Ajyapa, Ājyapā, Ājyapa, Ajya-pa: 12 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaĀjyapa (आज्यप).—A community of Pitṛs belonging to the dynasty of Pulaha. They are called so because they drink during yāgas the ghee made out of goats milk (Ājyam) (Matsya Purāṇa). They live in the land of Kardama Prajāpati. Their daughter Virajā is the wife of Nahuṣa. (Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa).
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationĀjyapā (आज्यपा) refers to a classification of manes (Pitṛ/Pitṛgaṇa) that came into existence from Pulastya’s sweat, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.3. Accordingly:—“[...] Excepting Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Pulastya and Aṅgiras, the six viz. Marīci and others successfully curbed their senses and their activities. O excellent sage, the semen virile of the four—Kratu and others—fell on the ground from which other types of manes were born. They were Somapās, Ājyapās, Kālins and Haviṣmantas. They are all termed Kavyavāhas also. They are their sons. The Somapās are the sons of Kratu, Kālins of Vasiṣṭha, Ājyapās of Pulastya and Haviṣmantas of Aṅgiras”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexĀjyapa (आज्यप).—A class of Manes who reside in regions belonging to Kardama Prajāpati, descendants of Pulaha; Virajā, wife of Nahuṣa was their mindborn daughter; largely worshipped by Vaiśyas.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 28. 19; III. 10. 93-5; Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 1. 63; Matsya-purāṇa 102. 21; Vāyu-purāṇa 30. 100; 56. 17; 73. 43; 101. 43.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀjyapa (आज्यप).—a. drinking ghee.
-pāḥ pl.) a class of Manes who are the sons of Pulastya and the ancestors of the Vaiśya order; पुलस्त्यस्या- ज्यपाः पुत्राः (pulastyasyā- jyapāḥ putrāḥ) Mb.; Manusmṛti 3.197-8.
Ājyapa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ājya and pa (प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀjyapa (आज्यप).—m.
(-paḥ) A Pitri or progenitor of a class of Pitris who are the sons of Pulastya, and the ancestors of the Vaisya order. E. ājya ghee, and pa who drinks.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀjyapa (आज्यप).—[ājya-pa] (vb. 1. pā), m. The Pitṛs or Manes of the Vaiśyas, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 197.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀjyapa (आज्यप).—[adjective] drinking melted butter; [plural] a class of Manes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ājyapa (आज्यप):—[=ājya-pa] [from ājya] mfn. drinking the clarified butter, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] a class of Manes (who are the sons of Pulastya [Manu-smṛti iii, 197 [sequens]] or of Kardama [Viṣṇu-purāṇa] and the ancestors of the Vaiśya order).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ājyapa (आज्यप):—[ājya-pa] (paḥ) 1. m. An ancestor.
2) Ājyapā (आज्यपा):—[ājya-pā] (pāḥ) 1. m. An ancestor.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀjyapa (ಆಜ್ಯಪ):—
1) [noun] he whose food is clarified ghee; one who drinks the ghee offered through the sacrificial fire; a god.
2) [noun] a class of manes.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Ajyapanayaka, Ajyapatra, Ajyapatre.
Full-text: Ekashtaka, Pitri, Kalin, Havishmanta, Pitrigana, Somapa, Vaishya, Viraja, Pulaha, Kavya, Pa, Yayati.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.197 < [Section XI - Origin of the Pitṛs and the Mode of Worshipping them]
Verse 3.198 < [Section XI - Origin of the Pitṛs and the Mode of Worshipping them]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.2 - Different names of Śiva < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 115 - Mode of making a pilgrimage to Gayā (yātrā)
Chapter 219 - Sacred syllables for coronation (abhiṣeka-manta)
Chapter 72 - Mode of bathing and daily worship (snāna-viśeṣa)
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Lineages of Pitṛ < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 221 - Greatness of Ṛṇamocana < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 19 - Greatness of Pitṛkūpikā Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 4 - Boons to Narmadā < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)