Introduction

Alternative spellings of this word include Puranjay.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Puraṃjaya (पुरंजय).—name of a yakṣa: Mahā-Māyūrī 56.

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

Puraṃjaya (पुरंजय).—i. e. pura + m-ji + a, m. A proper name.

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

Puraṃjaya (पुरंजय).—[masculine] [Name] of [several] heroes (lit. = [preceding]).

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

1) Puraṃjaya (पुरंजय):—[=puraṃ-jaya] [from puraṃ > pur] m. ‘city-conqueror’, Name of a hero on the side of the Kurus, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] of a son of Śṛñjaya and father of Janam-ejaya, [Harivaṃśa]

3) [v.s. ...] of a son of Bhajamāna and Śṛñjarī (or Śṛñjayā), [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] (= kakut-stha) Name of a son of Śaśāda, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

5) [v.s. ...] of a son of Vindhya-śakti, [ib.]

6) [v.s. ...] of Medhāvin, [Matsya-purāṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] of an elephant (son of Airāvaṇa), [Harivaṃśa]

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Puraṃjaya (पुरंजय):—(puram + jaya) m. Burgeneroberer: Nomen proprium eines Helden auf Seiten der Kuru [Mahābhārata 7, 6851.] eines Sohnes der Sṛñjaya und Vaters des Janamejaya [Harivaṃśa 1670. fg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 444.] eines Sohnes des Bhajamāna von einer Sṛñjarī (Sṛñjayā [LANGL.][) 2002.] eines Sohnes Śaśāda’s und = Kakutstha [Viṣṇupurāṇa 360. fg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 6, 12.] [?= Kākutstha Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 2.] eines Sohnes des Vindhyaśakti [Viṣṇupurāṇa 477.] des Medhāvin [Matsyapurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 40,b,17.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 462, Nalopākhyāna 15.] Nomen proprium eines Elephanten, eines Sohnes des Airāvaṇa, [Harivaṃśa 8925.] — Vgl. para (auch [Mahābhārata 1, 4118.] [Nalopākhyāna 20, 1]).

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Puraṃjaya (पुरंजय):—ein Fürst [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 1, 2. 34.]

context information

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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Partial matches: Puram, Jaya.

Ends with: Aparapuramjaya, Parapuramjaya, Svarapuramjaya.

Full-text: Parapuramjaya, Shunaka, Indravaha, Kakutstha, Ramacandra, Paramjapa, Svarapuramjaya, Janamejaya, Shashada, Sushanti, Medhavin, Urva, Vikukshi, Shudra, Yadu.

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