Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Gaj in India is the name of a plant defined with Endosamara racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Wisteria pallida Dalzell & A. Gibson (among others).

2) Gaj is also identified with Millettia auriculata It has the synonym Millettia auriculata Baker ex Brand..

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

· The forest flora of north-west and central India (1874)
· Leiden Botanical Series (1984)
· Bombay Fl. (1861)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae. (1851)
· Sweet's Hortus Britannicus, or ‘a catalogue of all the plants indigenous or cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged according to the natural system’ (1830)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gaj, for example extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gaj (गज्).—1 P. (gajati, gajita)

1) To sound, roar; जगजुर्गजाः (jagajurgajāḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.5.

2) To be drunk; to be confused or inebriated.

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

Gaj (गज्).—[gaja] r. 1st cl. (gajati) To be drunk, to be confused or inebriated; r. 1st and 10th cls. (gajati, gajayati) also (i) gaji r. 1st cl. (gañjati) To sound.

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

Gaj (गज्).—† i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To be drunk. i. 1 and i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To roar.

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

Gaj (गज्):—(for √garj) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] √jati ([Dhātupāṭha vii, 72]), to sound, roar, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya xiv, 5];

— (derived [from] gaja) to be drunk or confused, [Dhātupāṭha vii, 72] : [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] gajayati, to sound, roar, [ib. xxxii, 105.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Gaj 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Gaj in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) an elephant; ~[gati] a graceful carefree gait (like that of an elephant); ~[gamini] (a woman) blessed with a graceful carefree gait (like that of an elephant); -[nimilika] looking through one’s fingers, connivance; feigned ignorance; ~[snana] unavailing activity..—gaj (गज) is alternatively transliterated as Gaja.

2) Gaj in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a yard; yardstick..—gaj (गज) is alternatively transliterated as Gaja.

3) Gaj in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a thunder-bolt, lightning; —[girana/padana] to be thunderstruck, to be afflicted by a calamity..—gaj (गाज) is alternatively transliterated as Gāja.

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Starts with (+516): Gaja, Gaja Hasta, Gaja mullu, Gaja nimbe, Gaja pippali, Gaja vavila, Gaja-mrigaya-vihara, Gaja-pippallu, Gaja-sahani, Gajab, Gajaba, Gajabahu, Gajabaja, Gajabajanem, Gajabaje, Gajabaji, Gajabajiga, Gajabajisu, Gajabajita, Gajabala.

Ends with: Bhilava magaj, Edagaj, Gargaj, Jagaj, Mahaagaj, Ogaj, Rajagaj, Sabunako-gaaj, Silbandi-kaagaj, Vangaj.

Full-text (+105): Gaja, Sabunako-gaaj, Gajavaja, Ba gaj c thuoosc, Gajavadana, Gajamauktika, Gajamocana, Gajakrishna, Gajadhipati, Gajapurva, Gajendra, Gajadana, Gajasukumaracaritra, Gajamalla, Gajavat, Gajayurveda, Gajarajamukta, Gajalila, Gajayutha, Gajarudha.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Gaj, Gaaj; (plurals include: Gajs, Gaajs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Folk Tales of Gujarat (and Jhaverchand Meghani) (by Vandana P. Soni)

Chapter 23 - Gor Gorani Ni Tikhal < [Part 3 - Kankavati]

Chapter 2 - Sinh nu Dan < [Part 1 - Saurashtra ni Rashdhar]

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Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)

Appendix I: List of Inscriptions

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