Vijati, Vījati, Vijāti: 11 definitions
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Vijati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvījati : (vīj + a) fans.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVijāti, in Vijātiloha a kind of copper VbhA. 63. (Page 617)
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Vījati, (vīj) to fan J. I, 165; SnA 487; VvA. 6 (T. bījati). ‹-› Caus. vījeti DhA. IV, 213; Mhvs 5, 161.—Pass. vījiyati: ppr. vījiyamāna getting fanned J. III, 374 (so read for vijīy°); PvA. 176 (so for vijjamāna!).—pp. vījita. (Page 643)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvijātī (विजाती).—a (vijātīya S) Strange, singular, odd, extraordinary.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVijāti (विजाति).—f.
1) Different origin.
2) Different kind, species or tribe.
Derivable forms: vijātiḥ (विजातिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVijāti (विजाति).—f.
(-tiḥ) A different species or tribe. E. vi and jāti sort.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vijāti (विजाति):—[=vi-jāti] [from vi] mfn. belonging to another caste or tribe, dissimilar, heterogeneous, [Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a prince, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] f. different origin or caste or tribe, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVijāti (विजाति):—[vi-jāti] (tiḥ) 2. f. Different species.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVijāti (विजाति):—(nf) another/different caste, class or genre.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusVijāti (ವಿಜಾತಿ):—
1) [noun] another or a different caste, group, class, etc.
2) [noun] that which belongs to a different caste, group or class.
3) [noun] a low caste.
4) [noun] the class of birds.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVijāti (விஜாதி) noun < vi-jāti. See விசாதி². [visathi².]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vijatika, Vijatikri, Vijatin, Vijatisvaram, Vijatita, Vijatiy, Vijatiya, Vijatiya-nishecana, Vijatiya-samagama, Vijatiya-yugmana, Vijatiyadvitva, Vijatiyam.
Ends with: Avijati, Dvijati, Madhavijati.
Full-text: Vaijatya, Vijita, Vij, Viji, Bijati, Vijayamana, Vijetva, Vijatisvaram, Viccati, Vijatiya, Vijiyati, Upavij, Vijata, Sajati, Loha, Udvij.
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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
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The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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