An epithet of a Prajapati
N. of a Prajā-pati, Hariv. [ID=199230]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
विराजvirāja
विराज (virāja) is a Sanskrit word meaning shining, brilliant, a particular form of a temple, a participle, a species of plant, an epithet of a Prajapati, a son of Avikshit. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Mythological Progenitor / Cosmic Being, Referential (Points to विराज् or related entry), Specific Categories (Temple Form, Ritual, Plant).
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Meanings by context
Mythological Progenitor / Cosmic Being
3 definitions
1. A man of the regal or military class. 2. Splendour or beauty. 3. The body. 4. The first progeny of Brahma or Brahma himself in an androgynous form.
वि (vi)राज (virāja) [Printed book page 667-b]
वि (vi)राज (virāja)
वि (vi)राज (virāja)
m. (-राट् (-rāṭ))
1. A man of the regal or military class.
2. Splendour, beauty.
3. The body.
4. The first progeny of BRAHMĀ, who having divided himself into male and female, produced from the female, VIRĀJ; VIRĀJ then by himself produced the first Manu or SWAYAMBHŪVA who was the progenitor of the Prajāpatis, and the secondary framer of the visible world: in other places VIRĀJ is the same as BRAHMĀ, and assumer of the androgynous form in his own person.
E. वि (vi) severally or separately, &c., राज् (rāj) to shine, aff. क्वि (vi)प् । (kvip .)
[ID=37283]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
married Shatarupa and fathered Priyavrata, Uttanapada, Akuti, and Prasuti
Virāja (III) — (Virāṭpuruṣa; also Samrāt and Manu)1 married Śatarūpā; sons Priyavrata and Uttānapāda and two daughters, Ākūtī and Prasūtī; the latter was given to Dakṣa and the former to Ruci to whom twins, Yajña and Dakṣiṇa were born.2
[Footnote: 1) Vā. 10. 15.]
[Footnote: 2) Br. II. 9. 39.]
[ID=13067]
[Footnote: 1) Vā. 10. 15.]
[Footnote: 2) Br. II. 9. 39.]
[ID=13067]
— The Purana Index
Specific Categories (Temple Form, Ritual, Plant)
3 definitions
a particular form of a temple
वि-राज (vi-rāja) m. a partic. form of a temple, Hcat. [ID=199227]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a participle
a part. Ekāha, Vait. [ID=199228]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a species of plant
a species of plant, L. [ID=199229]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Other Named Individuals/Groups
2 definitions
a son of Shamika
विराज (virāja) [Printed book page 3-255]
Virāja (I) — a son of Śamīka. M. 46. 27. [ID=13065]
Virāja (I) — a son of Śamīka. M. 46. 27. [ID=13065]
— The Purana Index
a Marut gana
Virāja (II) — a Marut gaṇa. M. 171. 53. [ID=13066]
— The Purana Index
Quality of Being Radiant
2 definitions
shining, brilliant
(H2) [Printed book page 983,1]
वि-राज (vi-rāja) mfn. shining, brilliant, Pañcar. [ID=199226]
वि-राज (vi-rāja) mfn. shining, brilliant, Pañcar. [ID=199226]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
shining, resplendent
विराज (virāja) [Printed book page 504]
विराज (virāja) a. shining, resplendent. [ID=29987]
विराज (virāja) a. shining, resplendent. [ID=29987]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Son of Avikṣit
2 definitions
a son of Avikshit
of a son of A-vikṣit, MBh. [ID=199231]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
son of Avikshit
विराज (virāja) [Printed book page 740-1]
Virāja, son of Avikṣit. § 154 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3741. [ID=12144]
Virāja, son of Avikṣit. § 154 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3741. [ID=12144]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Named Mountain
1 definition
a mountain north of the Mahabhadra lake
Virāja (IV) — a Mt. north of the Mahābhadra lake. Vā. 36. 33. [ID=13068]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 8 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.