Tiryancaja, Tiryañcaja, Tiryanca-ja: 1 definition

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Tiryancaja 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Tiryanchaja.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tiryañcaja (तिर्यञ्चज).—a. born or begotten by an animal; यस्माद्बीजप्रभावेण तिर्यग्जा ऋषयोऽभवन् (yasmādbījaprabhāveṇa tiryagjā ṛṣayo'bhavan) Manusmṛti 1. 72.

Derivable forms: tiryañcajaḥ (तिर्यञ्चजः).

Tiryañcaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tiryañca and ja (ज). See also (synonyms): tiryagja.

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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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