Dhananjaya, Dhanañjaya, Dhanaṃjaya, Dhanamjaya: 28 definitions

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In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: ISKCON Press: Glossary

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—A name for Arjuna meaning “he who attains great wealth by conquest.” This name refers to Arjuna's collecting vast wealth for Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya sacrifice.

Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) refers to “a name awarded to Arjuna who accumulated great wealth while conquering the many kings of northern Bhārata (India) in preparation for the rājasūya-yajña of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. Literally, ‘winner of wealth’”. (cf. Glossary page from Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—A famous serpent. This serpent was born to Kaśyapaprajāpati of his wife Kadrū. (Śloka 5, Chapter 35, Ādi Parva). This serpent served as a rope to bind the horses to the chariot of Śiva during the time of burning to death the Tripuras. (Śloka 29, Chapter 34, Karṇa Parva). This serpent sits in the court of Varuṇa and worships him. (Śloka 9, Chapter 9, Sabhā parva).

2) Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—Another name for Arjuna. (See under Arjuna).

3) Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—The army given to Subrahmaṇya by Śiva. (Śloka 17, Chapter 46, Śalya Parva).

4) Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—A Sanskrit critic who lived during the period between 11th and 12th century A.D. He was a member of the court of King Muñja. His important work is 'Daśarūpaka'. This work contains three hundred ślokas divided in four separate divisions. After the death of Muñja, Dhanika, brother of Dhanañjaya, wrote a commentary on this work. The treatise is named 'Daśarūpāvaloka'. There are several quotations in this from the Sanskrit dramas 'Veṇīsaṃhāra' and 'Ratnāvalī'. He has in this work discussed Drama and Poetry in general giving prominence to the emotional side of it. The critical work, Daśarūpāvaloka, contains quotations from a book 'Kāvyanirṇaya' by Dhanika himself. But the work 'Kāvyanirṇaya' has not yet been made available. Even in composing poetry Dhanañjaya was well versed. He is the author of the well-known epic 'Rāghavapāṇḍavīya'. It is known as 'Dvisandhāna Kāvya' also. This is based on the lives of Pāṇḍavas and Śrī Rāma.

Dhanañjaya bears the name of Śrutakīrti also. It is stated by scholars that Rāghavapāṇḍavīya was written during the period 1123 to 1140 A.D. (History of classical Sanskrit Literature).

5) Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—There was once a brahmin ascetic called Dhanañjaya in the gotra of Vasiṣṭha. This hermit had hundred wives and got hundred sons, one by each of his wives. The son born of his wife Śābhāka (Śalāka) was named Karuṇa. The father divided his assets equally among his sons and yet they quarrelled with each other.

Once Karuṇamuni went to the shores of Bhavanāśinī along with a few other munis to worship Narasiṃha. There a brahmin had brought a lovely lime as an offering to the deity. Karuṇa took the lime from him and smelt it. At this the brahmin got angry and cursed him. "Sinner, may you live as a fly for a hundred years. Then Mahātmā Dadhīca will give you back your original form." Karuṇa instantly became a fly and he pleaded to his wife thus "Beloved, I have become a fly. Please do protect me." Karuṇa started flying hither and thither and his cruel brothers made the fly fall in oil and killed it. Śucismitā, wife of Karuṇa, started weeping laying the dead fly in her lap. Arundhatīdevī passing that way saw her and consoled her thus: 'Śucismitā, stop lamenting. I shall bring it to life this instant by sacred ashes.' So saying the Devī took some ashes from the fire-pit and reciting the powerful Mṛtyuñjaya mantra sprinkled it on the dead body of the fly. Śucismitā fanned the fly. The potency of the ashes brought the fly back to life.

After a hundred years one of his relatives killed it again. Śucismitā grief-stricken, took the dead fly to the Maharṣi, Dadhīca. The sage told her thus: "It was bhasma (sacred ashes) that gave life three times to Jamadagni, Kaśyapa, the devas and myself. I will, therefore, give life to thy husband by bhasma itself." Dadhīca took some ashes and meditating on Maheśvara recited a mantra and sprinkled it on the dead fly and brought it back to life. By the touch of Dadhīca, the fly, husband of Śucismitā, became Karuṇa again and both of them went back to their hermitage. (Chapter 101, Padma Purāṇa).

6) Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—A brahmin devotee of Mahāviṣṇu who lived in the Tretā yuga. Once, in winter, when for want of proper clothing he could bear the biting cold no longer, he broke some twigs of the Aśvattha tree (poplar leafed fig tree) and made fire to warm him. When Dhanañjaya broke the twigs it gave reflective pain on the body of Mahāviṣṇu. But Mahāviṣṇu who was aware of the unflinching devotion of Dhanañjaya to himself was not displeased but appeared before Dhanañjaya with wounds all over the body. The Brahmin enquired how Viṣṇu got the wounds and on knowing that it was the consequence of his breaking the twigs of Aśvattha Dhanañjaya in utter grief started to cut his own head off. Greatly pleased Viṣṇu stopped him from his attempt and asked him to name a boon. Very modestly he replied that he would be satisfied if he was given the strength to continue as a devotee of Viṣṇu. (Padma Purāṇa, Kriyā Kāṇḍa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय).—A name of Arjuna, son of Indra and Pṛthā, equal to Śakra in prowess.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa I. 7. 50; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 154; Matsya-purāṇa 46. 9; Vāyu-purāṇa 96 153; 99. 245; Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 38. 27.

1b) A Kādraveya; an eminent Nāga of Pātāla, presiding over the month, Tapas;1 in Tatvalam;2 used for horses for Tripurāri's chariot; shaken by Hiraṇyakaśipu3 in the Atalam4 with the Sun in the Śarat.5

  • 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 24. 31; XII. 11. 39; Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 70; Vi I. 21. 22.
  • 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 20. 18; 23. 14; III. 7. 34.
  • 3) Matsya-purāṇa 6. 39; 126. 15; 133. 33; 163. 56.
  • 4) Vāyu-purāṇa 50. 18.
  • 5) Vāyu-purāṇa 52. 14; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 10. 11.

1c) A Kauśika and a Sage; the 16th Veda Vyāsa:1 Heard the br. purāṇa from Trayyāruṇi and narrated it to Kṛtamjaya;2 heard the vāyu purāṇa from Trayyāruṇi.3

  • 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 32. 118; Matsya-purāṇa 145. 113; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 3. 15.
  • 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 35. 120; IV. 4. 52.
  • 3) Vāyu-purāṇa 103. 63.

1d) A Trayārṣeya.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 198. 10.

1e) A son of Viśvāmitra.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 7. 38.
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.31.5, I.35, II.9.9, III.48.38, IV.2.10, V.101.9/V.103, VIII.4.16) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Dhanaṃjaya) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (itihasa)

Dhanañjaya is the name of a Serpent (sarpa) mentioned in the thirty-fifth chapter (verses 4-17) of the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata.—Accordingly, Sauti, on being implored by Śaunaka to name all the serpents in the course of the sarpa-sattra, tells him that it is humanly impossible to give a complete list because of their sheer multiplicity; but would name the prominent ones in accordance with their significance [e.g., Dhanañjaya].

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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.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

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Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC) Wight & Arn” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning dhanañjaya] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) refers to one of the eight Guardians (kṣetrapāla-aṣṭaka) associated with Candrapīṭha (or Candrapīṭhapura), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] The eight Guardians (kṣetrapālāṣṭaka): Niśānta, Nigraha, Dhanañjaya, Dhaneśvara, Karāla, Vaḍavāmukha, Vikarāla, Sugrīva.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

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Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

One of the ten names assigned to Arjuna, the Hindu hero of the Mahabharata. Meaning of the name: "one who conquers riches"

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Dhananjaya (धनन्‍जय): One of the names of Arjuna.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Dhananjaya - King of Benares. For his story see the Kalabahu Jataka. J.iii.97f.

2. Dhananjaya - King of Indapatta in the Kuru country (J.ii.366). He was the father of Dhananjaya 3 (below).

3. Dhananjaya Koravya - King of the Kurus. He was the Bodhisatta and preached the five Kurudhamma. For his story see the Kurudhamma Jataka (J.ii.368ff). His state elephant was Anjanavasabha. Dhananjaya was one of the births in which the Bodhisatta practised danaparamita. J.i.45.

4. Dhananjaya - King of the Kurus, called Koravya raja. He reigned in Indapatta and belonged to the Yudhitthila gotta. For his story see the Sambhava Jataka (J.v.57ff). He is identified with Ananda.

5. Dhananjaya - Also called Koravya, king of the Kurus, with his capital at Indapatta. His minister was Vidhurapandita. He was fond of games of dice and was defeated by Punnaka. For his story see the Vidhurapandita Jataka (J.vi.255ff; SNA.i.223). He is identified with Ananda. He is probably also the king mentioned in the Dhumakari Jataka. J.iii.400ff.

6. Dhananjaya - A setthi of Bhaddiyanagara; he was the son of Mendaka and Candapadumasiri. His wife was Sumanadevi, and their children were Visakha and Sujata. He was lent by Bimbisara to Pasenadi, for the latters kingdom held no person of great merit. Dhananjaya and his family built the city called Saketa, seven leagues from Savatthi, and settled down there. Dhananjaya is included among the five persons of great merit (Mahapunna), contemporary with the Buddha, and he was a sotapanna. DhA.i.384ff; iii.363; J.ii.347; Vsm.383, etc.

7. Dhananjaya - One of the chief lay supporters of Phussa Buddha. Bu.xix.21.

8. Dhananjaya - A pleasance near Dhannavati where Paduma Buddha first preached (Bu.ix.20; BuA.147). Narada Buddha was born there. BuA.151.

9. Dhananjaya - A city in the time of Sikhi Buddha. There the Buddha converted the householder Dhanapalaka. BuA.202.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdomlib Libary: Vajrayogini

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) is the name of the tree (vṛkṣa) associated with Kilakilārava: the north-western cremation ground (śmaśāna) according to the Guhyasamayasādhanamālā 34. The tree associated with the north-west is sometimes given as Arjuna or Pārthiva. As a part of this sādhana, the practicioner is to visualize a suitable dwelling place for the goddess inside the circle of protection which takes the form of eight cremation grounds.

These trees (e.g., Dhanañjaya) that are associated with the cremation grounds are often equated with the eight bodhi-trees of the Buddhas (the current buddha plus the seven previous one). According to the Śmaśānavidhi each tree has a secondary tree (upavṛkṣa) that is depicted as lovely and covered in vaṅga flowers and fruit. In each tree lives a naked rākṣasa who is wrathful in form, who eats human flesh and who has the animal face or the mount of the dikpati in his cremation ground.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) is an example of a name based on an Epic or Purana mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Derivation of personal names (e.g., Dhanañjaya) during the rule of the Guptas followed patterns such as tribes, places, rivers and mountains.

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature (history)

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) was an elder brother of Gokunātha Upādhyāya (C. 1650-1740 C.E.): the author of Ekāvalī and Vṛttataraṅgiṇī. Gokulanātha was the son of Pītāmbara Upādhyāya and Umā and grandson of Rāmabhadra. He was the younger brother of Trilocana and Dhanañjaya and elder brother of Jagaddhara.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Dhananjaya in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia arjuna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Terminalia glabra (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
· Taxon (1979)
· Taxon (1981)
· Flora Sylvatica (1869)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dhanañjaya (धनंजय).—m S One of the five upaprāṇa, the fifth.

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

dhanañjaya (धनंजय).—m One of the five upaprāṇa, the fifth. Name of Arjuna.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय).—1 Name of Arjuna (the name is thus derived in Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.44.13 :-sarvān janapadān jitvā vittamādāya kevalaṃ | madhye dhanasya tiṣṭhāmi tenāhurmāṃ dhanaṃjayam ||).

--2 An epithet of fire.

3) Name of Viṣṇu.

4) A kind of vital air nourishing the body.

Derivable forms: dhanaṃjayaḥ (धनंजयः).

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

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. The deity of fire. 2. A name of Arjuna. 3. One of the Nagas or infernal serpents. 4. One of the five vital airs, that which is supposed to fatten. 5. A tree, (Pentaptera arjuna.) E. dhana wealth, ji to conquer or possess, affix khac mum ca .

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

Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय).—[dhanaṃjaya, dhana + m-ji + a], I. adj. Conquering booty, Mahābhārata 9, 2665. Ii. m. 1. One of the five vital airs, that which is supposed to fatten, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 207, 16. 2. A name of Arjuna, Mahābhārata 1, 2444. 3. One of the Nāgas or infernal serpents, Mahābhārata 1, 1550. 4. A proper name, Mahābhārata 2, 1238.

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

Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय).—[adjective] the same, victorious i.[grammar]; [masculine] fire, a cert. wind in the human body, [Epithet] of Arjuna, [Name] of a serpent-demon & [several] men.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—father of Īśāna, Paśupati and Halāyudha (Brāhmaṇasarvasva, etc.).

2) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय):—poet. Quoted in Gaṇaratnamahodadhi 97. 409. 435 (poor productions), by Arjunavarmadeva in
—[commentary] on Amaruśataka, [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa] Peters. 2, 59.

3) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय):—Candraprabhīya kāvya. Oppert. Ii, 434.

4) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय):—a Jaina: Nāmamālā, Nāmāvalī, Dhanaṃjayanighaṇṭu, Dhanaṃjayakośa, Pramāṇanāmamālā, Nighaṇṭusamaya. This glossary consists of two chapters, the first part (204 verses) being synonymic, the second containing homonymous words (45 verses).

5) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय):—Dharmapradīpa. Sambandhaviveka.

6) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय):—son of Viṣṇu: Daśarūpaka.

7) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय):—Kramakaumudī (on the Dhātupāṭha).

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

1) Dhanaṃjaya (धनंजय):—[=dhana-ṃ-jaya] [from dhana > dhan] mfn. = [preceding] mfn., [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. fire, [Kāṭhaka]

3) [v.s. ...] a [particular] vital air supposed to nourish the body, [Vedāntasāra]

4) [v.s. ...] Plumbago Zeylanica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of Arjuna, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

6) [v.s. ...] the 9th day of the Karma-māsa (sub voce), the plant Terminalia Arjuna, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] Name of a serpent-demon, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

8) [v.s. ...] of a Vyāsa, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

9) [v.s. ...] of a king of Kaliṅga, [Kathārṇava]

10) [v.s. ...] of a king of Kausthalapura, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [v.s. ...] of the author of the Dala-rūpaka etc. (See below)

12) [v.s. ...] of a merchant, [Skanda-purāṇa]

13) [v.s. ...] of a Brāhman [plural] his descendants, [Pravara texts]

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

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय):—[dhana-ñjaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Agni, fire; Arjuna; infernal serpent; a vital air.

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

Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dhaṇaṃjaya.

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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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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Dhaṇaṃjaya (धणंजय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Dhanañjaya.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhanaṃjaya (ಧನಂಜಯ):—[adjective] conquering booty or wealth.

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Dhanaṃjaya (ಧನಂಜಯ):—

1) [noun] fire.

2) [noun] the Fire-God.

3) [noun] Arjuna, the famous hero of Mahābhārata, the great Indian epic.

4) [noun] one of the five vital winds in the body.

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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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