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vrātya

vrā́tya m. a man of the mendicant or vagrant class, a tramp, out-caste, low or vile person (either a man who has lost caste through non-observance of the ten principal Saṃskāras, or a man of a partic. low caste descended from a Śūdra and a Kṣatriyā; accord. to some ‘the illegitimate son of a Kṣatriya who knows the habits and intentions of soldiers’; in [AV. xv, 8, 1]; [9, 1], the Rājanyas and even the Brāhmans are said to have sprung from the Vrātya who is identified with the Supreme Being, prob. in glorification of religious mendicancy; accord. to [ĀpŚr.] is used in addressing a guest), [AV.] &c. &c.

vrā́tya mfn. belonging to the Vrata called Mahā-vrata (q.v.), [PañcavBr.], Sch.