Rajja: 5 definitions
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Rajja means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
rajja : (nt.) kingdom; kingship.
Rajja, (nt.) (Sk. rājya, fr. rāj) kingship, royalty, kingdom, empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty A. III, 300 (°ṃ kāreti); Sn. 114, 553 (°ṃ kāreti to reign); J. I, 57; 64 (ekarattena tīṇi rajjāni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms); III, 170 (°ṃ amaccānaṃ niyyādetvā), 199 (dukkhaseyyaṃ api rajjaṃ pi kāraye); IV, 96, 105, 393 (nava rajja new kingship, newly (or lately) crowned king); VI, 4 (rajjato me sussitvā maraṇam eva seyyo: death by withering is better than kingship); VvA. 314 (=J. I, 64 as above); PvA. 73 sq.; Mhvs 10, 52 (rājā rajjaṃ akārayi).—cakkavatti° rule of a universal king DhA. III, 191; deva° reign amongst gods KhA 227; padesa° local sovereignty It. 15; Kh VIII, 12 (cp. KhA 227).
1) rajja (ရဇ္ဇ) [(na) (န)]—
[ranja+ya+a]
[ရန္ဇ+ယ+အ]
2) rajja (ရဇ္ဇ) [(na) (န)]—
[rāja+ṇya．rājya-saṃ．rajja-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ရာဇ+ဏျ။ ရာဇျ-သံ။ ရဇ္ဇ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) rajja—
(Burmese text): (၁) မင်း။ (၂) မင်း၏အဖြစ်၊ (အစိုးရခြင်း)။ (၃) မင်းသည်ပြုအပ်သော အမှုကိစ္စ၊ မင်း၏ ပြုဖွယ်ကိစ္စ၊ မင်းမှုကိစ္စ။ (၄) တိုင်းပြည်၊ တိုင်းနိုင်ငံ-ပြည်စည်းစိမ်၊ တစ်ယောက်သော မင်း၏ အာဏာ ပြန့်နှံ့ရာအရပ်။ (၅) တိုင်းသူ,ပြည်သား၊ နိုင်ငံသူ,နိုင်ငံသား၊ (၆) အခွန်အတုပ်အာဏာ စသည်။ (၇) မင်း၏ချမ်းသာ၊ မင်းချမ်းသာ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) You. (2) Your identity, (government). (3) The matters you are responsible for, your affairs, your issues. (4) The country, the nation - the space where your power spreads. (5) Citizens, residents, nationals. (6) Taxation authority, etc. (7) Your wealth, your prosperity.
2) rajja—
(Burmese text): တပ်မက်-နှစ်သက်-ငြိကပ်-ခြင်း။ ရဇ္ဇိဿရ(၂)ကိုလည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Detachment - preference - calmness - tranquility. Also, refer to Rajaditya (2).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Rajja (रज्ज) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Rañj.
2) Rajja (रज्ज) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Rājya.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Nya, Ranja, Ya, A, Raja.
Starts with (+29): Rajanta, Rajja Sutta, Rajjabhaga, Rajjabhara, Rajjabhisecana, Rajjabhiseka, Rajjadana, Rajjadayada, Rajjadayaka, Rajjadukkha, Rajjadusaka, Rajjagahana, Rajjagata, Rajjahani, Rajjajiguccha, Rajjakala, Rajjakamma, Rajjakaritaattabhava, Rajjakicca, Rajjakula.
Full-text (+69): Padesarajja, Rajjasima, Rajjasiri, Virajja, Annarajja, Rajjantaraya, Rajjasampadana, Rajjasampada, Tarunarajja, Ujjenirajja, Rajjayacana, Rajjasankhobha, Rajjabhaga, Rajjapaveni, Catumaharajikarajja, Upaddharajja, Rajjosaranapadesa, Rajjajiguccha, Rajjasamvibhaga, Kasikosalajambudiparajja.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Rajja, Ranja-ya-a, Raja-nya, Rāja-ṇya; (plurals include: Rajjas, as, nyas, ṇyas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
Part 21 - The Jain concept of Rajju < [Introduction]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.84 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Lay-Life of India as reflected in Pali Jataka (by Rumki Mondal)
Part 6 - Identifications of Bodhisattva < [Chapter 2 - Jātaka Stories as a Methodological Instrument]
Madhura Bhakti in Devotional Poetry < [Jan. – Mar. 1991 & Apr. – Jun. 1991]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
State formation < [Chapter 1 - Political Formation at the time of Buddha]