Ganja, Gamja, Gāṃja, Gañja: 21 definitions
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Ganja means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Gañja (गञ्ज) refers to a “treasury”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “Then, the Bodhisattva, the great being named Āśupratibhāna joined this assembly, was seated with them, and said this to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, if your name is Gaganagañja, is this open space (gagana) your treasury (gañja)?’ Gaganagañja said: ‘So it is, son of good family, the open space is my treasury’ Āśupratibhāna said: ‘Son of good family, let us see the distinction (viśeṣa) of open space and treasury’ [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
India history and geography
Gañja.—(EI 30), Persian ganj; a treasury or store-house. Utpala on the Bṛhatsaṃhitā, 52. 13, explains gañja as kośa-bhavana, i. e. treasury. See Gañjavara. (IE 8-8), a store-house of liquor. Note: gañja 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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Biology (plants and animals)
Ganja [गांजा] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Cannabis sativa L. from the Cannabaceae (Marijuana) family having the following synonyms: Cannabis indica, Cannabis chinensis, Cannabis generalis. For the possible medicinal usage of ganja, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Ganja [ಗಾಂಜಾ] in the Kannada language, ibid. previous identification.
Ganja [ꯒꯟꯖꯥ] in the Manipuri language, ibid. previous identification.
Ganja in India is the name of a plant defined with Tagetes erecta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tagetes peduncularis Cav. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Linnaea (1847)
· Descripción de las Plantas (Cavanilles) (1802)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· North American Flora (1915)
· Species Plantarum. (2127)
· Cytologia (1980)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ganja, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
gañja (गंज).—m ( P) A heap, stack, rick, pile (of grain, hay, wood, bales). 2 A case, as of mathematical instruments, of writing-materials, of combs, brushes, razors, of blades, screws, prickers, of compartments for pāna, supārī, cunā &c. 3 A box of tools or utensils. 4 A mart; a bazar. 5 A large copper vessel for holding water. (From Nagpur.)
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gāñjā (गांजा).—m ( H Ganja.) The dried heads or fructification of the Hemp-plant. 2 A netting (for mangoes &c.) See gāñjavā.
gañja (गंज).—m A heap, stack, rile, pile (of grain, hay, wood, bales). A case, as of writ- ing materials, of combs, of compart- ments for pāna, supārī, cunā &c. A mart, bazar. A large copper vessel for hold- ing water. Rust. Fig. Inaction. gañja caḍhaṇēṃ, yēṇēṃ To rust, become rusty. Fig. To degenerate or be impaired by inaction.
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gāñjā (गांजा).—m A carriage–netting for melons, &c.
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gāñjā (गांजा).—m The dried heads of the Hempplant.
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
Gañja (गञ्ज).—1 A mine.
2) A treasury; निर्मूषके राजगञ्जे (nirmūṣake rājagañje) Kathāsaritsāgara 43.3.
3) A cow-house.
4) A mart, a place where grain is stored for sale.
5) Disrespect, contempt.
-ñjā 1 A hut, hovel.
2) A tavern.
3) A drinking vessel.
4) A mine, jewel mine.
-jam 1 A mine.
2) A treasury.
Derivable forms: gañjaḥ (गञ्जः).
Gañja (गञ्ज).—mfn. subst.
(-ñjaḥ-ñjā-ñjaṃ) A mine, a jewel mine mn.
(-ñjaḥ-ñjaṃ) 1. A cowhouse or station of cowherds. 2. A treasury, a jewel room, the place where plate, &c. is preserved. 3. A mart, a place where grain, &c. is stored for sale. m.
(-ñjaḥ) Disrespect, contempt. f. (ñjā) 1. A tavern. 2. A drinking vessel. 3. A hut, a hovel, the abode of low people. 4. The Gunja or Ratti, (Abrus precatorious:) see guñjā. E. gaji to sound, ac affix; fem. affix ṭāp.
Gañja (गञ्ज).—m. and n. A treasury, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 4, 588.
Gañja (गञ्ज).—[substantive] treasury; [feminine] ā a tavern; hemp.
1) Gañja (गञ्ज):—[from gañj] 1. gañja m. disrespect, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) 2. gañja mn. = گنج a treasury, jewel room, place where plate etc. is preserved, [Rājataraṅgiṇī iv f., vii; Kathāsaritsāgara xliii, 30; lxxv, 30]
3) mf. a mine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) m. a cow-house or station of cowherds, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) a mart, place where grain etc. is stored for sale, [Horace H. Wilson]
6) Gañjā (गञ्जा):—[from gañja] f. a tavern, [Rājataraṅgiṇī viii, 3028]
7) [v.s. ...] a drinking-vessel ([especially] one for intoxicating liquors), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] hemp, [Bhāvaprakāśa v, 1, 233]
9) [v.s. ...] a hut, hovel, abode of low people (pāmara-sadman), [Horace H. Wilson]
10) [v.s. ...] for guñjā (Abrus precatorius), [Horace H. Wilson]
11) [v.s. ...] cf. gagana-, dharma-.
Gañja (गञ्ज):—[(ñjaḥ-ñjā-ñjaṃ)] 1. m. f. n. A jewel mine. 1. m. Disrespect. m. n. A cow-house; a treasury; a mart. f. A tavern; drinking vessel; a hut; gunja or retti.
Gañja (गञ्ज):—
1) ڭنج Schatzkammer, m. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 69.] m. n. [Medinīkoṣa j. 8.] dvitīyaṃ calagañjākhyaṃ karmasthānamapi vyadhāt . upayuktaṃ prayāṇeṣu gañje dūrasthite nije .. [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 588.] —
2) Mine, m. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] f. (gañjā) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 82.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1036.] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) m. eine Hürde für Kühe [Hārāvalī 168.] —
4) m. a mart, a place where grain, etc. is stored for sale [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
5) m. Verachtung [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Vgl. gañjana . —
6) f. (gañjā) Schenke [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 7.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1001.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
7) f. ein Geschirr, aus dem berauschende Getränke getrunken werden, [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
8) f. = pāmarasadman [Śabdaratnāvalī] a hut, a hovel, the abode of low people [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
9) f. Abrus precatorius Lin. [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] mit Verweisung auf [Hārāvalī 140], wo aber die gedr. Ausg. guñjā hat. — Vgl. gagaṇagañja, dharmagañja .
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Gañja (गञ्ज):—
1) [Halāyudha 5, 11.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 237. 7, 125. fg.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 43, 30. 75, 30.] —
2) f. ā [Halāyudha 2, 14.]
Gañja (गञ्ज):——
1) (*m. *n.) Schatzkammer. —
2) *m. f. ( ā Mine. —
3) *m. — a) eine Hürde für Kühe. — b) a mast , a place where grain , etc. is stored for sale. — c) Verachtung. —
4) f. ā — a) Schenke. Nom.abstr. tva n. [Rājataraṃgiṇī 8,3028.] — b) Hanf [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,180.] [Materia medica of the Hindus 235.] — c) *ein Gefäss , aus dem berauschende Getränke getrunken werden. — d) *eine von niedrigem Volke bewohnte Hütte. — e) *fehlerhaft für guñjā Abrus precatorius.
Gañja (गञ्ज) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Gaṃja, Gaṃjā.
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
1) Gaṃja (गंज) [Also spelled ganj]:—(nf) baldness; (nm) a market place.
2) Gaṃjā (गंजा) [Also spelled ganja]:—(a) bald, baldheaded; hence ~[pana] (nm).
3) Gāṃjā (गांजा):—(nm) the hemp plant or its leaves.
Ganja in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) bald, baldheaded; hence ~[pana] (nm)..—ganja (गंजा) is alternatively transliterated as Gaṃjā.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Gaṃja (गंज) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Gañja.
2) Gaṃja (गंज) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Gañja.
3) Gaṃjā (गंजा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Gañjā.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Gaṃja (ಗಂಜ):—
1) [noun] a treasury a) a place where treasure is kept; a room or building where valuable objects are preserved; b) a place where public or private funds are kept, received, disbursed, and recorded.
2) [noun] an excavation or a system of excavations in the earth for the extraction of metal, metallic ore, coal, salt, etc.; a mine.
3) [noun] a market place; a mart.
4) [noun] a symbol for the number three.
5) [noun] an eager desire to know; inquisitiveness; curiosity.
6) [noun] an enclosure, building for live-stock; a cow-shed.
7) [noun] the feeling or attitude of one who looks down on somebody or something as being low, mean or unworthy; an instance of treating another so; contempt.
8) [noun] a little house or cabin of the plainest or crudest kind; a hut.
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Gaṃja (ಗಂಜ):—[noun] a place where toddy, liquors, etc. are served; a tavern.
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Gāṃjā (ಗಾಂಜಾ):—
1) [noun] the plant Cannabis sativa of Cannabinaceae family, grown for the tough fibre in its stem.
2) [noun] a substance, such as marijuana, hashish, etc., made from the leaves and flowers of this plant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Gañjā (गञ्जा):—n. a liquor shop;
2) Ganja (गन्ज):—n. a pigeon-hole; pigeon's nest;
1) Gāṃja (गांज):—[=गाँज] n. 1. close growth of crops; 2. armful or fistful of objects; 3. forth produced while the vinegar is made of lemon-or other citrus fruit-juice;
2) Gāṃjā (गांजा):—[=गाँजा] n. marijuana; hemp;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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