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varṇin

mf(inI)n. having a partic. colour, coloured, [AgP.]

(ifc.) having the colour or appearance of [R.]

belonging to the caste or tribe of (see jyeṣṭha-v°)

m. a painter, [L.]

a writer, scribe, [L.]

a person belonging to one of the four castes, [Yājñ.]; [Kām.]

a religious student or Brahma-cārin (q.v.), [Kum.]; [Kathās.] (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 2, 134])

a partic. plant (?), [MBh. xii, 2652]

m. pl. N. of a partic. sect, [Vās., Introd.]