The corpus record — Sanskrit

ojasā

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. öjas-

öjas- n. Kraft, Lebenskraft, Macht (RV +); djasvant- kraftvoll (RV, AV), ojasvin- dss. (Käth +): ojasina- sich kraftvoll erweisend (TS; s. AiGr 112,432). - Mi., ni., Tu 2541, 7289, 3. auch (?) TuAdd 2541. - Iir., aav. aogö n. AkkSg Macht, Kraft, aojayha durch Macht, jav. aojah- n. Kraft, aogaz-dastama- der am meisten Kraft gibt, aav. jav. aojan’hant- kräftig; mp. öz Kraft: khot. ona- "machtvoll”, viell. <*aux-$-na- … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. öjas-, p. 333]

2. ْجَس

ojas n. (√ vaj, or uj; cf. ugra), bodily strength, vigour, energy, ability, power, RV. ; AV. ; TS. ; AitBr. ; MBh. &c.

3. ْجَس

vitality (the principle of vital warmth and action throughout the body), Suśr. &c.

4. ْجَس

(in rhet. ) elaborate style (abounding with compounds)

In the wild

ojasā Bhagavad Gita 15.13
ojaś Chandogya Upanisad chup_3,13.5

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. öjas (vol. 1, scan p. 333; entry #4081). Root candidates: *hyeug-.

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.