Arjana: 16 definitions
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Arjana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Arjan.
In Hinduism
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Arjana (अर्जन) refers to the “acquisition (of religious merit)”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “Hunting on horseback (āśvina) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (mṛgayā). [...] It leads to the acquisition of religious merit (dharma-arjana), by killing ferocious animals such as wolves and tigers, by the protection of standing crop, by the slaughter of stags and other animals, by an inspection of the forest, which serves so many useful purposes, by frightening the thieves, and by conciliating forest tribes. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaArjana (अर्जन) refers to “acquiring (wealth)” (which wise persons should not concern themselves with), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Knowing yourself as truly one and indestructible, how could a wise man possessing self-knowledge like you feel any pleasure in acquiring wealth (artha-arjana)? [tavātmajñānadhīrasya kathamarthārjane ratiḥ] Truly, when one does not know oneself, one takes pleasure in the objects of mistaken perception, just as greed arises for the mistaken silver in one who does not know mother of pearl for what it is. All this wells up like waves in the sea. Recognizing, ‘I am That’, why run around like someone in need? [...]”
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryarjana (अर्जन).—n (S) arjanā f S Earning, gaining, acquiring.
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 dictionaryArjana (अर्जन).—[arj-lyuṭ] Getting, acqisition; अर्थानामर्जने दुःखम् (arthānāmarjane duḥkham) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.163; अर्जयितव्यापारोऽर्जनम् (arjayitavyāpāro'rjanam) Dāy. B.
Derivable forms: arjanam (अर्जनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀrjanā (आर्जना).—(to ārjayati), winning, acquisition: Bodhisattvabhūmi 35.9 (prose) bhogānām ārjanā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryArjana (अर्जन).—n.
(-naṃ) Gain, acquisition of wealth, &c. E. arja, and lyuṭ affix, also written arjjana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryArjana (अर्जन).—[arj + ana], n. Earning, acquisition, Böhtl. [Indralokāgamana] Spr. 219.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryArjana (अर्जन).—[neuter] gain, acquisition.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryArjana (अर्जन):—[from arj] n. ([Pāṇini 3-1, 20] [commentator or commentary]) procuring, acquiring, gaining, earning, [Manu-smṛti xii, 79, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryArjana (अर्जन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Gain.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Arjana (अर्जन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ajjaṇa, Ajjaṇaṇa, Viḍhavaṇa.
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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 dictionaryArjana (अर्जन) [Also spelled arjan]:—(nm) acquisition; earning; ~[śīla] acquisitive; earning; [arjaka] acquirer; earner; [arjanīya] worth earning or acquiring; [arjita] acquired; earned; —[karanā] to acquire/earn.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusArjana (ಅರ್ಜನ):—[noun] the act of earning.
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Ārjana (ಆರ್ಜನ):—[noun] = ಆರ್ಜನೆ [arjane].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Arjana (अर्जन):—n. earning; accumulating; acquisition;
2) Ārjana (आर्जन):—n. acquisition; earning;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Arjanadhvaja, Arjanashila, Arjanashilate, Arjanashile.
Full-text: Uparjana, Vidyarjana, Dravyarjana, Artharjana, Arjan, Tiraviyarccanai, Arjanem, Tanarccanam, Ajjanana, Pitirarccanai, Vidhavana, Arccanai, Arjayati, Ajjana, Arccanam, Dharmarjana, Karmarjana, Upapadana, Arjuna.
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