Puṇyajana, Punyajana, Punya-jana: 13 definitions

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

Puṇyajana (पुण्यजन):—(pu + jana) m. pl. gute Leute, Bez. bestimmter Genien: gandharvāpsarasaḥ sarpāḥ devāḥ puṇyajanāḥ pitaraḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 8, 15. 11, 9, 24.] rakṣāṃsi sarpāḥ pu pitaraḥ [6, 16.] [Mahābhārata 7, 2403.] [Harivaṃśa 80.] daśa prācetasaḥ (lies prace) putrāḥ santaḥ puṇyajanāḥ smṛtāḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 3129.] als Beiw. der Yakṣa [Harivaṃśa 382.] = yakṣa [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 56.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 194.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 183.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 196.] rakṣākāmaḥ puṇyajanān (yajet) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 3, 8. 4, 6, 27. 30. 10, 3] [?(sg.) 4. 11, 4. 5, 16, 19. Raghuvaṃśa 13, 60.] puṇyajaneśvara m. Beiname Kuvera's [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 65.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 142.] [Halāyudha 1, 79.] [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 6.] puṇyajana = rakṣas [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 187.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 5, 4.] eine Art Rakṣas [Viṣṇupurāṇa 358.] Nach [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] und [Medinīkoṣa] auch = sajjana ein rechtschaffener Mann.

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

Puṇyajana (पुण्यजन):—m.

1) *ein rechtschaffener Mann.

2) Pl. gute Leute Bez. bestimmter Genien [Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1,3,12.] Später Bez. der Yakṣa (auch sg. beim einzelnen Individuum) und einer Art von Rakṣas ([Viṣṇupurāṇa 4,2,1]).

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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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