Ciranjiva, Cirañjīva, Cirañjīvā, Ciraṃjīvā, Ciraṃjīva, Ciramjiva: 12 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chiranjiva.
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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Cirañjīva (चिरञ्जीव) or Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (18th century) alias Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭa Rāmadeva alias Daivajña Ratnākara credited with a text named Vṛttaratnāvalī, was the son of Śatāvadhāna Rāghavendra, grandson of Kāśīnātha Sāmudrikācārya and disciple of Raghudeva Nyāyālaṅkāra. He was patronized by king Yaśovanta Siṃha, son of Govardhana, Naib Nazim of Dacca (Dhaka). He belongs to Kāśyapagotra and Rāḍhapura a place in ancient Gauḍa (presently Bengal). He composed Vṛttaratnāvalī for his patron Yaśovanta Siṃha.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
India history and geography
Cirañjīva Bhaṭṭācārya (fl. 17th century) is the author of the Kāvyavilāsa. His real name was Rāmadeva or Vāmadeva. He was better known by his pet name Cirañjīva, which was given to him by his uncle out of sheer affection. Cirañjīva came of a famous educated Brahmin family. Dakṣa was the first member of his family whose account had been given and he lived at Rāḍhāpura in Gauḍa country. According to the Mādhavacampū, Cirañjīva was born in Navadvīpa. In the Vidvanmodataraṅgiṇī it is written that he used to teach at Kāsi after his father’s death.
Rāmadeva or Cirañjīva was favoured by his great father because of his extraordinary intelligence. He studied Nyāya and many other Śastras from his father. Also he was a student of Raghudeva Nyāyālaṃkāra. Cirañjīva learnt kāvya and alaṃkāra from him. Cirañjīva was a versatile genius. Among his works ‘Kāvyavilāsa’ is the most celebrated one. His other works as referred to in the Catalogus Catalogorum of Aufrecht are Mādhavacampū, Vidvanmodataraṅgiṇī, Śṛṅgārataṭinī and Vṛttaratnāvalī.
Cirañjīva.—(EI 30), ‘long-lived’; epithet of living (not dead) persons. Note: cirañjīva is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
cirañjīva (चिरंजीव).—m (S cira Long, jīva Life.) A term for a son. 2 A term of address in notes to a son, a younger brother, or any young person viewed as a protégé.
cirañjīva (चिरंजीव).—m A term for a son; a term of address in notes to a son, a younger brother, or any young person viewed as a protegee.
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
Ciraṃjīva (चिरंजीव).—a. Long lived.
-vaḥ An epithet of Kāma.
1) Ciraṃjīva (चिरंजीव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—surname of Jagannātha (Yogasaṃgraha). W. p. 296.
2) Ciraṃjīva (चिरंजीव):—See Rāmadeva.
1) Ciraṃjīva (चिरंजीव):—[=cira-ṃ-jīva] [from cira] m. long-lived (said of several authors, e.g. of Rāma-deva)
2) Ciraṃjīvā (चिरंजीवा):—[=cira-ṃ-jīvā] [from ciraṃ-jīva > cira] f. Trigonella corniculata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Ciraṃjīva (चिरंजीव):—(ciram adv. + jīva) adj. lange lebend, dieses und bhaṭṭācārya Beinn. versch. Autoren [WINDISCHMANN] in [Gelehrte Anzeigen 1844, No. 72. fg.] [Bibliothecae sanskritae 291. fg.] [403.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 958. 543.]
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Ciraṃjīvā (चिरंजीवा):—f. Trigonella corniculata [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] u. ratisatvarā .
Ciraṃjīva (चिरंजीव):——
1) Beiname verschiedener Autoren. Auch bhaṭṭācārya. —
2) *f. ā Trigonella corniculata.
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
Ciraṃjīva (चिरंजीव) [Also spelled chianjiv]:—(a) (one) blessed with longevity; a benedictory epithet prefixed with the names of youngers; (int.) may you live long !; (nm) son.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Ciraṃjīva (ಚಿರಂಜೀವ):—[noun] = ಚಿರಂಜೀವಿ- [ciramjivi-] 1,2,3 & 4.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+172): Kavyavilasa, Ciramjiva bhattacarya, Madhavacampu, Ciramjiva bhatta, Samudrikacarya, Ramadeva ciramjiva, Vidvanmodatarangini, Vrittaratnavali, Shringaratatini, Kashinatha, Shivastotra, Asangati, Ramadeva, Raghavendra, Madhavavijaya, Kavyavilama, Anuprasa, Radhapura, Kashinatha samudrikacarya, Chianjiv.
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