Abhumija, Abhūmija, Abhumi-ja: 5 definitions

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Abhumija 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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhūmija (अभूमिज).—

1) produced in a bad or improper place.

2) not produced in earth.

Abhūmija is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhūmi and ja (ज).

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

Abhūmija (अभूमिज):—[=a-bhūmi-ja] [from a-bhūmi] mfn. produced in unfit or unsuitable ground, [Suśruta]

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

Abhūmija (अभूमिज):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-jaḥ-jā-jam) Not grown in (arable) lands, grown in marsh-lands; e. g. Suśruta: anārtavaṃ vyādhihatamaparyāgatameva ca . abhūmijaṃ navaṃ cāpi na dhānyaṃ guṇavatsmṛtam . navaṃ dhānyamabhisyandi laghu saṃvatsaroṣitam &c. [For the culture of rice in India in dry arable lands and in marsh-lands (the flooded rice) comp. Crawfurd's Indian Archip. I. p. 357 ff.; and for the medicinal effect of either, Ainslie's Materia Indica I. 341. ‘the produce of the caar crop (the flooded rice) which is reapt in October, he (Agastya) considers as of a different quality; this he says “will bring on indigestion, flatulency, eruptions on the skin, and other evils;” he finishes by saying, that “a person had better beg his bread, than eat the rice of the caar crop”.] E. a neg. and bhūmija, or abhūmi -ja.

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Abhumija in German

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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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