# आर्जव (ārjava)

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आर्जव (ārjava) is a Sanskrit word meaning straight, honest, sincere, the name of a teacher, rectitude or propriety of action, honesty, frankness, sincerity, rectitude or propriety of conduct. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Noun: Physical Straightness & Moral Rectitude, Moral Uprightness (Honesty, Rectitude, Sincerity), Proper Name of an Individual.

- **Etymology:** E. ऋञ् straight, अण् aff — E. ṛñ straight, aṇ aff
- **SLP1:** `Arjava`  **IAST:** ārjava  **Devanagari:** आर्जव
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjava
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/arjava/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Noun: Physical Straightness & Moral Rectitude (6 definitions)
- 1. Straightness. 2. Rectitude and propriety. 3. Sincerity.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 119 ] आर्जव (ārjava) n. ( - वं (-vaṃ) ) 1 Straightness. 2 Rectitude, propriety of act or observance. 3 Sincerity. E. ऋञ् (ṛñ) straight, अण् (aṇ) aff. [ ID=5763 ]
- Straightness or moral rectitude  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 096-b ] आर्जव (ārjava) ( वं ) ((vaṃ)) 1. n. Straightness, rectitude natural or moral. [ ID=5146 ]
- 1. Straightness. 2. Honesty, sincerity, or open-heartedness.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 107-09 ] आर्जव (ārjava) n. 1. Straightness; 2. rectitude of behaviour, honesty, sincerity, open heartedness, अहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् (ahiṃsā kṣāntirārjavam) Bg. xiii.7. [ ID=5370 ]
- 1. Straightness. 2. Rectitude and propriety of action. 3. Sincerity.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 098-b ] आर्जव (ārjava) n. ( - वं (-vaṃ) ) 1. Straightness. 2. Rectitude, propriety of act or observance. 3. Sincerity. E. ऋजु (ṛju) straight, अण (aṇa) aff. [ ID=5761 ]
- 1. Straight or honest. 2. Straightness or rectitude.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 066 ] आर्जव (ārjava) a. straight, honest; n. straightness, rectitude. [ ID=4538 ]
- 1. Straightness or straight direction. 2. Rectitude or propriety of conduct. 3. Honesty, openness, or sincerity.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 0129-a ] आर्जव (ārjava) ārjava, am, n. (fr. ṛju ), straight- ness, straight direction; rectitude, propriety of act or observance; honesty, open behaviour; sincerity. [ ID=9179 ]

### Moral Uprightness (Honesty, Rectitude, Sincerity) (4 definitions)
- rectitude or propriety of action  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > rectitude, propriety of act or observance [ ID=26422 ]
- honesty, frankness, sincerity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > honesty, frankness, sincerity, Chāndogya-upaniṣad (Title); Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra (Title); Gautama-dharma-śāstra (Title); Mahābhārata (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title) &c. [ ID=26423 ]
- 1. Honest. 2. Honesty or rectitude.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 041-3 ] आर्जव (ārjava) ārjav-a, a. honest; n. honesty, rectitude: -in, a. straightforward, honest. [ ID=3828 ]
- candour  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 0086-a ] आर्जव (ārjava) ārjava, i. e. ṛju + a, n. Can- Page0086-b+ 42 dour, Man. 11, 222; Bhartṛ. 2, 19. — Comp. An-, n. dishonesty, Man. 9, 17. [ ID=1684 ]

### Proper Name of an Individual (3 definitions)
- the name of a teacher  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) m. N. of a teacher, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=26420 ]
- A proper name in the Mahabharata.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 067-2 ] Ārjava. § 585 (Bhīṣmav.): VI, 90 σ, 3997 (together with his brothers Śakuni, etc., he fought Irāvat, on the eighth day of the battle). [ ID=799 ]
- a pupil of Bashkali  
  *The Purana Index*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) [Printed book page 1-171 ] Ārjava — a pupil of Bāṣkali. Br. II. 35. 6. [ ID=1381 ]

### Adjective: Straight, Honest, Sincere (2 definitions)
- straight  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 151,3] आर्जव (ārjava) mfn. ( fr. ऋजु (ṛju) g. पृथ्वादि (pṛthvādi), Pāṇini (Author) v, 1, 122 ), straight [ ID=26418 ]
- honest, sincere  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > honest, sincere, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ ID=26419 ]

### Physical Straightness (1 definition)
- straightness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > आर्जव (ārjava) n. straightness, straight direction, Sāhitya-darpaṇa (Title) [ ID=26421 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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