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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Hañjā (हञ्जा, “hey child”) refers to a specific “mode of address” (nāman) used in drama (nāṭya), according to Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 19. It can also be spelled as Haṃjā. Hañjā is used by a superior women addressing handmaids (preṣyā).

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Hanja in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Boswellia neglecta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boswellia holstii Engl. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Phytochemistry
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1877)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

hāñjā (हांजा).—m (Hanja.) An unsettled or unclosed business with (among trades-people); an affair or a transaction, esp. as disputable or involved, subsisting with. v tuṭa or, with nāhīṃ, rāha.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

hāñjā (हांजा).—m An unclosed transaction.

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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 dictionary

Hañjā (हञ्जा).—A female servant.

See also (synonyms): hañjikā.

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Hañjā (हञ्जा).—ind. A vocative particle used in addressing a female attendant or maid-servant; हञ्जे कञ्चणमाले अहं ईदिसी कडुभासिणी (hañje kañcaṇamāle ahaṃ īdisī kaḍubhāsiṇī) Ratnāvalī 3.

See also (synonyms): hañje.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hañjā (हञ्जा).—Ind. (In theatrical language,) A vocative particle used in calling to a female attendant. E. hiḍi to treat with disrespect or contempt, aff. ā, and the deriv. irr.; also with e aff. hañje .

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

Hañjā (हञ्जा).—and hañje hañje, A vocative particle used in addressing a lemale attendant (in theatrical language), Sāh. D. 172, 13.

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

Hañjā (हञ्जा):—f. ([according to] to some = kanyā) a female servant ([vocative case] je, often used in [dramatic language] as a particle of address), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Hañjā (हञ्जा):—interj. A particle used in calling a female slave.

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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)

Starts with: Hamjaka, Hamjakki, Hamjara, Hamjaragattu, Hamjaraguli, Hamjarakuli, Hamjaravakki, Hamjarike, Hamjarikekuccu, Hamjarisu, Hanca, Hanjabi, Hanjamana, Hanjarige-kucchu, Hanjarike kuchchu, Hanjarikekuchu.

Ends with (+14): Abhibhanja, Anukhanja, Ardhakhanja, Avabhanja, Bhanja, Gorakh bhanja, Hanca, Jhanja, Kalakhanja, Kalapakhanja, Kalayakhanja, Khamjakhamja, Khanja, Kottabhanja, Kunishanja, Manabhanja, Mhanja, Muhanjahanja, Narmasphanja, Nirbhanja.

Full-text: Hanje, Hanjika, Handa, Hande, Hanjikatva.

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