Gajayodhin, Gaja-yodhin: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gajayodhin (गजयोधिन्).—a. fighting on an elephant.

Gajayodhin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and yodhin (योधिन्).

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

Gajayodhin (गजयोधिन्).—adj. fighting mounted on an elephant, Chr. 4, 18.

Gajayodhin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaja and yodhin (योधिन्).

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

1) Gajayodhin (गजयोधिन्):—[=gaja-yodhin] [from gaja > gaj] mfn. fighting on an elephant, [Mahābhārata v, 5959]

2) [v.s. ...] [vi; Harivaṃśa 13514.]

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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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