Vajavat, Vājavat, Vaja-vat: 2 definitions
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Vajavat 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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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Vājavat (वाजवत्) or Vājavattva resembling the Vāja—class of Yellow-eyed Hawks (known as the Pāṭalākṣa division), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the yellow-eyed division of hawks]: “As Patra, Vāja and Chada are synonymous words, all birds have a common name Vāja (vājavat-tva). Just as, though Aśvathāmā, Karṇa, Bhīṣma, Pārtha and Rukmī could all draw the bow with their left hand, Pārtha alone was called ‘the drawer of the bow, with the left hand’ for his pre-eminence, so, though all birds are Vāja (winged), the hawks specially are called Vāja”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vājavat (वाजवत्):—[=vāja-vat] [from vāja] mfn. (vāja-) consisting of a prize or of treasures, connected with them etc., [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] vigorous, strong, [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] consisting of steeds or race-horses, [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] accompanied by Vāja or by the Vājas (id est. Ṛbhus), [ib.; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
5) [v.s. ...] furnished with food, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
6) [v.s. ...] containing the wood vāja, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa]
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: Vajavata, Vajavatayani, Vajavatta, Vajavattva.
Ends with: Dhvajavat, Samucchritadhvajavat.
Full-text: Vajavata, Vajavattva.
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