Ayuj, Āyuj: 8 definitions

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Ayuj 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.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Ayuj (अयुज्).—A term applied to the odd feet of a stanza; cf. युग्मावष्टाक्षरौ पादवयुजौ द्वादशाक्षरौ । ना सतोबृहती नाम (yugmāvaṣṭākṣarau pādavayujau dvādaśākṣarau | nā satobṛhatī nāma) R. Pr. XVI. 39.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ayuj (अयुज्).—a. Not being in couples, odd, uneven (opp. yuj even); अयुजि नयुगरेफतो यकारो युजि तु नजौ जरगाश्च पुष्पिताग्रा (ayuji nayugarephato yakāro yuji tu najau jaragāśca puṣpitāgrā) V. Ratn.

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Āyuj (आयुज्).—7 U. or Caus.

1) To join, fasten or tie, yoke (to anything).

2) To appoint.

3) To fix or direct (the mind) towards; आयोजितस्तपस्यात्मा (āyojitastapasyātmā) K.173. -Caus.

1) To fix, or place; मालाः कदम्बनवकेसरकेतकीभिरायोजिताः शिरसि बिभ्रति योषितोऽद्य (mālāḥ kadambanavakesaraketakībhirāyojitāḥ śirasi bibhrati yoṣito'dya) Ṛtusaṃhāra 2.21.

2) To make or form; कुसुमायोजितकार्मुको मधुः (kusumāyojitakārmuko madhuḥ) Kumārasambhava 4.24.

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

Ayuj (अयुज्).—mfn. (-yuk) 1. Separate, single. 2. Odd, uneven. E. a neg. yuj what joins.

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

Ayuj (अयुज्).—[a-yuj], adj. Odd, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 277.

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

Ayuj (अयुज्).—1 ayuj [adjective] not paired, uneven, odd.

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Āyuj (आयुज्).—harness, put to ([locative]); [Middle] fasten, put on, place in ([locative]). [Causative] fix upon ([locative]), put together.

Āyuj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and yuj (युज्).

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

1) Ayuj (अयुज्):—[=a-yuj] [from ayuk-chada] mfn. idem, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc., [Manu-smṛti iii, 277.]

2) Āyuj (आयुज्):—[=ā-yuj] 1. ā-√yuj [Parasmaipada] (1. sg. ā-yunajmi, [Ṛg-veda iii, 50, 2]) [Ātmanepada] ([perfect tense] 3. [plural] -yuyujre, [Ṛg-veda v, 58, 7]) to yoke or join to, [Ṛg-veda];

2) —to join, fasten, [Śakuntalā];

2) —to accommodate with;

2) —to appoint, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :

2) —[Causal] -yojayati, to join together;

2) —to form, constitute, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kumāra-sambhava]

3) [=ā-yuj] 2. ā-yuj mfn. uniting, joining, [Atharva-veda xi, 8, 25.]

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Ayuj 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.

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