Raktavija, Raktavīja, Rakta-vija: 4 definitions
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Raktavija means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRaktavīja (रक्तवीज).—the pomegranate tree; (see raktabīja above).
Derivable forms: raktavījaḥ (रक्तवीजः).
Raktavīja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakta and vīja (वीज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaktavīja (रक्तवीज).—m.
(-jaḥ) 1. The pomegranate. 2. The name of a demon killed by Durga. E. rakta red, and vīja the seed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaktavīja (रक्तवीज):—[=rakta-vīja] [from rakta > raj] See -bīja
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaktavīja (रक्तवीज):—[rakta-vīja] (jaḥ) 1. m. The pomegranate.
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: Raktavijaka.
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 21 - On the conquest of the Heavens by Śumbha and Niśumbha < [Book 5]
Chapter 2 - On the birth of Dānava Mahiṣa < [Book 5]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto LXXXVIII - The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja
Canto LXXXIX - The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XIII - The prayer of Vishnu Panjaram < [Agastya Samhita]
Shukra Niti by Shukracharya (by Benoy Kumar Sarkar)