English Meaning of khairabhata

Meaning of 'khairabhata'

m A Brahman so named from his strength and prowess. Being attacked by robbers he uprooted a Khyr-tree and dispersed them. Hence used of any one of remarkable strength, a Hercules, a Samson. 2 Applied also to a coarse and illiterate bhata fit only to teach trees; a hedge-parson.

Meaning of खैरभट

m A Bráhman so named from his strength and prowess. Being attacked by robbers he uprooted a Khyr-tree and dispersed them. Hence used of any one of remarkable strength, a Hercules, a Samson. 2 Applied also to a coarse and illiterate भट fit only to teach trees; a hedge-parson.

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