Oja, Ojā: 20 definitions

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Oja means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Oja (ओज).—A son of Kṛṣṇa and Mādrī.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 61. 15.

1b) Created by Brahmā from his mouth.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 5. 48.

1c) The yakṣa presiding over the month of mādhava.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 11. 34.
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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.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'nutriment' (synonym of āhāra, q.v.), is one of those 8 minimal constituent parts, or qualities, of all corporeality, to wit: the solid, liquid, heat, motion; colour, odour, taste and nutriment.

This is the 'octad with nutriment as the eighth (factor)' (ojatthamaka-kalāpa), also called the 'pure eightfold unit' (suddhatthaka-kalāpa), being the most primitive material combination.

For further details, s. rūpa-kalāpa.

Source: Pali Kanon: Introducing Buddhist Abhidhamma

lit: 'nutriment'; Property of matter (rupa).

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Oja.—(SII 11-1), same as Ojhā; designation derived from Sanskrit Upādhyāya; cf. Bengali Ojhā, Maithilī Jhā. Note: oja is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Oja in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Afzelia africana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pahudia africana (Sm. ex Pers.) Prain (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1855)
· The Languages of West Africa. (1911)
· Genera Nova Madagascariensia (1806)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1798)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of Tree Sciences (1985)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

oja : (m.; nt.) nutritive essence; juice. || ojā (f.), nutritive essence; juice.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ojā, (f.) (Vedic ojas nt. , also BSk. oja nt. Divy 105; fr. *aug to increase, as in Lat. auges, augustus & auxilium, Goth. aukan (augment), Ags. ēacian; cp. also Gr. a)έcw, Sk. ukṣati & vakṣana increase) strength, but only in meaning of strength-giving, nutritive essence (appld. to food) M. I, 245; S. II, 87; V, 162 (dhamm’); A. III, 396; J. I, 68; Dhs. 646, 740, 875; Miln. 156; DhA. II, 154 (paṭhav°). See also def. at Vism. 450 (referring to kabaliṅkār’āhāra. The compn. form is oja, e.g. ojadāna J. V, 243; ojaṭṭhamaka (rūpa) Vism. 341. (Page 165)

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ōja (ओज).—f (ūrjā S) Careful treatment or keeping; heed or attention unto in order to preservation in good condition or state. v rākha. 2 Careful performance or execution (of a business or work). 3 Management, handiness, expertness, dexterity. 4 Neat, orderly, or good condition. Pr. gharācī ōja aṅgaṇa sāṅgatēṃ.

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ōja (ओज).—n S Life, vitality, the vital faculty or principle. 2 Metallic lustre. 3 Virility. 4 Lustre.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ōja (ओज).—f Careful treatment or keeping. v rākha. Careful performance or execu- tion, management. Neat, orderly or good condition. Ex. gharācī ōja aṅgaṇa sāṅgatēṃ. n Life, vitality. Lustre.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Oja (ओज).—a. Odd, uneven.

-jam = ओजस् (ojas) q. v.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ojā (ओजा).—(= Pali id.; derived by Childers and Senart from Sanskrit ūrj, by [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] from ojas, which seems more plausible), food: Mahāvastu i.210.19 = ii.14.20 (prose) (lābhinī bhavati divyānāṃ gandhānāṃ…mālyānāṃ…vilepanānāṃ) di- vyānāṃ ojānām; ii.131.3 (and 6) (prose) (vayaṃ te roma- kūpa- [mss. °pe] vivarāntareṣu) divyām ojām adhyohari- ṣyāmaḥ; see s.v. adhyoharati (used in Pali, like its noun ajjhohāra, of food). It seems clear that in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], at least, ojā means simply food, not essence or the like.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Oja (ओज).—(ta) r. 1st. cl. (ojati) 1. To live, to have the vital faculties and organs. 2. To be strong or able.

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Oja (ओज).—m.

(-jaḥ) See the following.

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

Oja (ओज).—[adjective] odd (the first, third, etc.).

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

1) Oja (ओज):—mfn. odd (as the first, third, fifth, etc. in a series), [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Sūryasiddhānta; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) m. Name of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) = ojas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Oja (ओज):—(jaḥ) 1. m. Light.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Oja (ओज) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Oya, Viala.

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Oja in German

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Oja (ओज) [Also spelled oj]:—(nm) vigour and virility; lustre, splendour; ~[svī] vigorous and virile, brilliant; hence ~[svitā] (nf.).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ōja (ಓಜ):—

1) [noun] a man who teaches, esp. whose occupation is to instruct; a teacher; a professional instructor.

2) [noun] (masc.) a man who models, carves or otherwise fashions figures or forms of clay, stone, metal, wood, etc.; an artist who creates three-dimensional representations; a sculptor; a carpenter; a smith.

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Ōja (ಓಜ):—

1) [noun] brightness; brilliance; lustre; radiance.

2) [noun] the power of procreation; male sexual potency; virility.

3) [noun] (rhet.) a particular literary style that abounds in compounds.

4) [noun] the vital force, power or principle as present in all living things; the life principle or force; vitality.

5) [noun] bodily strength; vigour; energy; ability.

6) [noun] water.

7) [noun] skill in the use of weapons.

8) [noun] speed; the impetus of a moving object; momentum.

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Ōja (ಓಜ):—

1) [adjective] (said of numbers) having a remainder of one when divided by two; not even; odd.

2) [adjective] occurring alternatively in first, third, fifth etc. places; odd.

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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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