The corpus record — Sanskrit

majjā

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Where it lives

Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 5 · 1.07/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3 · 0.4/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. مَجج

majj cl. 6. P. ( Dhātup. xxviii, 122 ) majjati ( Ved. majjati, ep. also te; pf. mamajja [2. sg. mamajjitha, or mamaṅktha] MBh. ; aor. [mā] majjīs, ib. ; amāṅkṣīt, Bhaṭṭ. ; Prec. majjyāt, ŚBr. ; fut. maṅkṣyati, te, Br. &c.; majjiṣyati, MBh. ; maṅktā Gr. ; inf. majjitum, MBh. ; maṅktum Gr. ; ind.p. maṅktvā or maktvā, ib. ; majjya, AV. ), to sink (into), ( acc. or loc. ), go down, go to hell, perish, become ruined, RV. &c. &c.; to sink (in water), dive, plunge or throw one's self into ( loc. ), bathe, be submerged or drowned, ṢaḍvBr. ; KātyŚr. ; MBh. &c.: Caus. majjayati ( aor. amamajjat Gr. ), to cause to sink, submerge, drown, overwhelm, destroy, ŚBr. &c. &c.; to inundate, MBh. ; to strike or plant into ( loc. ), ib. : Desid. mimaṅkṣati or mimajjiṣati Gr. ( cf. mimaṅkṣā) : Intens. māmajjyate, māmaṅkti, ib.

2. مَججَ

1. majja mfn. sinking, diving (in udamajja; see audamajji).

3. مَججَ

2. majja in comp. for majjan.

4. majjā

majjā f. id. , ŚBr. ; MaitrUp. ; Hariv. ( cf. nirmajja).

In the wild

majjā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,1.1
majjā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,1.1
majjāyā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,1.1
majjā Chandogya Upanisad chup_2,19.1
majjā Chandogya Upanisad chup_2,19.2
majjā Chandogya Upanisad chup_6,5.3

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