mfn. bereft or deprived of, free from, devoid or destitute of, without (instrumental caseablativelocative caseaccusative,or compound; prāṇair-hīnaḥ-,"bereft of breath or life"; mantrād-or mantrato h-,"devoid of sacred knowledge") etc.
m. a man of one of the three classes who has not been a recipient of initiation with the sacred thread or of the other purificatory ceremonies (and hence becomes an outcaste)
हीन p. p. [हा-क्त तस्य नः ईत्वम्] 1 Left, abandoned, forsaken &c.; यो वैश्यः स्याद् बहुपशुर्हीनक्रतुरसोमपः । कुटुम्बात् तस्य तद् द्रव्यमाहरेद्यज्ञसिद्धये ॥ Ms.11.12. -2 Destitute or deprived of, bereft of, without; (with instr. or in comp.); तया (संतत्या) हीनं विधातर्मां कथं पश्यन्न दूयसे R.1.7; गुणैर्हीना न शोभन्ते निर्गन्धा इव किंशुकाः Subhāṣ.; so द्रव्य˚, मति˚, उत्साह˚ &c.; अन्नहीनो देहद्राष्ट्रं मन्त्रहीनस्तु ऋत्विजः । दीक्षितं दक्षिणाहीनो नास्ति यज्ञसमो रिपुः Ms.11.4 (v. l.) -3 Excluded, shut out from (with abl.). -4 Decayed, wasted. -5 Deficient, defective; हीनातिरिक्तगात्रो वा तमप्यपनयेत्ततः Ms.3.242. -6 Subtracted. -7 Less, lower; हीनान्नवस्त्रवेषः स्यात् सर्वदा गुरु- संनिधौ Ms.2.194; हीना हीनान् प्रसूयन्ते 1.31. -8 Low, base, mean, vile. -9 Defeated (in a low-suit). -1 Lost, strayed from (a caravan). -नः 1 A defective witness. -2 A faulty respondent; (Nārada enumarates five kinds:-- अन्यवादी क्रियाद्वेषी नोपस्थायी निरुत्तरः । आहूतप्रपलायी च हीनः पञ्चविधः स्मृतः ॥). -3 Substraction. -ना A female mouse; cf. दीना. -नम् Deficiency, want. -Comp. -अङ्ग a. deficient in a limb, crippled, maimed, defective; हीनाङ्गी वाधिकाङ्गी वा या भवेत् कन्यका नृणाम् । भर्तुः स्यात् सा विनाशाय स्वशीलनिधनाय च ॥ Pt.5.95; Ms.4.141; Y. 1.222. (-गी) a small ant. -कर्मन्, -क्रिय a. neglecting the customary religious rites; Ms.3.7. -कुल, -ज a. baseborn, of low family. -क्रतु a. one who neglects his sacrifice; Ms.11.12. -जाति a. 1 of a low caste. -2 excommunicated, outcaste, degraded; हीनजातिस्त्रियं मोहादुद्बहन्तो द्विजातयः । कुलान्येव नयन्त्याशु संसतानानि शूद्रताम् ॥ Ms.3.15. -पक्ष a. unprotected. -प्रतिज्ञा a. faithless. -यानम् N. of the earliest systems of Buddhist doctrine. -योनिः f. low birth or origin. -रोमन् a. bald. -वर्ण a. 1 of low caste. -2 of inferior rank. -वादः a defective statement, contradictory evidence, prevarication. -वादिन् a. 1 making a defective statement. -2 prevaricating. -3 dumb, speechless. -4 cast in law, defeated. -सख्यम् associating with low persons. -सामन्तः a deposed king; Śukra.1.189. -सन्धिः an agreement made by an inferior king. -सेवा attendance on base persons.
अध्यधीन a. [आधिक्येन अधीनः] Completely subject or dependent, as a slave; नाध्यधीनो न वक्तव्यो न दस्युर्न विकर्मकृत् । Ms.8.66 (Kull. अत्यन्तपरतन्त्रो गर्भदासः).
अनधीन a. [न. त.] Independent. -नः, -नकः [संज्ञायां कन्] An independent carpenter working on his own account (कौटतक्षः); स हि कुट्यां वसन् न कस्यचिदधीनः.
पाठीनः 1 A public reader of the Purāṇas or other mythological books. -2 A kind of fish; विवृत्तपाठीनपरा- हतं पयः Ki.4.5; Ms.5.16. -3 N. of a tree (Moringa with red blossoms).
पैठीनसिः N. of an ancient sage, author sage, author of a system of laws.
पैण़्डिक्यम् paiṇ&tod;ḍikyam पैण्डिन्यम् paiṇḍinyam
पैण़्डिक्यम् पैण्डिन्यम् Living on alms, mendicity.
pp. √ 2. hâ; n. deficiency, want: velâ-hîne, at an unseasonable time: -ka, a. lacking (--°ree;); -karman, a. following base occupations; neglecting one's duties; -tâ, f. lack, absence; deficiency in (in., --°ree;); -tva, n. inferiority; lack of, deficiency in (--°ree;); -paksha, a. unprotected; -yânâ, n. the lesser vehicle (term applied to the older form of Buddhism; opp. mahâyâna); -râtra, a. hav ing shorter nights; -varna,a. of low caste, vile; -vâdin, a. losing in a suit; -vritta, a. of base conduct; -sevâ, f. service of low per sons; -½a&ndot;ga, a. (â, î) deficient in a limb; defective; -½atirikta½a&ndot;ga, a. (î) having a limb too few or too many; -½adhika, a. too little or too much: -tâ, f. deficiency or ex cess; -½artha, a. having lost one's advantage.
a. dependent on oneself, independent, free; being in one's own power or control, being at one's own dispo sal: -tâ, f. freedom, independence; -patika, -bhartrika, a. having her husband under her control.
noun (masculine) a faulty or defective witness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Mesua Ferrea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subtraction (vyavakalana) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective abandoned (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bad (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
base (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bereft or deprived of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
broken down in circumstances (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brought low (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
defeated or worsted (in a lawsuit) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
defective (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
deficient (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
devoid or destitute of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excluded or shut out from (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
faulty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
for saken (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
free from (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
incomplete (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inferior to (abl.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
insufficient (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
left (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
left behind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
left out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
little (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lost or strayed from (a caravan) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
low (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lower or weaker than (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
omitted (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
poor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
short (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vile (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wanting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
without (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective contradictory (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
defeated or worsted (in a lawsuit) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destitute of speech (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dumb (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
insufficient or inadmissible (as a witness) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
making a defective statement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prevaricating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
speechless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective depending on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
resting on or in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
situated (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subject to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subservient to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective entire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excellent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
full (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not defective or inferior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not withdrawing from (instr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unimpaired (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
whole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of a Rākṣasī (mother of Lavaṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of the Gandharva Aṅgāraparṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a species of Moringa with red blossoms (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Silurus Pelorius or Boalis (a kind of sheat-fish) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective confronting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
facing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
favourable to (gen.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
opposite (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
propitious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective being at one's own disposal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
free (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
independent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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