# त्रिजटा (trijaṭā)

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त्रिजटा (trijaṭā) is a Sanskrit word meaning having three matted locks of hair, name of a Brahman, aegle Marmelos, name of a female demon who was friendly to Sita, a Naga virgin. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them The Rākṣasī Trijaṭā, A Brāhman named Trijaṭa, A Nāga virgin named Trijaṭā.

- **SLP1:** `trijawA`  **IAST:** trijaṭā  **Devanagari:** त्रिजटा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trijata
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/trijata/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** त्रिजात (trijāta), त्रिजट (trijaṭa)

## Meanings by context

### The Rākṣasī Trijaṭā (3 definitions)
- Name of a female demon who was friendly to Sita.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Rākṣasī (who was friendly to Sītā), Rāmāyaṇa (Title) iii, v f.; Raghuvaṃśa (Title) xii, 74 [ ID=87703 ]
- name of a Rakshasi who was friendly to Sita at Ravana’s house  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > त्रिजटा (trijaṭā) [Printed book page 318-06 ] त्रि - जटा (tri-jaṭā) f. name of a Rākshasī who was friendly to Sītā at Rāvaṇa’s house, R. xii.74. [ ID=16091 ]
- a female demon  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > त्रिजटा (trijaṭā) [Printed book page 681-1 ] Trijaṭā, a Rākṣasī. § 532 (Sītāsāntvana): III, 280, 16146 ( Rākṣasī ), 16164, 16165 (consoled Sītā).—§ 533 (Sītā- Rāvaṇasaṃv.): III, 281, 16196.—§ 543 (Rāmābhiṣeka): III, 291, 16571 (honoured by Rāma). Cf. Rākṣasī. [ ID=10937 ]

### A Brāhman named Trijaṭa (1 definition)
- Name of a Brahman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > त्रि (tri) — जट (—jaṭa) m. N. of a Brāhman, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) ii [ ID=87701 ]

### A Nāga virgin named Trijaṭā (1 definition)
- a Naga virgin  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Nāga virgin, Kāraṇḍa-vyūha (Title) i, 43 [ ID=87704 ]

### Epithet/Adjective: Having three matted locks (1 definition)
- having three matted locks of hair  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 458,2] त्रि (tri) — जट (—jaṭa) mf( आ (ā) )n. = - कपर्दिन् (-kapardin), Mahābhārata (Title) iii, (Śiva), xii [ ID=87700 ]

### The plant Aegle Marmelos (1 definition)
- Aegle Marmelos  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 458,2] त्रि (tri) — जटा (—jaṭā) f. Aegle Marmelos, Jñānabhair. [ ID=87702 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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