Jalaja, Jala-ja: 20 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Jalaja (जलज):—(jala + ja)

1) adj. im Wasser entstanden, dort lebend, wachsend; aus dem Wasser hervorgehend, ihm eigenthümlich: jalajānāṃ ca padmānāṃ sthalajānāṃ ca [Mahābhārata 2, 94.] jalajāni ca puṣpāṇi mālyāni sthalajāni ca [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 59, 11.] (yamunām) jalajaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ kīrṇāṃ jalajairbhūṣitāṃ guṇaiḥ . jalajaiḥ kusumaiścitrāṃ jalajairharitodakām (das letzte Mal Lotus) [Harivaṃśa 3621.] na tathā balavantaḥ syurjalajā vā sthalāhṛtāḥ . svadeśe nicitā doṣā anyasmiṃkopamāgatāḥ . [Suśruta 1, 130, 18.] —

2) subst. a) m. ein im Wasser lebendes Thier, Wasserthier [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 5, 30.] [Suśruta 1, 208, 13.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 17, 25.] [BṚH. 5, 8.] — b) m. Fisch [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] svayameva hataḥ pitrā jalajenātmajo yathā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 61, 22.] [Pañcatantra I, 173.] Vgl. ātmāśin . — c) Muschel, n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 82.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 146.] [Medinīkoṣa j. 24.] m. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Harivaṃśa 8056] (wo jalajā st. jalatā zu lesen ist). [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 20, 31.] — pradhmāpya jalajaṃ pāñcajanyam [Harivaṃśa 10936.] [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 60. 10, 61.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 4, 26. 15, 6. 23.] [Hārāvalī 110.] Vgl. kṛmijalaja . — d) n. Perlen und andere aus dem Meere gewonnene Dinge [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 13, 10. 15, 22.] — e) n. Lotus, Nelumbium [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1162.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] vāpīṃ jalajaśālinīm [Mahābhārata 2, 1813. 3, 11393.] jalajekṣaṇā [Harivaṃśa 3626. 5188.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 51, 20.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 28, 23.] — f) n. Name verschiedener anderer Pflanzen: α) = hijjala . — β) = śaivala . — γ) = vānīra [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — δ) = kupīlu [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] — g) m. Seesalz (loṇāra) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — h) m. eine zusammenfassende Bez. mehrerer Zodiakalbilder: karkaṭamīnakumbharāśayaḥ makaraśeṣārdhaṃ ca [DĪP. im Śabdakalpadruma] — i) f. ā eine best. Pflanze, = klītaka [Ratnamālā 57.]

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Jalaja (जलज):—

2) c) [Mahābhārata 6, 4996. Z. 3] die neuere Ausg. des [Harivaṃśa] richtig jalajā .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Jalaja (जलज):——

1) Adj. im Wasser entstanden , dort lebend , — wachsend ; was dem W. hervorgehend , ihm eigenthümlich.

2) m. — a) Wasserthier ([Gautama's Dharmaśāstra])., Fisch. — b) *Barringtonia acutangula [Rājan 8,154.] — c) *Seesalz. — d) zusammenfassende Bez. mehrerer zum Wasser in Beziehung stehender Zodiakalbilder.

3) m. (*n.) Muschel.

4) *f. ā eine Glycyrrhiza [Rājan 6,149.] —

5) n. — a) Perlen und andere aus dem Meere gewonnene Dinge. — b) eine am Tage sich öffnende Lotusblüthe. — c) eine Art Ebenholz [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,243.] jalada v.l. — d) *Blyxa ocatandra. — e) *Calamus Rotang.

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