All 4 Uses of
pedigree
in
The Ramayana
- Janak's Pedigree.†
Book 1 *
- When Raghu's son had spoken, he Declared his name and pedigree, His words prolonging to disclose How all the things that be arose: "List while I tell, O Raghu's son, The first-born Fathers, one by one, Great Lords of Life, whence all in earth And all in heaven derive their birth.†
Book 3
- Like some wild elephant is he That rears his trunk on high, Lord of an ancient pedigree, Huge tusks, and furious eye.†
Book 3
- To terrify the lady more, He counted all his triumphs o'er, Proclaimed the titles that he bore, His pedigree and name.†
Book 3
Definition:
the line of ancestors of an animal
or more rarely:
the line of ancestors for a person; or general background of a person such as experience and education; or any background such as that of an idea
or more rarely:
the line of ancestors for a person; or general background of a person such as experience and education; or any background such as that of an idea