संकर
Sanskrit
Noun
संकर • (saṃkara) stem, m
- mixing together, commingling, intermixture confusion (esp. of castes or races, proceeding from the intermarriage of a man with a woman of a higher caste or from the promiscuous intercourse of the four tribes, and again from the indiscriminate cohabitation of their descendants).
- the offspring of a mixed marriage.
- any action similar to the intermixture of castes.
- (in rhet.) the confusion or blending together of metaphors which ought to be kept distinct.
- anything that may be defiled by the touch of any unclean thing.
Descendants
- Telugu: సంకరము (saṅkaramu)