Nirajana, Nīrājanā, Nīrājana, Nirājana: 20 definitions

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Nirajana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nīrajana (नीरजन):—[Oxforder Handschriften 31,a,23] fehlerhaft für nīrājana .

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Nīrājana (नीराजन):—(vom caus. von rāj mit ni) n. und f. Reinigung, Bez. einer Cerimonie, bei der ein König seinen Purohita, seine Dienstleute, Pferde, Elephanten u.s.w. unter Hersagen heiliger Sprüche waschen und reinigen lässt, lustratio exercitus [Amarakoṣa.2,8,2,62.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 789.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.2,e] [?(A. Bl.2,b).] Ausführlich wird diese Cerimonie beschrieben im 43ten Kapitel, das nīrājanavidhi betitelt ist. turaṃgamakarinaranīrājanaṃ kuryāt (der König) [43 (34), 1.] dvādaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ kārttikaśuklasya pañcadaśyāṃ vā . āśvayuje vā kuryānnīrājanasaṃjñakāṃ śāntim 2. nīrājane nivṛtte [44 (43), 11.] tato nīrajanārthaṃ vai vṛndaśo gokulāni ca . parivavrurgirivaraṃ savṛṣāṇi samantataḥ .. [Harivaṃśa 3884.] asminparyāyanirvṛtte gavāṃ nīrājanotsave [3890.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 67.] [Pañcatantra 158, 4.] bheje nīrājanāvidhīn [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 12.] vājinīrājanavidhau [4, 25.] bhrāmayitvā rathaṃ vīra puraṃ sarvapradakṣiṇam . svasthāne sthāpayedbhūyaḥ kṛtvā nīrajanaṃ (sic) budhaḥ .. [Bhaviṣyapurāna] in [Oxforder Handschriften 31,a,22.] nīrājanadvādaśīvrata [Weber’s Verzeichniss 135,b (68).] Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] und [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] auch die sonst ārātrika genannte Cerimonie.

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Nīrājana (नीराजन):—[Z. 1] lies nis st. ni .

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

Nīrajana (नीरजन):—n. fehlerhaft für nīrājana.

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Nīrājana (नीराजन):—n. und f. Reinigung , Bez. einer Ceremonie , bei der ein Fürst seinen Purohita , seine Dienstleute , Pferde , Elephanten u.s.w. unter Hersagen heiliger Sprüche waschen und reinigen lässt , lustratio exercitus. Wird das Object , das gereinigt wird , hinzugefügt , so steht es im Gen. oder geht im Comp. voran.

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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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