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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuvraj (अनुव्रज्).—1 P.

1) To follow, go after; तां व्रजन्तीमनुवव्राज (tāṃ vrajantīmanuvavrāja) K.132,21; attend especially a departing guest (as far as the bank of water, lake, &c.) as a mark of respect; अतिथिं श्रोत्रियं तृप्तमासीमान्तमनुव्रजेत् (atithiṃ śrotriyaṃ tṛptamāsīmāntamanuvrajet) Y.1.113; तं मातरो देवमनुव्रजन्त्यः (taṃ mātaro devamanuvrajantyaḥ) Kumārasambhava 7.38; यमिच्छेत्पुनरायान्तं नैनं दूरमनु- व्रजेत् (yamicchetpunarāyāntaṃ nainaṃ dūramanu- vrajet) Rām.2.4.5.

2) To visit in order, seek.

3) To go to or near; betake oneself to; मृगा मृगैः सङ्गमनुव्रजन्ति (mṛgā mṛgaiḥ saṅgamanuvrajanti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.282. deer herd or associate with deer.

4) To obey, to do homage to.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuvraj (अनुव्रज्).—go along, accompany, follow; visit, go to or into ([accusative]).

Anuvraj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anu and vraj (व्रज्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuvraj (अनुव्रज्):—[=anu-√vraj] to go along, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to follow (especially a departing guest, as a mark of respect);

—to visit seriatim;

—to obey, do homage.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Anuvraj (अनुव्रज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṇuvacca, Aṇuvvaja, Paḍiagga.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vraj, Anu.

Starts with: Anuvraja, Anuvrajaka, Anuvrajam, Anuvrajana, Anuvrajin, Anuvrajita, Anuvrajya, Anuvrajye.

Ends with: Samanuvraj.

Full-text: Padiagga, Anuvrajya, Anuvrajana, Samanuvraj, Anubbajati, Anuvvaja, Anuvacca.

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