Peja, Pēja: 10 definitions

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Peja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Pej.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Peja (पेज).—tad. affix added to the word तिल (tila) optionally with the affix पिञ्ज (piñja); e. g. तिलपेजः (tilapejaḥ). See पिञ्ज (piñja).

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Peja in India is the name of a plant defined with Artocarpus hirsutus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artocarpus hirsuta Lam..

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

· Encycl. (1789)

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pēja (पेज).—f (pēyā S) pējavaṇī n pējapāṇī n Rice-gruel.

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pējā (पेजा).—a See under pējapātra.

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

pēja (पेज).—f pējavaṇī n pējapāṇī n Rice gruel.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Peja (पेज).—m. (sg. or pl.; MIndic for Sanskrit peya, Mahāvyutpatti 5701; compare Prakrit pejja, and see peyya), broth: pejaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 5702 (Mironov pejāḥ, n. pl., peja in Index; [Boehtlingk and Roth] cites pejā) = Tibetan thug pa, as for peya 5701.

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

1) Peja (पेज):—m. See tila-p

2) Pejā (पेजा):—[from peja] f. = peyā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Peja 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

Peja (पेज) [Also spelled pej]:—(nm) a page; —[prūpha] pageproof.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pējā (பேஜா) noun < Urdu bējā. Low quality; மட்டம். [mattam.] Madras usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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