Gajaraja, Gajarāja, Gaja-raja: 5 definitions
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Gajaraja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygajarāja (गजराज).—m (S) A large elephant.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishgajarāja (गजराज).—m A large elephant.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGajarāja (गजराज).—a lordly or noble elephant.
Derivable forms: gajarājaḥ (गजराजः).
Gajarāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and rāja (राज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGajarāja (गजराज):—[=gaja-rāja] [from gaja > gaj] m. ‘king of elephants’, a noble elephant, [Horace H. Wilson]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGajarāja (ಗಜರಾಜ):—
1) [noun] an excellent elephant.
2) [noun] an elephant that leads other elephants in the herd.
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)
Starts with: Gajarajamukta.
Full-text: Gajarajamukta, Citra, Raja.
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