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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Agaja (अगज).—A son of the elephant Mṛga.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 332.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

agājā (अगाजा).—m ( P) Uproar, outcry, hubbub. 2 Bruit, publicity, noisedness abroad. Ex. tyā gōṣṭīcā a0 jhālā. 3 Renown, celebrity. agājyācā Renowned.

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

agājā (अगाजा).—m Uproar; publicity; renown.

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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

Agaja (अगज).—a. (agāt parvataśilāto jāyate; jan-ḍa,) produced on a mountain or from a tree; roaming or wandering through mountains, wild (giricara); कचाचितौ विष्वगिवागजौ गजौ (kacācitau viṣvagivāgajau gajau) Kirātārjunīya 1.36.

-jam bitumen. [शिलाजित (śilājita)]

Agaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aga and ja (ज).

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Agajā (अगजा).—Born From the mountain, Pārvatī. अगजाननपद्मार्कं गजाननमहर्निशम् । अनेकदं तं भक्तानामेकदन्तमुपास्महे (agajānanapadmārkaṃ gajānanamaharniśam | anekadaṃ taṃ bhaktānāmekadantamupāsmahe) || Subhā.

Agajā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aga and jā (जा).

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

Agaja (अगज).—mfn.

(-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) 1. Mountainous, produced on a mountain. 2. Vegetable, produced from a tree. E. aga and ja born.

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

1) Agaja (अगज):—[=a-ga-ja] [from a-ga] mfn. produced on a mountain, or from a tree

2) Agajā (अगजा):—[=a-ga-jā] [from aga-ja > a-ga] f. Name of Pārvati, daughter of Himālaya

3) Agaja (अगज):—[=a-ga-ja] [from a-ga] n. bitumen.

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

Agaja (अगज):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.

(-jaḥ-jā-jam) 1) Produced on a mountain, mountaineous.

2) Produced from a tree, vegetable. Ii. n.

(-jam) Bitumen. See śilājatu. E. aga and ja.

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

Agaja (अगज):—[a-ga-ja] (jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) a. Vegetable; mountainous. ja used for jāta.

[Sanskrit to German]

Agaja 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Āgāja (आगाज):—(nm) beginning, start, commencement.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ja, Aga.

Starts with: Agajaga, Agajalya, Agajanem, Agajani, Agajaramana, Agajate.

Ends with (+27): Abhragaja, Adagaja, Airavatagaja, Andagaja, Aragaja, Aranyagaja, Ashagaja, Bajagaja, Balagaja, Bhagaja, Bilwagaja, Cakragaja, Chakragaja, Dashagaja, Dhasamagaja, Dishagaja, Dushtagaja, Edagaja, Gaganagaja, Gajagaja.

Full-text: Agatmaja, Agajanem.

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