# असमञ्ज (asamañja)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/asamanja

असमञ्ज (asamañja) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of a descendant of Ikshvaku, the name of a son of Sagara, a proper name, unsuitable, name of a man. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Proper name Asamañja and related senses, Mythological figure Asamañja.

- **SLP1:** `asamaYja`  **IAST:** asamañja  **Devanagari:** असमञ्ज
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asamanja
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/asamanja/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** आसमञ्ज (āsamañja)

## Meanings by context

### Proper name Asamañja and related senses (3 definitions)
- 1. A proper name. 2. Unsuitable.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > असमञ्ज (asamañja) [Printed book page 034-2 ] असमञ्ज (asamañja) a-samañja, ° स (°sa) ् (°s) -s, m. N.; ° स (°sa) -sa, a. not right, unsuitable: -m, ad. improperly. [ ID=3144 ]
- A proper name  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > असमञ्ज (asamañja) [Printed book page 0065-a ] असमञ्ज (asamañja) asamañja and असमञ्ज (asamañja) स् (asamañjas) asamañjas, m. A proper name, Rām. 1, 39, 16; 1, 40, 16 Gorr. [ ID=1291 ]
- name of a man  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > असमञ्ज (asamañja) [Printed book page 053 ] असमञ्ज (asamañja) m. N. of a man. [ ID=3687 ]

### Mythological figure Asamañja (2 definitions)
- Name of a descendant of Ikshvaku  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 119,1] अ - समञ्ज (a-samañja), अस् (as), or असमञ्जस् (asamañjas), आस् (ās), m. N. of a descendant of Ikṣvāku (a son of Sagara by Keśinī and father of Aṃśumat), Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title) &c. [ ID=20686 ]
- the name of a son of Sagara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > असमञ्ज (asamañja) [Printed book page 0104-c ] असमञ्ज (asamañja) a-samañja, as, or a-samañjas, ās, m., N. of a descendant of Ikṣvāku, a son of Sagara by Keśinī and father of Aṃśumat. [ ID=7451 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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