Ambashṭha (Jāti)
Ambashṭha · ambashṭha, “the Ambashṭha jāti”
Grammar: masculine noun, the name of a mixed jāti.
Meaning: the child of a brāhmaṇa father and a vaiśya mother.
In the scriptures: In the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Sauti tells Śaunaka the settling of the jātis and of family relations (Jāti Sambandha Nirṇaya). Among the mixed jātis he says that the son of a vaiśya by a śūdra woman is the Karaṇa, and the son of a brāhmaṇa by a vaiśya woman is the Ambashṭha (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10).
Related terms: Jāti · Varṇa · Karaṇa
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10