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asala jaisī
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n. a class of Brahmins inferior to the Upādhyāyas. According to the Mulukī Ain (MA-54 Ed. 1 115.2) the offspring born of an Upādhyāya man to a concubine unmarried Upādhyāya Brahmin girl or the one who are born of an Upādhyāya man to a ritually married Jaisī woman are considered to be True (asala) Jasisis.
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