व्रात्य — {vrātya} 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 Sūdra and a Kshatriyā##accord. to some 'the illegitimate son of a Kshatriya 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. {vrātya} is used in addressing a guest) AV. &c. &c##({ā}), f. a female Vrātya Mn. viii, 373##a vagrant life PañcavBr##mfn. belonging to the Vrata called Maha-vrata (q.v.) PañcavBr. Sch
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