Anujan: 3 definitions
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Anujan 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 dictionaryAnujan (अनुजन्).—4 A.
1) To be born after, arise or be produced after, to follow in being born, arising &c.; पुत्रिकायां कृतायां तु यदि पुत्रोऽनुजायते (putrikāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ tu yadi putro'nujāyate) Manusmṛti 9.134; अथवा जायमानस्य यच्छी- लमनुजायते (athavā jāyamānasya yacchī- lamanujāyate) Mb.
2) To take after (one's parents); to be born similar to.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnujan (अनुजन्).—be born later or after ([accusative]); take after, resemble ([accusative]).
Anujan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anu and jan (जन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnujan (अनुजन्):—[=anu-√jan] [class] 4. [Ātmanepada] -jāyate, to follow in being born or produced or arising;
—to take after (one’s parents), [Raghuvaṃśa]
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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Starts with: Anujana, Anujanam, Anujanana, Anujanati, Anujanavana, Anujangha, Anujani, Anujaniya, Anujanma, Anujanman, Anujanya.
Ends with: Samanujan.
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Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
1.6. Expiatory Rites in Puṭayūrbhāṣa < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
3.4. Expiatory Rites in Kuḻikkāṭṭupacca < [Chapter 3 - Expiatory Rites in Kerala Tantric Ritual Manuals]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
9. The Ramavarma-vijaya by Kunan Variyar < [Chapter 3 - Historical Details from Mahakavyas]
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Earlier Works < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)