Alternative spellings of this word include Arajak.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Arājaka (अराजक).—Described;¹ on Vena's death; abundance of thiefs in the kingdom; plants, uncultivation of.²

• 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 31. 93-99; Matsya-purāṇa 10. 6; 144. 67.
• 2) Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 13. 31, 67; Vāyu-purāṇa 93. 50; Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 14. 37-41.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

arājaka (अराजक).—a (S) That is without a prince or ruler--a country.

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arājaka (अराजक).—n (S) also arājya n Vacancy of the throne, interregnum.

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

arājaka (अराजक).—m (In political agitation.) An anarchist, subversionist. Distress, wretchedness, evil.

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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

Arājaka (अराजक).—a. Having no king, anarchical; नाराजके जनपदे (nārājake janapade) Rām.2.67.9-28; Manusmṛti 7.3; अराजके जीवलोके दुर्बला बलवत्तरैः । पीड्यन्ते न हि वित्तेषु प्रभुत्वं कस्यचित्तदा (arājake jīvaloke durbalā balavattaraiḥ | pīḍyante na hi vitteṣu prabhutvaṃ kasyacittadā) || Mb.; शोच्यं राज्यमराजकम् (śocyaṃ rājyamarājakam) Chāṇ.57.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ārājaka (आराजक).—nt. (secondary deriv., with vṛddhi, from arāja or °jaka), state of kinglessness: Mahāvastu ii.70.13 (verse, but quantity of initial indifferent) °kam idam asmākam.

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

Arājaka (अराजक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Anarchical, having no king or governor. E. a neg. rājan a king, kan aff.

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

Arājaka (अराजक).—i. e. a-rājan + ka, adj. Without a king, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 3.

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

Arājaka (अराजक).—[adjective] having no king; [neuter] anarchy.

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

1) Arājaka (अराजक):—[=a-rājaka] [from a-rājan] mfn. having no king, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] n. want of a king, anarchy, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Arājaka (अराजक):—[a-rājaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Anarchical.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Arājaka (अराजक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇarāya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Arajaka 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

Arājaka (अराजक) [Also spelled arajak]:—(a) destitute/bereft of a ruler; anarchical; chaotic.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Arājaka (ಅರಾಜಕ):—[adjective] wanting law and order or government; anarchic.

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Arājaka (ಅರಾಜಕ):—[noun] anarchy a) the complete absence of government; b) political disorder and violence; lawlessness; c) disorder in any sphere of activity; chaos.

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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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Partial matches: Rajaka, A.

Starts with: Arajakata, Arajakatavada, Arajakatavadi, Arajakate.

Ends with: Bhringarajaka, Daivarajaka, Ekarajaka, Gramarajaka, Kassaparajaka, Loharajaka, Maharajaka, Nakrarajaka, Saharajaka, Sarajaka, Sehalauparajaka, Shodasharajaka, Somarajaka, Tantrarajaka, Vastrarajaka.

Full-text: Arajakate, Arajika, Anaraya, Rajaka, Arajni, Arajak, Shrautadharma, Janapada.

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