Bhanj, Bhañj: 9 definitions

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Bhanj 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhañj (भञ्ज्).—I. 7 P. (bhanakti, babhañja, abhāṅkṣīt, bhaṅkṣyati, bhaṅktum, bhagna; desid. bibhaṅkṣati)

1) To break, tear down, shatter, shiver or break to pieces, split; भनज्मि सर्वमर्यादाः (bhanajmi sarvamaryādāḥ) Bk. 6.38; भङ्क्त्वा भुजौ (bhaṅktvā bhujau) 4.3; बभञ्जुर्वलयानि च (babhañjurvalayāni ca) 3.22; धनुरभाजि यत्त्वया (dhanurabhāji yattvayā) R.11.76.

2) To devastate, destroy by pulling down; भनक्त्युपवनं कपिः (bhanaktyupavanaṃ kapiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.2.

2) To make a breach (in a fortress).

4) To frustrate, foil, disappoint, baffle; पिनाकिना भग्नमनोरथा सती (pinākinā bhagnamanorathā satī) Kumārasambhava 5.1.

5) To arrest, check, interrupt, suspend; as in भग्ननिद्रः (bhagnanidraḥ).

6) To defeat, vanquish; क्षत्राणि रामः परिभूय रामात् क्षत्राद्यथाऽभज्यत स द्विजेन्द्रः (kṣatrāṇi rāmaḥ paribhūya rāmāt kṣatrādyathā'bhajyata sa dvijendraḥ) N.22.133; नृपा भीष्मादयो भग्नाः (nṛpā bhīṣmādayo bhagnāḥ) Pañch.2.41. -With अव (ava) to break down, shatter; वनस्पतिं वज्र इवावभज्य (vanaspatiṃ vajra ivāvabhajya) Kumārasambhava 3. 74.

-pra 1 To break down, shatter, splinter.

2) to stop, arrest, suspend.

3) to frustrate, disappoint. -II. 1 U. (bhañjayati-te)

1) To brighten, illuminate.

2) To speak.

3) To shine.

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

Bhañj (भञ्ज्).—[(o, au) obhañjau] r. 7th cl. (bhanakti) To break, to destroy.

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

Bhañj (भञ्ज्).—ii. 7, bhanaj, bhañj, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To split, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 67, 17. 2. To break, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 148; to destroy, Mahābhārata 3, 10990. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. bhagna. 1. Broken, [Pañcatantra] 36, 12; torn. 2. Defeated, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 85; [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 340. 3. Disheartened, Chr. 5, 23; [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 43. 4. Disappointed, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 82. 5. Extinct, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 148. 6. Disregarded, humbled; † i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To speak, to shine.

— With the prep. ava ava, To break down, Mahābhārata 1, 7081.

— With ni ni, To break, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 15, 117.

— With vinis vi-nis, vinirbhagna, Broken down, Mahābhārata 3, 12477.

— With pra pra, To break down, Mahābhārata 3, 11121. The original form has been probably bhrañj.

— Cf. [Latin] frango; [Gothic.] brikan; A. S. bracan, brecan;

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

1) Bhañj (भञ्ज्):—1. bhañj [class] 7. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxix, 16]) bhanakti ([perfect tense] babhañja, [Ṛg-veda] etc., 3. [plural] [Ātmanepada] babhañjire, [Harivaṃśa]; [Aorist] abhāṅkṣīt, [Mahābhārata]; [future] bhaṅkṣyati, ktā, [ib.]; [indeclinable participle] bhaṅktvā, bhaktvā or -bhajya, [ib.]),

—to break, shatter, split, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to break into, make a breach in (a fortress, with [accusative]), [Hitopadeśa];

—to rout, put to flight, defeat (an army), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to dissolve (an assembly), [Harṣacarita];

—to break up id est. divide (a Sūtra), [Siddhānta-kaumudī];

—to bend, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to check, arrest, suspend, frustrate, disappoint, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:—[Passive voice] bhajyate ([Epic] also ti; [Aorist] abhāji or abhañji, [Pāṇini 6-4, 33]),

—to be broken or break (intr.) etc., [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] bhañjayati ([Aorist] ababhañjat) [grammar]:—[Desiderative] bibhaṅkṣati, [ib.] :—[Intensive] bambhajyate or jīti, [ib.]

2) [Perhaps for [originally] bhrañj; cf. bhraj; [Latin] frangere, nau-fraga; [German] brechen; [English] break.]

3) 2. bhañj (√2. bhañj, [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] bhañjayati), ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’, [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 86].

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

Bhañj (भञ्ज्):—(dha, au, o) bhanakti 7. a. To break.

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

Bhañj (भञ्ज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Karaṃja, Ṇīraṃja, Pariraṃja, Paviraṃja, Piaraṃja, Bhaṃja, Mūra, Vira, Vemaya, Sūra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhanj in German

context information

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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Bhanj is another spelling for भाँज [bhāṃja].—[=भाँज] n. 1. folding (of clothes); 2. line made by folding; 3. way; means; method;

context information

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.

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Item last updated: 01 September, 2024