Kunja, Kumja, Kuṃjā, Kūṃjā, Kuñja, Kunjā: 27 definitions
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Kunja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, 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 Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Kuñja (कुञ्ज).—A reputed sage. Once he enjoyed the company of Pramlocā, the celestial woman. (See under Pramlocā).
Kuñja (कुञ्ज) refers to “hedges and groves”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.22. Accordingly as Śiva said to Sitā:—“[...] O my beloved, beautiful woman, clouds will not reach the place where I have to make an abode for you. [...] O beloved, do you wish to go to the Himālayas, the king of mountains (acalendra) wherein there is spring for ever, which abounds in hedges and groves (kuñja) where the cuckoos coo in diverse pleasing ways and which contains many lakes filled with cool water and hundreds of lotuses”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Kuñja (कुञ्ज) refers to:—A grove or bower; a natural shady retreat with a roof and walls formed by trees, vines, creepers and other climbing plants. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).
Kuñja (कुञ्ज) refers to:—Grove or bower. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).
Kuñja (कुञ्ज) refers to—Bower.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
India history and geography
Kuñja (कुञ्ज) is the name of a Poet mentioned in the 13th century Saduktikarṇāmrita by Śrīdhara Dāsa (son of Vaṭu Dāsa) who was a chief over several districts (called a mahāmaṇḍalika).—The Sadukti-Karnamrita is a collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. There are 446 poets identified (for example, Kuñja) some of which in the feminine gender (intended for females) while others are of Buddhist monks etc.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Kunja in India is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia nilagirica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artemisia vulgaris var. nilagirica C.B. Clarke.
2) Kunja is also identified with Desmostachya bipinnata It has the synonym Poa cynosuroides Retz., also spelled cynosuriodes (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Lexicon Generum Phanerogamarum (1903)
· Flora Palaestina (1756)
· Taxon (2000)
· Flora Capensis (1900)
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die angrenzenden Länder (1907)
· Flora (1855)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kunja, for example side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, 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
Pali-English dictionary
kuñja : (nt.) a glen; dell.
Kuñja, (m.) a hollow, a glen, dell, used by Dhpāla in explanation of kuñjara at VvA. 35 (kuñjaro ti kuñje giritale ramati) and PvA. 57 (kuṃ pathaviṃ jīrayati kuñjo suvāraṃ aticarati kuñjaro ti). —nadī° a river glen DA. I, 209. (Page 219)
kuñja (ကုဉ္ဇ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[kuñja+ṇa]
[ကုဉ္ဇ+ဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
kuñja—
(Burmese text): (၁) နွယ်,သစ်ညွန့်,မြက်စသည်တို့ဖြင့် ပိတ်ဆုံးသောလိုဏ်၊ နွယ်,သစ်ခက်,မြက်စသည်တို့ဖြင့် ပိတ်ဖုံးသော ချုံ,အိမ်။ တောင်ကွေ့။ (၂) တောင်ကမ်းပါးပြတ်။ (၃) တောင်အပြင်။ (၄) တောင်ထွတ်။ (ပု) (၅) မေး။ (၆) အစွယ်။ ကုဉ္ဇရ-ထောင့်ကွင်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) A hut or house covered with branches, twigs, or grass; a shelter made of these materials. Mountain ridge. (2) Mountain slope. (3) Outside the mountain. (4) Mountain summit. (5) To ask. (6) A trace or remnant. Kunyza - look at the corner of the triangle.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
kuñja (कुंज).—m The angle of junction formed by two parts of a roof: the angle or turn of a road, river &c.: also of two pieces of a caukaṭa or quadrangular frame. 2 The roll or band of grass applied along the corners of a chuppered roof.
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kuñja (कुंज).—m n S A place overshadowed with creeping plants, a bower or an arbor.
kuñja (कुंज).—m n An arbour, a bower.
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
Kuñja (कुञ्ज).—
1) A place overgrown with plants or creepers, a bower, an arbour; चल सखि कुञ्जं सतिमिरपुञ्जं शीलय नीलनिचोलम् (cala sakhi kuñjaṃ satimirapuñjaṃ śīlaya nīlanicolam) Gītagovinda 5; वञ्जुललताकुञ्जे (vañjulalatākuñje) 12; Meghadūta 19; R.9.64.
2) The lower jaw.
3) A cave, Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.3. (foot note).
4) A tooth.
5) The tusk of an elephant.
Derivable forms: kuñjaḥ (कुञ्जः), kuñjam (कुञ्जम्).
Kuñja (कुञ्ज).—mn.
(-ñjaḥ-ñjaṃ) 1. A place overgrown with creeping plants, a bower, an arbour. 2. An elephant’s tusk or ivory. 3. The lower jaw. E. ku the earth, and ja produced, ma inserted.
Kuñja (कुञ्ज).—m. 1. A place overgrown with creeping plants, a bower, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 19. 2. A cavern, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 26, 6; [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 9, 64.
Kuñja (कुञ्ज).—[masculine] bush, bower.
Kuñja (कुञ्ज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]
1) Kuñja (कुञ्ज):—m. [am n., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]] a place overrun with plants or overgrown with creepers, bower, arbour, [Mahābhārata] etc.
2) (with sarasvatyās) ‘the bower of Sarasvatī’, Name of a Tīrtha, [Mahābhārata iii, 6078 ff.]
3) the lower jaw, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) an elephant’s tusk or jaw, [Pāṇini 5-2, 107], [vArttika]
5) a tooth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Name of a man, [Pāṇini 4-1, 98.]
Kuñja (कुञ्ज):—[(ñjaḥ-ñjaṃ)] 1. m. n. A place overgrown with creeping plants, a bower; elephant’s tusk, ivory; the lower jaw.
Kuñja (कुञ्ज):—
1) m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.2,4,31.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 251,a, ult.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,5,13.] a) ein von Pflanzen eingeschlossener Platz, Laube [Amarakoṣa 2, 3, 8.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1115.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 67.] [Medinīkoṣa j. 6.] Viell. auch Grotte (a cave [WILKINS] bei [Haughton]). tava (adrirāja) sānūni kuñjāśca nadyaḥ prasravaṇāni ca . tīrthāni ca supuṇyāni mayā dṛṣṭānyanekaśaḥ .. [Indralokāgamana 1. 25.] [Meghadūta 19.] himavadgirikuñjeṣu [Mahābhārata 1, 6067.] nadīkuñjeṣu [4, 894.] nadīkuñjanitambaiśca prāsādairupaśobhitam (himavantam) [3, 9925.] ṛkṣā vṛkṣāṃsamārūḍhā vānarāḥ kuñjamāśritāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 7, 37.] babhunimne darīkuñje [4, 26, 6.] pūtagrāvagirīndrakandaradarīkuñje nivāsaḥ (v. l. kuñjeṣu vāsaḥ) [Bhartṛhari 3, 79.] kuñjeṣu [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 12.] kuñjalīnān siṃhān [9, 64.] yo sau (parvataḥ) guhapraharaṇonmathitanitambakuñjaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 19.] puṇyopavanādrikuñjeṣu [3, 1, 18.] jambūkuñja v.l. für jambūṣaṇḍa [Meghadūta 20.] vikasitanavamallīkuñja [Dhūrtasamāgama 69, 7.] pānthāḥ palvalasaṃkuladrumalatākuñjodare [74, 3.] [Gītagovinda 7, 11.] vañjulakuñja [Sāhityadarpana 19, 19.] śrīkuñja, naimiṣa, kuñjaḥ sarasvatyāḥ Namen von Tīrtha [Mahābhārata 3, 6078. fgg.] Nirgends entschiedenes neutr. Vgl. nikuñja . — b) Kinnlade [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Kinnlade des Elephanten [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 107, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1,] [Scholiast] — c) Zahn [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 7, 33.] Elephantenzahn [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 98.]
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Kuñja (कुञ्ज):—
1) a) füge Gebüsch hinzu. — b) [Halāyudha 5, 32.]
Kuñja (कुञ्ज):——
1) m. (*n.) — a) Gebüsch , Laube. sarasvatyāḥ. Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha. — b) *Kinnlade. — c) *Kinnlade eines Elephanten. — d) *Zahn. — e) *Elephantenzahn. —
2) *m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes.
Kuñja (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 曲 [qū]: “bend”.
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
Kuṃja (कुंज):—(nf) a grove, bower, arbour.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Kuṃja (ಕುಂಜ):—
1) [noun] a dwelling or resting placed, enclosed by foliage; an arbour; a bower.
2) [noun] the lower jaw (in vertebrates); the mandible jaw.
3) [noun] in elephants, a very long, large, pointed tooth, usu. one of a pair, projecting outside the mouth; the tusk.
4) [noun] a large hollow in the side of a cliff, hill, etc. or underground; a cave.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Kuṃjā (कुंजा):—[=कुँजा] n. → कुँजो [kuṃjo]
2) Kūṃjā (कूंजा):—[=कूँजा] adj. pl. of कूँजो [kūṃjo]
1) Kuñja (कुञ्ज):—n. 1. a place overgrown with plants/creepers; a bower; an arbor;
2) Kunjā (कुन्जा):—n. 1. wooden working surface (as of laundering); 2. a small cudgel; hammer; 3. butt (of a rifle);
3) Kunjā (कुन्जा):—n. sugar crystallized in an earthen pot;
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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Partial matches (+0): Kunja, Na.
Starts with (+19): Kumjana, Kumjapakshi, Kuncakkuravar, Kuncalatu, Kuncamani, Kuncamvicu, Kuncan, Kuncanaga, Kuncankattu, Kuncham, Kunja-lota, Kunjaa, Kunjabhuvana, Kunjad, Kunjada, Kunjadi, Kunjakutira, Kunjala, Kunjalata, Kunjammarakam.
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