Vanaraji, Vanarājī, Vanarāji, Vana-raji: 8 definitions
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Vanaraji means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVanarājī (वनराजी).—A servant maid of Vasudeva;1 one of the thirteen wives of Vasudeva son of Kapila.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)Vanarāji (वनराजि) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Vanarāji has 22 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 5, 5, [ISI] and [SS] mātrās.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVanarāji (वनराजि) or Vanarājī (वनराजी).—f.
1) a grove or long row of trees.
2) a long tract of forest.
3) a path in a forest.
Derivable forms: vanarājiḥ (वनराजिः).
Vanarāji is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and rāji (राजि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanarāji (वनराजि).—mfn. (-jiḥ-jiḥ or jī-ji) Embellishing or beautifying a forest. E. vana, rājṛ to shine, in aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanarāji (वनराजि).—[feminine] a row of trees or long track of a forest.
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Vanarājī (वनराजी).—[feminine] a row of trees or long track of a forest.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vanarāji (वनराजि):—[=vana-rāji] [from vana > van] mf(ī)n. embellishing or beautifying a f°, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) Vanarājī (वनराजी):—[=vana-rājī] [from vana-rāji > vana > van] f. a row of trees, a long track of f° or a path in a f°, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] (only ji), a female slave belonging to Vasu-deva, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanarāji (वनराजि):—[vana-rāji] (jiḥ-jiḥ-jī-ji) a. Forest adorning.
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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.
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