1. An elephant.
2. One of the eight elephants of the quarters, serving as a symbol for the number eight.
3. A measure of length equal to two cubits or a yard.
4. A place prepared for building a house.
5. A sloping mound of earth for house erection.
6. A small ground hole for a fire to prepare food or medicine.
7. An attendant on the sun.
8. An Asura conquered by Shiva.
गज (gaja) [Printed book page 0278-a] Gaja, as, m. an elephant, one of the eight ele-
phants of the quarters (
= dig-gaja), and thus a sym-
bolical term for the number 8; a measure of length,
the Gaz, a yard, a measure of two cubits, = 1(3/4) or 2
Hastas; a place prepared for the building of a house;
a mound of earth sloping on both sides, on which a
house may be erected; a small hole in the ground
for a fire, over which to prepare food or medicines;
N. of an attendant on the sun; also of an Asura
conquered by Śiva; (
ī), f. a female elephant.
—Gaja- kanda, as, m. a large esculent root, a sort of arum,
= hasti-kanda.
—Gaja-karṇa, as, m. ‘elephant-
ear,’ N. of a Yakṣa.
—Gaja-kūrmāśin (°ma-āś°), ī, m. one who devours an elephant and a tortoise,
an epithet of Garuḍa, the bird and vehicle of Viṣṇu,
(in allusion to his swallowing both those animals whilst
engaged in a contest with each other.)
—Gaja-gati, is, f. a stately gait like that of an elephant.
—Gaja- gāminī, f. a woman of a stately elephant-like walk.
—Gaja-cirbhaṭā, f. a kind of cucumber, Cucumis Ma-
deraspatanus,
= indra-vāruṇī.
—Gaja-cirbhiṭa, as, m. the plant Cucumis Maderaspatanus; (
ā), f. another
kind of gourd,
= mahendra-vāruṇī.
—Gaja-cchāyā, f. a portion of time proper for a Śrāddha (as long as
the shadow of an elephant rests on the spot chosen
for a ceremony?).
—Gaja-ḍhakkā, f. a kettle-drum
carried on an elephant.
—Gaja-tā, f. a multitude of
elephants.
—Gaja-turaṅga-vilasita, am, n., N. of
a metre; [cf.
ṛṣabha-gaja-vilasita.]
—Gaja-tva, am, n. the state of an elephant.
—Gaja-daghna, as, ī, am, as high or tall as an elephant.
—Gaja-danta, as, m. an elephant's tusk; ivory; a bracket or pin
projecting from a wall; an epithet of Gaṇeśa, (this
deity being represented with an elephant's head.)
—Gajadanta-phalā, f. a kind of pumpkin,
= ḍaṅ- garī.
—Gajadanta-maya, as, ī, am, made of ivory.
—Gaja-dāna, am, n. the liquor exuding from an
elephant's temples.
—Gaja-dvayasa, as, ī, am, as
high as an elephant.
—Gaja-nāsā, f. the trunk of
an elephant.
—Gaja-pati, is, m. the lord or keeper
of elephants; a large stately elephant; a title given
to kings; N. of an old king in the south of Jambu-
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—Gaja-pādapa, as, m. the plant Bignonia
Suaveolens,
= sthalī.
—Gaja-pippalī, f. a plant bear-
ing a seed which resembles pepper, Scindapsus Offici-
nalis; [cf.
kari-pippalī, &c.]
—Gaja-puṅgava, as, m. a large and excellent elephant.
—Gaja-puṭa, as, m. a small hole in the ground for a fire, over
which to prepare food, medical decoctions, extracts,
&c.
—Gaja-pura, am, n. the town called after the
elephant; another N. of Hāstina-pura; [cf.
gaja- sāhvaya, gajāhvaya, vāraṇa-sāhvaya.]
—Gaja- puṣpī, f., N. of a flower.
—Gaja-priyā, f. the gum
olibanum tree, Boswellia Serrata.
—Gaja-bandhanī, am, f. n. a post to which an elephant is bound.
—Gaja-bhakṣaka, as, m. the sacred fig tree, Ficus
Religiosa, (the young branches of this tree being the
elephants' favourite food.)
—Gaja-bhakṣā or
gaja- bhakṣyā, f. the gum olibanum tree; [cf.
gaja- priyā.]
—Gaja-bhujaṅgama, au, m. du. an elephant
and a serpent.
—Gaja-maṇḍana, am, n. the orna-
ments with which an elephant is decorated, especially
the coloured lines on his head.
—Gaja-maṇḍalikā, f. a ring or circle of elephants surrounding a car &c.
—Gaja-malla, as, m., N. of a son of Karpūra and
father of Kalyāṇa-malla.
—Gaja-mācala, as, m. a
lion; [cf.
kari-mācala.]
—Gaja-mātra, as, ī, am, as tall as an elephant.
—Gaja-muktā, f. or
gaja- mauktika, am, n. pearl supposed to be found in the
projections (Kumbha) on the forehead of an elephant.
—Gaja-mukha, as, m. ‘elephant-faced,’ an epithet
of Gaṇeśa.
—Gaja-moṭana, as, m. a lion; also
gaja-mocana (?).
—Gaja-yāna-vid, t, t, t, expert
in managing an elephant.
—Gaja-yūtha, as, m. a
herd of elephants.
—Gaja-yodhin, ī, inī, i, fighting
on an elephant.
—Gaja-rāja, as, m. a noble ele-
phant.
—Gaja-vat, ān, atī, at, furnished with ele-
phants.
—Gaja-vadana, as, m. ‘elephant-faced,’ an
epithet of Gaṇeśa.
—Gaja-vara, as, m. the choicest
or best of elephants.
—Gaja-vallabhā, f. the gum
olibanum tree; another plant,
= giri-kadalī.
—Gaja- vilasitā, f. a sort of metre.
—Gaja-vīthi, is, f. ‘the
course of the elephant,’ or that division of the moon's
course in the heavens which contains the signs Rohiṇī,
Mṛga-śiras, and Ārdrā, or (according to others) the
signs Punar-vasu, Tiṣya, and Āśleṣā.
—Gaja-vraja, as, ā, am, walking like an elephant; (
am), n. the
pace of an elephant; a troop of elephants.
—Gaja- śikṣā, f. the knowledge or science of elephants,
elephant-lore.
—Gaja-śiras, ās, m., N. of a Dānava.
—Gaja-śīrṣa, as, m., N. of a Nāga.
—Gaja- sāhvaya, am, n. a famous city, Hāstina-pura, the
capital of the Kurus; [cf.
gaja-pura.]
—Gaja- skandha, as, m. ‘having shoulders like an elephant,’
N. of a Dānava.
—Gaja-sthāna, as or
am, m. or
n. (?), N. of a place.
—Gaja-snāna, am, n. vain or
unproductive efforts, efforts which resemble the ab-
lution of elephants, which after squirting water over
their bodies, end by throwing dust and rubbish.
—Ga- jākhya (°ja-ākh°), as, m. the plant Cassia Alata or
Tora,
= cakra-marda.
—Gajāgraṇī (°ja-ag°), īs, m. the most excellent among the elephants, an epi-
thet of Airāvata, the elephant of Indra.
—Gajājīva (°ja-āj°), as, m. an elephant-keeper or driver, (ori-
ginally ‘one who gets his livelihood by elephants.’)
—Gajāṇḍa (°ja-aṇ°), am, n. a kind of carrot
(piṇḍa-mūla).
—Gajādana, a various reading for
gajāśana, q. v.
—Gajādi-nāmā (°ja-ād°), f., N.
of a plant,
= gaja-pippalī.
—Gajādhipati (°ja- adh°), is, m. the prince of elephants, a noble ele-
phant.
—Gajādhyakṣa (°ja-adh°), as, m. the mas-
ter or superintendent of the elephants.
—Gajānana (°ja-ān°), as, m. ‘elephant-faced,’ a N. of Gaṇeśa.
—Gajāpasada (°ja-ap°), as, m. a common or low-
born elephant.
—Gajāyur-veda (°ja-āy°), as, m. a
work on the treatment of elephants.
—Gajāri (°ja- ari), is, m. a lion (the enemy of elephants); a par-
ticular tree.
—Gajārūḍha (°ja-ār°), as, ā, am, riding
on an elephant.
—Gajāroha (°ja-ār°), as, m. an ele-
phant-driver.
—Gajāśana (°ja-aś°), as, m. the reli-
gious fig tree,
= aśvattha; (ā), f. the gum olibanum
tree, Boswellia Serrata; hemp (Cannabis Sativa, =
bhaṅgā); the root of a lotus.
—Gajāsura-dveṣin Page0278-c+ 74 (°ja-as°), ī, m. or
gajāsuhṛd (°ja-as°), t, m. the
enemy of the Asura Gaja, an epithet of Śiva.
—Ga- jāsya (°ja-ās°), as, m. ‘elephant-faced,’ an epithet
of Gaṇeśa; [cf.
gaja-vadana and
gajānana.]
—Gajāhva (°ja-āh°), am, n. a N. of Hāstina-pura
[cf.
gaja-pura]; (
ā), f. another N. of the plant
Gaja-pippalī.
—Gajāhvaya (°ja-āh°), am, n. =
gaja-pura; (ās), m. pl. the inhabitants of Hāstina-
pura.
—Gajekṣaṇa (°ja-īk°), as, m., N. of a Dā-
nava.
—Gajendra (°ja-in°), as, m. a chief among
elephants, a large and noble elephant; Indra's ele-
phant.
—Gajendra-karṇa, as, m. an epithet of
Śiva.
—Gajendra-nātha, as, m. a very princely
elephant.
—Gajendra-mokṣaṇa, am, n. title of a
section of the Vāmana-Purāṇa; also said to be the
title of a part of the Mahā-bhārata.
—Gajendra- vikrama, as, ā, am, having the valour of an excel-
lent elephant.
—Gajeṣṭā (°ja-iṣ°), f. the plant
Batatas Paniculata,
= vidārī.
—Gajodara (°ja-ud°), as, m., N. of a Dānava.
—Gajoṣaṇā (°ja-uṣ°), f., N. of the plant Gaja-pippalī.
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