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rājan

1. rājan m. ( ifc. mostly m(rāja) , esp. in Tat-puruṣa s; f(rājan, jā or jñī). ; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 28 , Sch. ) a king, sovereign, prince, chief (often applied to gods, e.g. to Varuṇa and the other Āditya s, to Indra , Yama &c., but esp. to Soma [also the plant and juice] and the Moon), RV. &c.

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  • Bhagavad Gita 3 · 3.49/10k
  • Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k
  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. rājan

1. rājan m. ( ifc. mostly m(rāja) , esp. in Tat-puruṣa s; f(rājan, jā or jñī). ; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 28 , Sch. ) a king, sovereign, prince, chief (often applied to gods, e.g. to Varuṇa and the other Āditya s, to Indra , Yama &c., but esp. to Soma [also the plant and juice] and the Moon), RV. &c. &c.

2. rājan

a man of the royal tribe or the military caste, a Kṣatriya , ĀśvŚr. ; ChUp. ; Mn. &c. ( cf. rājanya)

3. rājan

of Yudhiṣṭhira , MBh. ( rAjYAm indra-maho tsavaH and rājñāmpratibodhaḥ, N. of wks. ); ; (rājñī) f. See s.v.

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. raja (vol. 3, scan p. 813; entry #14009).

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.