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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Prājaka (प्राजक) is a Sanskrit technical term referring the “driver” of a chariot (yāna). The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (See the Manubhāṣya, verse 8.293-294)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Prājaka (प्राजक).—The driver of vehicles; if he is unskilled, for injury caused by him, his master will be punished; if skilled, he himself will be punished.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 227. 95-6.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prājaka (प्राजक).—A charioteer, driver, coachman; यत्रापवर्तते युग्यं वैगुण्यात् प्राजकस्य तु । तत्र स्वामी भवेद्दण्ड्यो हिंसायां द्विशतं दमम् (yatrāpavartate yugyaṃ vaiguṇyāt prājakasya tu | tatra svāmī bhaveddaṇḍyo hiṃsāyāṃ dviśataṃ damam) || Manusmṛti 8.293.

Derivable forms: prājakaḥ (प्राजकः).

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

Prājaka (प्राजक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A coachman, a driver. E. pra before, aj to go, causal form, aff. vun .

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

Prājaka (प्राजक).—i. e. pra-aj + aka, m. A driver, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 293; 294.

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

Prājaka (प्राजक).—[masculine] driver.

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

Prājaka (प्राजक):—m. ([from] pra-√aj) a driver, coachman, [Manu-smṛti viii, 293 etc.]

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

Prājaka (प्राजक):—[prā+jaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A driver.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prajaka 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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Starts with: Prajakalpa, Prajakama, Prajakara.

Full-text: Prajin, Prajitri, Prajidhara, Prajanin, Prajimathika, Prajika, Prajipakshin, Prajitar, Prajita, Prajana, Aj.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 8.293-294 < [Section XLII - Assaults]

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