन्धिनि त्रि०
  ।

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