Majjana: 23 definitions
Introduction:
Majjana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Majjana (मज्जन).—A soldier of Subrahmaṇya. (Śloka 70, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).
Majjana (मज्जन) refers to “bathing”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.45 (“Śiva’s comely form and the Jubilation of the Citizens”).—Accordingly, after Menā spoke to Śiva: “After saying thus and eulogising the moon-crested lord, Menā, the beloved of the mountain, bowed to Him with palms joined in reverence and stood shy. By that time the ladies of the town left the work they were engaged in, in their eagerness to see Śiva. A certain lady in the midst of her bath (majjana) and toilet was overwhelmed with the desire to see Śiva, the bridegroom of Pārvatī. She came out with the shampoo powder still held in her hands. [...]”.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Majjana (मज्जन) refers to an “elephant in his eighth year”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 5, “on marks of the stages of life”]: “With firm nails, soles, and joints, in whom (even) quantities of wounds heal over quickly, eating very soft grass, with unstable (dropping out) rows of (first) teeth, always showing an unsteady gait, not yet sexually potent (?) but subject to erections, still feeble in blows—he is called a majjana, in the eighth year”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
1) Majjana (मज्जन):—[majjanam] Steeping keeping the material immersed in a specified liquid
2) Majjāna (मज्जान):—[majjānaṃ] Resembles bone marrow in colour and appearance
Majjana (मज्जन) or Majjanadhātrī refers to one of the various Dhātrīs (“wet medical attendant”) mentioned in Jain writings.—The concept of Dhatri (i.e., “a lactating lady who bosom-feeds”) is referenced to by Ayurvedic proponent Acharyas like Charaka as Sushruta and Kashyapa.—Jain writing has referenced around five kinds of Dhatri, for nursing of child [e.g., majjana-dhatri].—[Description]: Majjanadhatri is crafted by the dhatri is to keep the youngster clean.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Majjana (मज्जन) (Cf. Nimajjana) means “to sink”, according to Brahmagupta’s Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta verse 22.41.—Accordingly, “The Ghaṭikā-yantra is a copper vessel of the shape of a hemisphere. At the centre of the bottom is a small perforation so made that the bowl sinks sixty times [i.e., majjana—tajjalamajjanaṣaṣṭyā] in a day and night”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
majjana : (nt.) an intoxicant, negligence. || majjanā (f.) polishing; wiping; stroking.
1) majjana (မဇ္ဇန) [(thī,na) (ထီ၊န)]—
[mada+ya+yu]
[မဒ+ယ+ယု]
2) majjana (မဇ္ဇန) [(thī,na) (ထီ၊န)]—
[majja+yu]
[မဇ္ဇ+ယု]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) majjana—
(Burmese text): ပွတ်တိုက်ခြင်း၊ သုံးသပ်ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Debate, analysis.
2) majjana—
(Burmese text): ယစ်မူးခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Addiction.
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
majjana (मज्जन).—n S Immersion or dipping: also ablution or bathing. Ex. jōṃ majjanēṃ kariti tyā yamu- nēnta nārī ||.
majjana (मज्जन).—n Immersion. Bathing, ablution.
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
Majjana (मज्जन).—[masj-bhāve lyuṭ]
1) Sinking, plunging, sinking under water, immersion.
2) Inundating, deluging.
3) Bathing, ablution; प्रत्यग्रमज्जनविशेषविविक्तकान्तिः (pratyagramajjanaviśeṣaviviktakāntiḥ) Ratn. 1.21; R.16.57.
4) Drowning.
5) The marrow of the bones and flesh (= majjan).
Derivable forms: majjanam (मज्जनम्).
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Majjana (मज्जन).—An elephant in the eighth year; Mātaṅga L.5.9.
Derivable forms: majjanaḥ (मज्जनः).
Majjana (मज्जन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Bathing, ablution. 2. Immersion. 3. Drowning. 4. Marrow. E. masj to bathe, &c. aff. lyuṭ .
Majjana (मज्जन).—[majj + ana], n. 1. Immersion. 2. Bathing. 3. Drowning, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 34.
Majjana (मज्जन).—[neuter] sinking, diving, bathing, overflowing.
1) Majjana (मज्जन):—[from majj] m. Name of a demon causing sickness or fever, [Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] of one of Śiva’s attendants, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. sinking ([especially] under water), diving, immersion, bathing, ablution, [Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] (with niraye), sinking into hell, [Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] drowning, overwhelming, [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] = majjan, marrow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Majjāna (मज्जान):—[from majj] See majjala.
Majjana (मज्जन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Bathing; marrow.
Majjana (मज्जन):—1. (von majj)
1) m. der Taucher, Bez. eines gespenstischen Wesens: majjanonmajjanau [Harivaṃśa 9558.] [Harivaṃśa] [LANGL. I, 513.] Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge des Śiva [VYĀḌI] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 210.] —
2) n. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 4, 32,] [Scholiast] a) das Untertauchen, Eintauchen, Bad [Yāska’s Nirukta 9, 5.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 19, 5, 14.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 4.] gata [Mahābhārata 1, 4208.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 57.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 2, 8.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 69.] kari das Baden der Elephanten [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 211.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 59.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 132] (mañjana gedr.). jāhnavīmajjanaprītiṃ na jānanti marusthitāḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 47.] saṃsārārṇava [Spr. 477.] salilamajjanākula das Versinken, Untersinken [960.] a [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 143.] niraye das zur-Hölle-Fahren [Mahābhārata 12, 11302.] — b) das Ueberschwemmen, Ueberschütten: karṇo brahmāstreṇa dhanaṃjayam . abhyavarṣatpunaryatnamakarodrathamajjane (rathasarjane ed. Bomb.) [Mahābhārata.8, 4768.]
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Majjana (मज्जन):—2. n. = majjan [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Majjāna (मज्जान):—m. Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge der Skanda [Mahābhārata 9, 2572] (majjala ed. Calc.).
Majjana (मज्जन):—1. —
1) m. der Taucher , Bez. eines Fieberdämons. —
2) n. — a) das Versinken , Untersinken. niraye das Hölle Fahren. — b) das Untertauchen , Eintauchen , Baden , Bad. — c) das Ueberschwemmen , Ueberschütten.
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Majjana (मज्जन):—2. n. Mark.
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Majjāna (मज्जान):—m. Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Skanda’s [Mahābhārata 9,45,70.] majjala v.l.
Majjana (मज्जन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Majjaṇa.
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
Majjana (मज्जन) [Also spelled majjan]:—(nm) dip, dipping; bath, bathing.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Majjaṇa (मज्जण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Majjana.
2) Majjaṇa (मज्जण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Mārjaṇa.
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
Majjaṇa (ಮಜ್ಜಣ):—
1) [noun] = ಮಜ್ಜನ [majjana].
2) [noun] ritual washing of an idol.
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Majjana (ಮಜ್ಜನ):—[noun] a washing or dipping of a thing, esp. the body, in water or other liquid, steam, etc.; a bath.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Majja, Ya, Ao, Yu, Yu, Mada, Mata.
Starts with (+5): Majjanadhatri, Majjanagata, Majjanagey, Majjanageysu, Majjanagolisu, Majjanagriha, Majjanakala, Majjanakara, Majjanakaramada, Majjanakarappavatta, Majjanakarappavatti, Majjanalakkhana, Majjanamandapa, Majjanambogisu, Majjanambogu, Majjanambugisu, Majjanambugu, Majjanamgeysu, Majjanartha, Majjanashale.
Full-text (+25): Nimajjana, Unmajjana, Pamajjana, Majjala, Vimajjana, Anumajjana, Upamajjana, Amajjana, Apasammajjani, Ummajjana, Majjanamandapa, Manamajjana, Madhumajjana, Malamajjana, Majjanashale, Majjanagata, Pankamajjana, Majjanagriha, Shamtimajjana, Majjanonmajjana.
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