Haḍḍi (Jāti)
Haḍḍi · haḍḍi, “a mixed jāti”
Grammar: masculine noun; the name of a mixed jāti.
Meaning: a mixed jāti, one of the many that arise from the mixing of varṇas.
In the scriptures: In the Brahma Khaṇḍa of the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, in the chapter that settles the jātis and family relations, Sauti tells Śaunaka the mixed jātis. A Leṭa by a Caṇḍāla woman begets two sons, the Haḍḍi and the Ḍama. A Caṇḍāla by a Haḍḍi woman begets five sons called Vanacaras, the forest-dwellers (Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10).
Related terms: Jāti · Varṇa-saṅkara
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Brahma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 10