मैत्रेयक

{ maitrēyakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मैत्रेयक  m.  m. N. of a partic. mixed caste or degraded tribe (the offspring of a वैदेह and an अयोगवी, whose business is to praise great men and announce the dawn by ringing a bell), [Mn. x, 33]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मैत्रेयकः [maitrēyakḥ]  N. N. of a mixed tribe; मैत्रेयकं तु वैदेहो माधूकं संप्रसूयते [Ms.1.33.]

Shabda-Sagara

मैत्रेयक  m.  ( -कः) A crier or chaunter of the hours: see the last.
E. मैत्रेय, कन् added.

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मैत्रेय कन्