जाति

Definitions

• birth, production
• rebirth
• the form of existence (as man, animal, etc.) fixed by birth
• position assigned by birth, rank, caste, family, race, lineage
• kind, genus (opposed to species), species (opposed to individual), class
• the generic properties (opposed to the specific ones)
• the character of a species, genuine or true state of anything
• reduction of fractions to a common denominator
• a self-confuting reply (founded merely on similarity or dissimilarity)
• a particular figure of speech
• a class of metres
• a manner of singing
• fireplace
• mace, nutmeg