dAsaH 1 A slave, servant in general; gfhakarmadAsAH Bh. 1. 1 ; gfha° , karma° &c. 2 A fisherman. 3 A Śūdra, a man of the fourth caste. 4 A knowing man, one who knows the universal spirit. 5 N. of Vṛtrāsura. 6 A demon. 7 A savage, barbarian ( opp. Arya ). 8 A worthy recipient ( dAnapAtra ). 9 A word added to the name of a Śūdra; cf. gupta . Comp. — anudAsaH ‘a slave of a slave’, the humblest of the servants; (sometimes used by the speaker as a mark of humility). — janaH a servant or slave; kamaparADalavaM mayi paSyasi tyajasi mAnini dAsajanaM yataH V. 4. 29 ; ( dAsasyakulaM is used as a compound in the sense of ‘the mob or the common people’). — BAvaH servitude.