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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anantaraja (अनन्तरज) or Anantarajā (अनन्तरजा).—[anantarasyā anantaravarṇāyā mātuḥ jāyate]

1) the child of a Kṣatriyā or Vai- śyā mother, by a father belonging to the caste immediately above the mother's, स्त्रीष्वनन्तरजातासु द्विजैरुत्वादिता- न्सुतान् । सदृशानेव तानाहुर्मातृदोषविगर्हितान् (strīṣvanantarajātāsu dvijairutvāditā- nsutān | sadṛśāneva tānāhurmātṛdoṣavigarhitān) || Manusmṛti 1.6.

2) born immediately before or after; a younger or elder brother. Legitimate son (aurasaḥ); आत्मा पत्रश्च विज्ञेयस्तस्या- नन्तरजश्च यः (ātmā patraśca vijñeyastasyā- nantarajaśca yaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.49.3.

-jā a younger or elder sister; अनुष्ठितानन्तरजाविवाहः (anuṣṭhitānantarajāvivāhaḥ) R.7.32.; so °जात (jāta).

Derivable forms: anantarajaḥ (अनन्तरजः).

Anantaraja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anantara and ja (ज).

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

Anantaraja (अनन्तरज).—mfn.

(-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) Born of the next in order; as of a Kshetriya woman, by a Brahman; of a Vaisya woman, by a Kshetriya. E. anantara, and ja born.

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

Anantaraja (अनन्तरज).—[anantara-ja] (vb. jan), m. A son, born by a wife belonging to a caste next to that of her husband, except the fourth, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 41.

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

Anantaraja (अनन्तरज).—[adjective] next born, also = seq.

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

Anantaraja (अनन्तरज):—[=an-antara-ja] [from an-antara] m. ‘next-born’, the son of a Kṣatriyā or Vaiśyā mother by a father belonging to the caste immediately above the mother’s, [Manu-smṛti x, 41.]

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

Anantaraja (अनन्तरज):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-jaḥ) The son of a man of the three first castes, married to a woman of a caste inferior in order to his own, but not to a Sūdra woman viz. of a Brāhmaṇa by a Kṣatriyā or Vaiśyā and of a Kṣatriyā by a Vaiśyā. The three kinds of sons got by parents of the same caste are called sajātija and both, comprising six kinds, have the privileges of a Dvija or twice-born man. (This is the explanation given by a commentator of Manu and, according to him, anantaraja would have a different meaning than anantarajāta, though both words appear to be synonymes.) E. anantara and ja.

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

Anantaraja (अनन्तरज):—[anantara+ja] (jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) a. Born of a mother one degree lower in caste than the father.

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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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Partial matches: Ja, Anantara.

Starts with: Anantarajata.

Full-text: Anantarajata, Apadhvamsaja, Anantara.

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