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वैदेहक (vaidehaka)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
वैदेहक
m.
 (-कः)
1. A trader by profession.
2. A man of a mixed caste,
the offspring of a Vaiśya father and Brāhman mother, whose
business is attendance in the women's apartments.
E.
 विदेह the
country, वुञ्.
aff.
or वि various, दिह् to collect, (goods, &c., )
aff.
 ण्वुल्
and अण् added
or विदेह a king, the supposed author of rules for
merchants, वुञ्
aff.
 , or with अण्
aff.
 and ठक् added वैदेहिक ।
Yates
English
वैदेहक (कः) 1.
m.
 A trader by pro-
fession
an attendant in the wo-
men's apartments.
Wilson
English
वैदेहक
m.
 (-कः)
1 A trader by profession.
2 A man of a mixed caste, the offspring of a Vaiśya father and Brahman
mother, whose business is attendance in the women's apartments.
E.
 विदेह the country, वुञ्
aff.
 , or वि various, दिह to
collect, (goods, &c.),
aff.
 ण्वुल् and अण् added
or विदेह a king, the
supposed author of rules for merchants, वुञ्
aff.
 or with अण्
aff.
 and
ठक् added वैदहिक.
Apte
English
वैदेहकः [vaidēhakḥ], 1 A trader
गृहपतिवैदेहकतापसव्यञ्जनाः Kau.
A.
 2.
=
 वैदेह (4) q. v.
Apte 1890
English
वैदेहकः 1 A trader.
2 = वैदेह (4) q. v.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वैदेहक
mfn.
 relating or belonging to the Videhas,
MBh.
वैदेहक
m.
 a man of the Vaideha caste (said to be the offspring of a Śūdra father and Brāhman mother),
Mn.
MBh.
&c.
a merchant,
Hcar.
N.
 of a mountain,
Buddh.
pl.
=
 विदेह (the people called so),
VarBṛS.
MārkP.
Monier Williams 1872
English
वैदेहक, अस्, m. a merchant or trader by caste
a man of a mixed caste (the offspring of a Vaiśya
father and Brāhman mother whose business is attend-
ance in the women's apartments).
Benfey
English
वैदेहक वैदेह + क,
m.
 = वैदेह,
I., cf. Man. 10, 13 (= वैदेह,
1. 2.).
L R Vaidya
English
vEdehaka {% m. %} 1. The same as वैदेह II.3 q.v.
2. a merchant.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
वैदेहक m. Kaufmann, S II, 291, 19. — Vgl. O. Stein, Megasthenes und Kauṭilya, S. 146, n. 5. [Z.]
Mahabharata
English
Vaidehaka, name of a mixed caste = Vaideha: XII, 10868 (pl.)
XIII, 2571 (sg.), 2585 (do.), 2587 (do.).
Vaidehaka, adj. (“belonging to the Videhas”). § 280 (Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1087 (ºṃ rājānaṃ Janakaṃ).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
वैदेहकः,
पुं,
 (वैदेह एव । स्वार्थे कन् ।) बणिक् ।इत्यमरः ॥
शूद्रात् वैश्यासुतः । इति मेदिनी ॥
(वैश्याद्ब्राह्मण्यां जातो वर्णसङ्करविशेषः ।यथा, मनुः । १० । १९ ।“वैदेहकेन त्वम्बष्ठ्यामुत्पन्नो वेण उच्यते ॥
”अस्यान्तःपुररक्षणं कार्य्यम् । यथा, तत्रैव ।१० । ४७ ।“वैदेहाकानां स्त्रीकार्य्यं मागधानां बणिक्-पथः ॥
”)