रजraja

रज (raja) is a Sanskrit word meaning see page, dust, the pollen of flowers, the menstrual excretion, emotion or affection, the quality of passion. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Dust or Pollen, A Proper Name, Cross-references or Grammatical Notes.

Etymology: E. रञ्ज to colour, &c., aff. अच्, and the nasal rejected; this word more commonly occurs रजस्, q. v
Definitions: 25

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Meanings by context

Dust or Pollen

9 definitions

dust

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the pollen of flowers

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Dust. 2. Pollen of flowers.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dust. 2. Flower pollen. 3. Menstrual discharge. 4. The quality of passion.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dust or pollen. 2. Menses. 3. The quality of passion.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dust. 2. The pollen of flowers. 3. Menstrual discharge. 4. The quality of passion.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dust. 2. Flower pollen. 3. Menstrual excretion. 4. The quality of passion.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dust. 2. Flower pollen. 3. A man's name.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dust or the pollen of flowers. 2. The menstrual excretion. 3. The quality of passion, emotion, or affection.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A Proper Name

8 definitions

Name of one of Skanda's attendants

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a king, son of Viraja

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a warrior of Skanda

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

son of Viraja and father of Ketuman

— The Purana Index

son of Dhara

— The Purana Index

one of the seven sons of Vasishtha and Urja

— The Purana Index

son of Arija, a royal sage and one who has attained spiritual power through austerity

— The Purana Index

one of the ten branches of the Rohita clan of devas

— The Purana Index

Cross-references or Grammatical Notes

4 definitions

See page 863.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

used in compounds for rajas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See rajas.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

See page 828, columns 2 and 3.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Quality of Passion / Emotion

3 definitions

1. Emotion or affection. 2. The quality of passion.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Leads to sorrow and thirst.

— The Purana Index

the quality present in both tamas and satva like oil in seed and ghee in milk, resulting from agitation in the pradhana

— The Purana Index

Menstrual Excretion

1 definition

the menstrual excretion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: 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.