Kalakanja, Kālakañja, Kala-kanja: 6 definitions
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Kālakañja (कालकञ्ज).—a blue lotus.
Derivable forms: kālakañjam (कालकञ्जम्).
Kālakañja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and kañja (कञ्ज).
Kālakañja (कालकञ्ज).—m. The name of a Dānava tribe, Mahābhārata 3, 12198.
Kālakañja (कालकञ्ज).—[masculine] [plural] [Name] of a race of Asuras.
1) Kālakañja (कालकञ्ज):—[=kāla-kañja] [from kāla] a m. [plural] Name of a race of Asuras [or Dānavas, [Mahābhārata] etc.], (some of whom ascended into heaven and there shine as stars), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Kāṭhaka] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of in Asura, [Harivaṃśa 12940.]
3) Kālakāñja (कालकाञ्ज):—[=kāla-kāñja] [from kāla] m. [plural] = -kañja, [Atharva-veda vi, 80, 2; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
4) Kālakañja (कालकञ्ज):—[=kāla-kañja] b etc. See 1. kāla.
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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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Partial matches: Kanja, Kanca, Kala.
Starts with: Kalakanjaya.
Full-text: Kalakanjya, Kalakhanja, Kalakeya, Kalakanjaya, Kolaka, Talajangha, Kalaka.
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