क्षुद्र kṣhudr

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Small, little, minute, trifling, insignificant.
Mean, low, vile, base, contemptible, niggardly, avaricious.

Usual translation

  1. shudra

Origin of the definition

S کشدر क्षुद्र kshudra, vulg. kshudr , adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Small, little, minute, trifling, insignificant; indigent, poor; mean, low, vile, base, contemptible; niggardly, avaricious; — a mean person, &c.: — kshudra-buddhi, adj. & s.m.f. Of little understanding, simple, silly, foolish, ignorant; — a person of little understanding, or of mean intellect: — kshudr-jīv, s.m. Any lower animal, a brute beast; — kshudra-rog, s.m. A minor disease, a disease of little importance: — kshudra-rogi, s.m. (f. -iṇī), A person suffering from a minor disease.

Created
Thursday 12 September 2024
Updated
Thursday 12 September 2024