Payoja, Payas-ja: 1 definition

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Payoja 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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Payoja (पयोज).—a lotus; पातामेतौ पयोजोदरललिततलौ पङ्कजाक्षस्य पादौ । विष्णुपादादि स्तोत्रम् (pātāmetau payojodaralalitatalau paṅkajākṣasya pādau | viṣṇupādādi stotram) 12. °योनिः (yoniḥ) (same as padmayoni = Brahmadeva); पयोजयोनिः प्रणिधाय मानसं व्यधत्त यस्यामरविन्दलोचनः (payojayoniḥ praṇidhāya mānasaṃ vyadhatta yasyāmaravindalocanaḥ) Śāhendra 3.37.

Derivable forms: payojam (पयोजम्).

Payoja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms payas and ja (ज).

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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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