क्षत्तृ

kshattṛí

seeﾠ kshad

ttā m. (Pāṇ. 3-2, 135 Vārtt. 6; VI, 4, 11) ;
one who cuts orﾠ carves orﾠ distributes anything RV. VI, 13, 2 AV. ṠBr. XIII ṠāṇkhṠr. ;
an attendant, (especially) door-keeper, porter (cf. anuksh-) AV. IX, 6, 49 VS. XXX, 13 TBr. etc.. ;
a chamberlain Kathās. LII, 106 and 117 ;
a charioteer, coachman VS. XVI, 26 (ṠatarUp. IV) ṠāṇkhṠr. XVI, 1, 16 (v.l. for kshatra);
the son of a Sūdra man andﾠ a Kshatriya woman (orﾠ the son of a Kshatriya man andﾠ a Ṡūdra woman <called Ugra Mn. X, 12 > L. ;
orﾠ the son of a Ṡūdra man andﾠ a Vaiṡya woman <called Āyogava Mn. X, 12 > Uṇ. II, 90 ) Mn. X, 12-26 and 49 Yājñ. I, 94 ;
the son of a female slave L. ;
(hence) N. of Vidura (as the son of the celebrated Vyāsa by a female slave)
MBh. I, 7381; III, 246 BhP. III, 1, 1-3 ;
N. of Brahmā. L. ;
a fish L.