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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vanarājī (वनराजी).—A servant maid of Vasudeva;¹ one of the thirteen wives of Vasudeva son of Kapila.²

• 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 163 and 185.
• 2) Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 161, 183.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Journal of the University of Bombay Volume V: Apabhramsa metres (2)

Vanarāji (वनराजि) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Vanarāji has 22 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 4, 5, 5, [ISI] and [SS] mātrās.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vanarāji (वनराजि) or Vanarājī (वनराजी).—f.

1) a grove or long row of trees.

2) a long tract of forest.

3) a path in a forest.

Derivable forms: vanarājiḥ (वनराजिः).

Vanarāji is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and rāji (राजि).

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

Vanarāji (वनराजि).—mfn. (-jiḥ-jiḥ or jī-ji) Embellishing or beautifying a forest. E. vana, rājṛ to shine, in aff.

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

Vanarāji (वनराजि).—[feminine] a row of trees or long track of a forest.

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Vanarājī (वनराजी).—[feminine] a row of trees or long track of a forest.

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

1) Vanarāji (वनराजि):—[=vana-rāji] [from vana > van] mf(ī)n. embellishing or beautifying a f°, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) Vanarājī (वनराजी):—[=vana-rājī] [from vana-rāji > vana > van] f. a row of trees, a long track of f° or a path in a f°, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] (only ji), a female slave belonging to Vasu-deva, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

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

Vanarāji (वनराजि):—[vana-rāji] (jiḥ-jiḥ-jī-ji) a. Forest adorning.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vanaraji 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vana, Raji.

Full-text: Vanali, Pushpavalivanarajikusumitabhijna, Vanalekha, Candrabhagi, Upatya, Pushpita, Acita, Samashraya, Shyamala.

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