Goraja, Gōraja, Gorāja, Go-raja: 10 definitions
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Goraja means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)Gorāja (गोराज) [?] is the name of a Kumbhāṇḍa appointed as one of the Divine protector deities of Caidya, according to chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective kingdoms of Jambudvīpa [e.g., the Kumbhāṇḍa Gorāja in Caidya], resembling the time of the past Buddhas.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygōraja (गोरज).—m (S) Cow's dust &c. For this word and its compounds gōrajamuhūrtta & gōrajalagna see gōdhūla and its compounds.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgōraja (गोरज).—
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGorāja (गोराज).—an excellent bull.
Derivable forms: gorājaḥ (गोराजः).
Gorāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms go and rāja (राज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGorāja (गोराज).—m.
(-jaḥ) A bull. E. go a cow, and rājan a king, ṭac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGorāja (गोराज):—[=go-rāja] [from go] m. (= -pati) a bull, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGorāja (गोराज):—[go-rāja] (jaḥ) 1. m. A bull.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGōraja (ಗೋರಜ):—[noun] dust raised by cattle on the road while coming home in the evening.
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Gōrāja (ಗೋರಾಜ):—
1) [noun] an excellent bull.
2) [noun] Nandi, the mythological bull, the vehicle of Śiva.
3) [noun] the moon.
4) [noun] Indra, the lord of gods.
5) [noun] (myth.) Varuṇa, the lord of water.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gorajalagna, Gorajamuhurta, Gorajapalya, Gorajas.
Full-text: Gorajas, Govindaraja, Gavaraja, Vatayanarajas, Caidya, Edakarajas.
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