# रज (raja)

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रज (raja) is a Sanskrit word meaning dust, the pollen of flowers, the menstrual excretion, emotion or affection, the quality of passion, name of one of Skanda's attendants. 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 — E. rañja to colour, &c., aff. ac, and the nasal rejected; this word more commonly occurs rajas, q. v
- **SLP1:** `raja`  **IAST:** raja  **Devanagari:** रज
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_%28festival%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/raja/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** राजा (rājā), राज (rāja)

## Meanings by context

### Dust or Pollen (9 definitions)
- dust  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 863,1] 1. रज (raja) m. ( g. पचा (pacā) दि (di) ) = रज (raja) स् (rajas), dust ( cf. नी - (nī-), वि - र् (vi-r) ° (°) ) [ ID=173860 ]
- the pollen of flowers  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the pollen of flowers, Prasaṅgābh. [ ID=173861 ]
- 1. Dust. 2. Pollen of flowers.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 249-2 ] रज (raja) raj-a, m. ( rare ): dust; pollen of flowers. [ ID=15003 ]
- 1. Dust. 2. Flower pollen. 3. Menstrual discharge. 4. The quality of passion.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 693 ] रज (raja) mn. ( - जः - जं (-jaḥ-jaṃ) ) 1 Dust. 2 The pollen of flowers. 3 The menstrual excretion. 4 The second property of humanity, the quality of passion. E. रञ्ज (rañja) to colour, &c., aff. अच् (ac), and the nasal rejected; this word more commonly occurs रज (raja) स् (rajas), q. v. [ ID=31778 ]
- 1. Dust or pollen. 2. Menses. 3. The quality of passion.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 620-a ] रज (raja) ( जः - जं ) ((jaḥ-jaṃ)) 1. m. n. Dust; pollen; menses; the quality of passion. [ ID=31343 ]
- 1. Dust. 2. The pollen of flowers. 3. Menstrual discharge. 4. The quality of passion.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 595-a ] रज (raja) mn. ( - जः - जं (-jaḥ-jaṃ) ) 1. Dust. 2. The pollen of flowers. 3. The menstrual excretion. 4. The second property of humanity, the quality of passion. E. रन्ज् (ranj) to colour, &c., aff. अच्, (ac,) and the nasal rejected; this word more commonly occurs रज (raja) स्, (rajas,) q. v. [ ID=33068 ]
- 1. Dust. 2. Flower pollen. 3. Menstrual excretion. 4. The quality of passion.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 0754-b ] रज (raja) raja (see rajas ), m. 1. Dust, Hit. i. d. 152, M.M. 2. The pollen of flowers. 3. The menstrual excretion. 4. The quality of passion. — Comp. Nī- raja, i. e. nis-, adj. 1. free from dust, MBh. 13, 3822. 2. free from passion, epithet of Śiva, ib. 13, 1261. [ ID=11922 ]
- 1. Dust. 2. Flower pollen. 3. A man's name.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 440 ] रज (raja) m. dust, the pollen of flowers, a man's name. [ ID=26355 ]
- 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)*
  > [Printed book page 0828-b ] Raja, as, m. = rajas, dust [cf. nī-r° ]; the pollen of flowers; the menstrual excretion, (in this sense also am, n.); the quality of passion, (see rajas ); emotion, affection; N. of one of Skanda's attendants; of a king (a son of Vi-raja). [ ID=39031 ]

### A Proper Name (8 definitions)
- Name of one of Skanda's attendants  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of one of Skanda's attendants, MBh. [ ID=173864 ]
- of a king, son of Viraja  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a king (son of Viraja), VP. [ ID=173865 ]
- a warrior of Skanda  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 574-2 ] Raja, a warrior of Skanda. § 615 u (Skanda): IX, 45 η, 2575. [ ID=8894 ]
- son of Viraja and father of Ketuman  
  *The Purana Index*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 3-044 ] Raja (I) — son of Viraja and father of Ketuman (Śata- jit, Vi. P. ). Br. II. 14. 70; III. 8. 19; Vi. II. 1. 40. [ ID=11398 ]
- son of Dhara  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Raja (II) — son of Dhara. Br. III. 3. 22. [ ID=11399 ]
- one of the seven sons of Vasishtha and Urja  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Raja (IV) — one of the seven sons of Vasiṣṭha and Ūrjā; wife Mārkaṇḍeyī and son Ketuman. Vā. 28. 36-37; Vi. I. 10. 13. [ ID=11401 ]
- son of Arija, a royal sage and one who has attained spiritual power through austerity  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Raja (VI) — son of Arija; a Rājaṛṣi and tapassiddha. Vā. 33. 60; 57. 122. [ ID=11403 ]
- one of the ten branches of the Rohita clan of devas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Raja (VII) — one of the ten branches of the Rohita clan of devas. Vā. 100. 90. [ ID=11404 ]

### Cross-references or Grammatical Notes (4 definitions)
- See page 863.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 861,1] रज (raja) a &c. See p. 863, col. 1. [ ID=173301 ]
- used in compounds for rajas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 863,1] 2. रज (raja) in comp. for रज (raja) स् (rajas). [ ID=173866 ]
- See rajas.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 603-03 ] रज (raja) m. See रज (raja) स् (rajas) n. [ ID=31690 ]
- See page 828, columns 2 and 3.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > रज (raja) [Printed book page 0826-b ] Raja, rajaka, rajani, rajas, &c. See p. 828, cols. 2, 3. [ ID=39011 ]

### Quality of Passion / Emotion (3 definitions)
- 1. Emotion or affection. 2. The quality of passion.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > emotion, affection, L. : the quality of passion, Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) iv, 216, Sch. [ ID=173863 ]
- Leads to sorrow and thirst.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Raja (III) — is Rājasīvṛtti: Leads to duhkha and Tṛṣa. Br. IV. 3. 32-41. [ ID=11400 ]
- 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*
  > Raja (V) — the quality present both in tamas and satva as oil in the oil-seed and ghee in milk; it is the result of agitation in the pradhāna. Vā. 3. 2; 5. 10, 12. [ ID=11402 ]

### Menstrual Excretion (1 definition)
- the menstrual excretion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the menstrual excretion (also n. ), L. [ ID=173862 ]

## 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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