Paranja, Parañja, Parāñja, Paramja: 7 definitions

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Paranja 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

Parañja (परञ्ज).—

1) An oil-mill.

2) The blade of a sword.

3) Foam.

4) A scymitar.

-jā The sounds of instruments at festivals.

-jam Indra's sword.

Derivable forms: parañjaḥ (परञ्जः).

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Parāñja (पराञ्ज).—

1) An oil-mill.

2) Foam.

3) The blade of a sword or knife.

Derivable forms: parāñjaḥ (पराञ्जः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parañja (परञ्ज).—m.

(-ñjaḥ) 1. An oil press. 2. Froth, foam. 3. The blade of a sword or a knife. 4. A sword or scimitar. f.

(-ñjā) The sound of instruments at a festival. n.

(-ñjaṃ) The sword of Indra. E. para in the second case, another, and ji to conquer, aff. ḍa; some works have paraja, and others parāñja in place of this word.

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Parāñja (पराञ्ज).—m. (ñjaḥ) 1. An oil mill. 2. Froth or foam. 3. The blade of a sword or knife: see parañja.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parāñja (पराञ्ज):—m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) an oil-mill

2) froth or foam

3) the blade of a sword or knife (cf. parañja).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parañja (परञ्ज):—(ñjaḥ) 1. m. An oil press; froth, foam; a knife, or sword; its blade. f. Sound of music at a festival. n. Indra's sword.

2) Parāñja (पराञ्ज):—(ñjaḥ) 1. m. An oil mill; froth or foam; blade of a knife.

[Sanskrit to German]

Paranja in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paraṃja (ಪರಂಜ):—

1) [noun] the cutting edge of a sword.

2) [noun] a sword itself.

3) [noun] a hand operated or ox-driven oil-mill.

4) [noun] the whitish mass of bubbles formed on liquids by agitation; foam.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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