The Sanskrit term Rājapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Rajapurusa or Rajapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Rājapuruṣa.—(IE 8-5), a royal agent or officer; same as Rāja-sevaka or Rājakīya; cf. also Rāja-satka. Note: rājapuruṣa 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rājapuruṣa (राजपुरुष).—m (S) A public officer or servant: also any man great or small in the service of the Raja.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rājapuruṣa (राजपुरुष).—

1) a king's servant.

2) a minister.

Derivable forms: rājapuruṣaḥ (राजपुरुषः).

Rājapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and puruṣa (पुरुष).

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

Rājapuruṣa (राजपुरुष).—m.

(-ṣaḥ) A guard, a watchman, a constable, &c. E. rāja and puruṣa a man.

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

Rājapuruṣa (राजपुरुष).—[-n], m. 1. a servant of the king. 2. A guard, a watchman. Satpuruṣa, i. e.

Rājapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rāja and puruṣa (पुरुष).

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

Rājapuruṣa (राजपुरुष).—[masculine] = rājapumaṃs.

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Rājapūruṣa (राजपूरुष).—[masculine] = rājapumaṃs.

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

1) Rājapuruṣa (राजपुरुष):—[=rāja-puruṣa] [from rāja > rāj] m. = -puṃs, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]

2) Rājapūruṣa (राजपूरुष):—[=rāja-pūruṣa] [from rāja > rāj] m. = -puruṣa, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]

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

Rājapuruṣa (राजपुरुष):—[rāja-puruṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. A constable.

[Sanskrit to German]

Rajapurusha in German

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rājapuruṣa (ರಾಜಪುರುಷ):—[noun] a minister, official or servant of a king.

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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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Partial matches: Purusha, Rajan, Raja.

Starts with: Rajapurushan, Rajapurushavada.

Ends with: Virajapurusha.

Full-text: Rajapurushavada, Rajapaurushya, Rajasevaka, Rajakiya, Anityasamasa, Raja-satka, Samgatartha, Upasarjana, Purusha, Alaukikavigraha, Aniyukta, Apyaka, Shashthitatpurusha, Anyapadartha, Jahatsvartha, Vigraha, Vakya.

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