The Sanskrit term Ṛjra can be transliterated into English as Rjra or Rijra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Ṛjra (ऋज्र):—1. (von 5. arj) adj. röthlich, im Unterschied von aruṣa lichtröthlich wohl die dunklere, braunröthliche Farbe; besonders von Rossen [Ṛgveda 1, 117, 14.] syū.a.yū ṛ.rā vāta.yāśvā [174, 5. 4, 16, 11. 10, 22, 5. 7, 18, 23. 6, 63, 9. 8, 1, 32. 25, 22. 34, 17. 57, 15.] a.tarṛ.reṣvaruṣī 18. divā.hari.dadṛśe.naktamṛ.raḥ [9, 97, 9. 10, 20, 9.]

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Ṛjra (ऋज्र):—2. m. Führer [Die Uṇādi-Affixe. 2, 29.] — Hängt wohl mit ṛju zusammen.

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

Ṛjra (ऋज्र):—(auch dreisilbig) —

1) Adj. (f. ā röthlich , braunroth. —

2) *m. Führer.

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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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Starts with: Rijrashva.

Full-text: Rijrashva, Rijriya, Arj, Rajata, Arjuna.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 9.97.9 < [Sukta 97]

Rig Veda 10.20.9 < [Sukta 20]

Rig Veda 8.25.22 < [Sukta 25]

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Triveni Journal

A Vedic Conception of the Poet < [May-June 1933]

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