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

Majj (मज्ज्).— (probably mad-jan; cf. madgu and [Latin] mergere; the Indian grammarians write masj), i. 6, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 2, 605). The base of many forms is mañj. 1. To dive, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 91. 2. To bathe, Mahābhārata 1, 5299. 3. To sink, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 133; to perish in water, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 1, 89. 4. To sink into, Mahābhārata 1, 3717 (loc.); [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 81 (acc.). 5. To be plunged, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 91. 6. To become disheartened, Mahābhārata 1, 5631. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. magna, 1. Plunged, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 4, M. M.; dived, immersed, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 52, 19. 2. Sunk, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 197, 6; drowned, Chr. 17, 27. [Causal.] 1. To cause to plunge, Mahābhārata 1, 3908. 2. To overwhelm, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 77, 13.

— With the prep. ud ud, 1. To emerge, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 167. 2. Pass. impers. To rise, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 30. [Causal.] To force up, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 115.

— With ni ni, 1. To bathe, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 73. 2. To submerge, to sink under, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 194; [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 145. 3. To disappear, Mahābhārata 2, 1504. 4. To cause to sink (into hell), Mahābhārata 1, 4156. nimagna, 1. Plunged in, immersed, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 85. 2. Sunk in (not prominent), [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 80; [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 74; slender, [distich] 129. 3. Covered, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 199, 6 [Causal.] 1. To cause to dive under water, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 114. 2. To cause to be submerged, Mahābhārata 3, 16612.

— With pra pra, pramagna, Immersed, drowned.

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

Majj (मज्ज्).—majjati (majjate), [participle] magna (q.v.) sink (in water), dive, bathe, be submerged or drowned, be ruined, perish. [Causative] majjayati (te) = [Simple] [transitive] or act.

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

1) Majj (मज्ज्):—[class] 6. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxviii, 122]) majjati ([Vedic or Veda] majjati, [Epic] also te; [perfect tense] mamajja [2. sg. mamajjitha, or mamaṅktha] [Mahābhārata]; [Aorist] [mā] majjīs, [ib.]; amānkṣīt, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; Prec. majjtāt, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; [future] maṅkṣyati, te, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; majjiṣyati, [Mahābhārata]; maṅktā [grammar]; [infinitive mood] majjitum, [Mahābhārata]; maṅktum [grammar]; [indeclinable participle] maṅktvā or maktvā, [ib.]; majjya, [Atharva-veda]),

—to sink (into), ([accusative] or [locative case]), go down, go to hell, perish, become ruined, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to sink (in water), dive, plunge or throw one’s self into ([locative case]), bathe, be submerged or drowned, [ṢaḍvBr.; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Causal] majjayati ([Aorist] amamajjat [grammar]), to cause to sink, submerge, drown, overwhelm, destroy, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.;

—to inundate, [Mahābhārata];

—to strike or plant into ([locative case]), [ib.] :—[Desiderative] mimaṅkṣati or mimajjiṣati [grammar] (cf. mimaṅkṣā) :—[Intensive] māmajjyate, māmaṅkti, [ib.]

2) cf. [Latin] mergere, and under majjan.

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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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Starts with (+127): Mahaggata Citta, Majja, Majjabha, Majjadhatu, Majjaga, Majjagandha, Majjagata, Majjagegadde, Majjagegedde, Majjagepalidya, Majjagni, Majjai, Majjailla, Majjaja, Majjak, Majjaka, Majjakara, Majjakrit, Majjakshaya, Majjala.

Ends with: Avamajj, Nimajj, Nirmajj, Pramajj, Samnimajj, Samumajj, Unmajj, Upamajj, Upanimajj, Vimajj.

Full-text (+48): Magna, Manktar, Upamajjana, Majjana, Majjuka, Samnimajj, Mimanksha, Nirmajj, Upamajj, Manktri, Pramajj, Majja, Unmajj, Nimajjana, Nimajjathu, Madgu, Unmajjana, Nimagna, Madgura, Samumajj.

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