Prayojaka, Prayōjaka: 15 definitions
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Prayojaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक).—Causing another to do; causal agent; cf. कुर्वाणं प्रयुङ्क्ते इति प्रयोजकः (kurvāṇaṃ prayuṅkte iti prayojakaḥ) Ks. on P. I. 4.55.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक) refers to the “application (of mantras)”, according to the Pātravidhi—a manual of the Lakulīśa Pāśupata school of Śaivism dealing with purification of the initiate’s vessel (pātra) and other concerned issues.—Accordingly, “Jugglery, deceit, feigning, and separation of a wife and a man, and attraction: an ascetic should avoid these five possible flaws in alms-collection. (26) The one who gives fake medicine and uses fake mantras (kūṭamantra-prayojaka), … (28) ... he always feigns to people, that [deed of his] is called feigning. (29)”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
prayōjaka (प्रयोजक).—a S That originally instigates an act; author, principal, first cause or motor. 2 That occasions, incites, prompts, urges, moves.
prayōjaka (प्रयोजक).—a Author. Occasions.
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
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक).—a. Occasioning, causing, effecting, leading to, inciting, stimulating, deputing, appointing &c.; यस्मिन् कृते यन्निष्पद्यते प्रयोजनवत् तत् तस्य प्रयोजकमिति गम्यते (yasmin kṛte yanniṣpadyate prayojanavat tat tasya prayojakamiti gamyate) | ŚB. on MS.4.1.22; यद्धि येन कर्तव्यं भवति तत्तस्य प्रयोजकम् (yaddhi yena kartavyaṃ bhavati tattasya prayojakam) ŚB. on MS.9.1.2; तत्प्रयोजको हेतुश्च (tatprayojako hetuśca) Pāṇini S.
-kaḥ 1 An employer, one who uses or employs.
2) An author.
3) A founder, an institutor.
4) A money-lender.
5) A law-giver, legislator.
6) An instigator.
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) 1. Who or what causes or induces any act. 2. Who or what deputes or appoints. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A founder or institutor of any ceremony. 2. A law-giver, a legislator. 3. An author. 4. A money-lender. E. pra before, yuj to join, ṇvul aff.
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक).—i. e. pra-yuj + aka, I. adj. Who or what causes. Ii. m. 1. An author, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 5. 2. A creditor, 2, 62.
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक).—[feminine] jikā causing, effecting, essential; [masculine] author ([abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]), composer, lender, creditor.
1) Prayojaka (प्रयोजक):—[from prayogin > pra-yuj] mf(ikā)n. causing, effecting, leading to ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) prompting, instigating, instigator, promoter, [Pāṇini 1-4, 55]
3) [v.s. ...] effective, essential, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] deputing, anointing, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] m. an author, composer, [Yājñavalkya]
6) [v.s. ...] a money-lender, creditor, [ib.]
7) [v.s. ...] a founder or institutor of any ceremony, [Horace H. Wilson]
8) [v.s. ...] an employer, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक):—[pra-yojaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. The original instigator of any act, or institutor of any law or ceremony.
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक):—(wie eben) nom. ag. (f. jikā)
1) veranlassend, bewirkend, zu Etwas führend; Urheber [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 55.] tasya tattanayocchede ta evāsanprayojakāḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 119.] [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 54.] [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 56.] dhanādāna [Mahābhārata 12, 3327.] avivāha [SAṂSK. K. 181,a,1.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7,168,] [Nalopākhyāna 1.] [Sāhityadarpana.3,6. 7. 20,16.] [Scholiast] zu [Kapila.1,95.] [Scholiast] bei [WILSON,] [SĀṂKHYAK. S. 183.] [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.2,3,27. Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 319. 17. 18. 320. 2.] a [Scholiast] zu [Kapila.1,85.] [PRATĀPAR. 61,a,5. 62,a,2.] prayojakatva n. nom. abstr. [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 319, 19. 320, 2.] a [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 80.] —
2) Verfasser: dharmaśāstra [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 5.] —
3) Verleiher, Gläubiger [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 62.]
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Prayojaka (प्रयोजक):—
1) [SARVADARŚANAS. 126, 8.] Etwas bewirkend so v. a. wesentlich, unumgänglich [Sāhityadarpana 277, 5. 285, 21.]
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Prayojaka (प्रयोजक):—
1) einen Auftrag ertheilend [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 168, Nalopākhyāna 1.]
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक):—Adj. Nom.ag. f. jikā) —
1) veranlassend , einen Auftrag ertheilend , bewirkend , zu Etwas führend , Urheber. Nom.abstr. tā f. (Comm. zu [Jaiminiyanyāyamālāvistara 3,7,16]) und tva n. ([Böhtlingk’s Sanskrit-Chresthomathie 231.2]). —
2) Etwas bewirkend , so v.a. wesentlich , unumgänglich. —
3) Verfasser. —
4) Verleiher , Gläubiger.
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pauṃjaga, Paojaga.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Prayōjaka (ಪ್ರಯೋಜಕ):—[adjective] being of use or service; that can be used in bringing about something; useful.
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Prayōjaka (ಪ್ರಯೋಜಕ):—[noun] that which or he who is useful; a useful thing or man.
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Prāyōjaka (ಪ್ರಾಯೋಜಕ):—[noun] a man who undertakes certain responsibilities in connection with promotion, assistance, propagation etc. undertaken by some other person or some group or activity; a sponsor.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Prayojaka (प्रयोजक):—adj. occasioning; causing; n. promoter; organizer; arranger;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Prayojakadhyayabhashya, Prayojakakartritva, Prayojakakattritva, Prayojakam, Prayojakata, Prayojakatva.
Full-text: Aprayojaka, Prayojakakartritva, Prayojakam, Prayojakata, Prayojakatva, Prayojanakari, Abhyarthayamana, Paojaga, Prayojak, Paumjaga, Prayojakakattritva, Prayoktavya, Prayojakadhyayabhashya, Vajinanyaya, Yojaka, Kutamantraprayojaka, Kutamantra, Mantraprayojaka, Kuta.
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