Rijisha, Ṛjīṣa: 9 definitions
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Rijisha 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.
The Sanskrit term Ṛjīṣa can be transliterated into English as Rjisa or Rijisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṚjīṣa (ऋजीष).—a.
1) Ved. Seizing, driving away, hastening towards (epithet of Indra).
2) Wet; शश्वत्तच्छ्रीकरार्जीष- द्रुममण्डलमण्डितम् (śaśvattacchrīkarārjīṣa- drumamaṇḍalamaṇḍitam) Bhāgavata 1.18.4. (Gīrvaṇa).
-ṣam 1 A frying pan.
2) A particular hell. Manusmṛti 4.9.
3) The residue of Soma.
4) Water (Sāy.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṚjīṣa (ऋजीष).—n.
(-ṣaṃ) 1. A frying pan. 2. A hell. E. ṛj to fry, īṣan Unadi affix: see ṛcīṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryṚjīṣa (ऋजीष).— (vb. ṛñj), n. The name of a hell, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 90.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryṚjīṣa (ऋजीष).—[adjective] = seq., [masculine] a cert. hell.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ṛjīṣa (ऋजीष):—1. ṛjīṣa m. (√ṛj), expeller (of enemies), Name of Indra ([Sāyaṇa]), [Ṛg-veda i, 32, 6.]
2) 2. ṛjīṣa n. (√arj, [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 28]), the sediment or residue of Soma, the Soma plant after the juice has been pressed out, [Atharva-veda ix, 6, 16; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xix, 72; Taittirīya-saṃhitā vi; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.
3) the juice produced by the third pressure of the plant, [Sāyaṇa]
4) a frying-pan, [Uṇādi-sūtra]
5) a particular hell, [Manu-smṛti iv, 90.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryṚjīṣa (ऋजीष):—[ṛjī+ṣa] (ṣaṃ) 1. n. A frying-pan; a hell.
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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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṚjīṣa (ಋಜೀಷ):—
1) [noun] a frying pan or a cooking vessel.
2) [noun] a hell.
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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