Samrajya, Sāmrājya: 13 definitions

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Alternative spellings of this word include Samrajy.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य) refers to the “empire (of knowledge)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Alone [the living soul] who is very wise becomes a god [like] a bee on a lotus [like] the face of a woman . Alone, being cut by swords, he appropriates a hellish embryo. Alone the one who is ignorant, driven by the fire of anger, etc., does action. Alone [the living soul] enjoys the empire of knowledge [com.jñāna-sāmrājya—‘the empire of knowledge’] in the avoidance of all mental blindness. [Thus ends the reflection on] solitariness”.

Synonyms: Rājya.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sāmrājya (साम्राज्य).—n (S) Imperial rule or dominion; the sway of a samrāj or Sovereign paramount. 2 Hence a dominion or government of a firm, just, and paternal character; a kingdom or state of which the subjects enjoy themselves in protection and peace.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sāmrājya (साम्राज्य).—n Imperial dominion.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य).—

1) Universal or complete sovereignty, imperial sway; साम्राज्यशंसिनो भावाः कुशस्य च लवस्य च (sāmrājyaśaṃsino bhāvāḥ kuśasya ca lavasya ca) U. 6.23; R.4.5.

2) Empire, dominion.

Derivable forms: sāmrājyam (साम्राज्यम्).

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

Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य).—n.

(-jyaṃ) Imperial rule, dominion, empire. m.

(-jyaḥ) The descendant of a prince or man of the military tribe. E. samrāj an emperor, ṣyañ aff. of the abstract, or ṇya patronymic aff.

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

Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य).—i. e. samrāj + ya, n. Imperial rule, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 387; sovereignty, [Pañcatantra] 42, 14; [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 49; 151.

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

Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य).—1. [neuter] universal sovereignty.

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Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य).—2. [masculine] universal sovereign.

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

1) Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य):—n. ([from] sam-rāj) complete or universal sovereignty, empire, dominion over ([genitive case] [locative case], or [compound]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

2) mfn. relating to sovereignty, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]

3) m. a universal sovereign, [Ṛg-veda viii, 25, 17] ([according to] to [gana] kurv-ādi, ‘the son of a un° s°.’)

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

Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य):—(jyaṃ) 1. n. Imperial rule; empire. m. Descendant of a prince.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sāmajja.

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Samrajya in German

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Samrājya (सम्राज्य):—(nm) see [samrājya.].

2) Sāmrājya (साम्राज्य) [Also spelled samrajy]:—(nm) an empire; ~[vāda] imperialism; ~[vādī] an imperialist; imperialistic.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sāmrājya (ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] a group of states or territories under the sovereign power of an emperor or empress; an empire.

2) [noun] supreme rule; absolute power or authority; dominion.

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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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