Ajanamaka, Ajanāmaka, Aja-namaka: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ajanāmaka (अजनामक).—[ajaḥ nāma yasya saḥ kap] a mineral substance.

Derivable forms: ajanāmakaḥ (अजनामकः).

Ajanāmaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aja and nāmaka (नामक).

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

Ajanāmaka (अजनामक):—[=aja-nāmaka] [from aja > aj] m. ‘named Aja or Viṣṇu’, a mineral substance.

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

Ajanāmaka (अजनामक):—[bahuvrihi compound] m.

(-kaḥ) The name of a mineral substance. See aja and mākṣika. E. ajanāman (having the name of Viṣṇu), samāsānta aff. kap.

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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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