Samtyaj, Saṃtyaj: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃtyaj (संत्यज्).—1 P.

1) To abandon; जायामदोषामुत संत्यजामि (jāyāmadoṣāmuta saṃtyajāmi) R. 14.34; यश्चासूनपि संत्यजेत् करुणया (yaścāsūnapi saṃtyajet karuṇayā) Nāg.2.1.

2) To avoid, shun; Bhartṛhari 1.81.

3) To give up, renounce; एतैर्विवादान् संत्यज्य सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते (etairvivādān saṃtyajya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate) Manusmṛti 4.181.

4) To except, exclude; संत्यज्य विक्रमादित्यं धैर्यमन्यत्र दुर्लभम् (saṃtyajya vikramādityaṃ dhairyamanyatra durlabham) Rāj. T.3.343.

5) To withdraw from (an obligation); प्रक्रान्ते सप्तमं भागं चतुर्थं पथि संत्यजन् (prakrānte saptamaṃ bhāgaṃ caturthaṃ pathi saṃtyajan) Y.2.198. -Caus. To deprive (one) of, rob.

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

Saṃtyaj (संत्यज्):—[=saṃ-√tyaj] [Parasmaipada] -tyajati, to relinquish altogether, abandon, leave, quit, desert, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to avoid, shun (dūreṇa, ‘from afar’), [Bhartṛhari];

—to give up, renounce, resign, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to withdraw from (an obligation), [Yājñavalkya ii, 198];

—to yield, deliver up, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to leave alone, disregard, omit (-tyajya [indeclinable participle] ‘excepting’), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Rājataraṅgiṇī] :

—[Causal] -tyājayati, to cause to abandon, deprive of (two [accusative]), [Mahābhārata];

—to rid of, free from ([ablative]), [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]

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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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