Jaghanyaja, Jaghanya-ja: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJaghanyaja (जघन्यज).—
1) a younger brother; जघन्यजस्तक्षकश्र श्रुतसेनेति यः सुतः (jaghanyajastakṣakaśra śrutaseneti yaḥ sutaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.3.141; श्रुत्वा वचो वालिजघन्यजस्य (śrutvā vaco vālijaghanyajasya) Rām.4.24.24.
2) a Śūdra. विप्राश्च बाहुजास्तद्वद्दूरव्याश्च जघन्यजाः (viprāśca bāhujāstadvaddūravyāśca jaghanyajāḥ) Śiva. B.31.17.
Derivable forms: jaghanyajaḥ (जघन्यजः).
Jaghanyaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jaghanya and ja (ज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJaghanyaja (जघन्यज).—m.
(-jaḥ) 1. A Sudra. 2. A younger brother or younger born. E. jaghanya last, and ja born. jaghanye carame jāyate jana-ḍa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJaghanyaja (जघन्यज).—[adjective] last born, youngest.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jaghanyaja (जघन्यज):—[=jaghanya-ja] [from jaghanya > jaghana] mfn. last born, youngest, i, iii, [Harivaṃśa 594]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a younger brother, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] ‘low-born’, a Śūdra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Pradyota.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJaghanyaja (जघन्यज):—[jaghanya-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. A sudra; a younger brother.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJaghanyaja (ಜಘನ್ಯಜ):—
1) [noun] the youngest brother.
2) [noun] a man belonging to the fourth caste among the erstwhile social system among Hindus.
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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