The corpus record — Sanskrit
rajas n. ‘coloured or dim space’, the sphere of vapour or mist, region of clouds, atmosphere, air, firmament (in Veda one of the divisions of the world and distinguished from div or svar, ‘the sphere of light’, and rocanādivaḥ, ‘the ethereal spaces’, which are beyond the rajas, as ether is beyond th
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1. رَجَس
rajas n. ‘coloured or dim space’, the sphere of vapour or mist, region of clouds, atmosphere, air, firmament (in Veda one of the divisions of the world and distinguished from div or svar, ‘the sphere of light’, and rocanādivaḥ, ‘the ethereal spaces’, which are beyond the rajas, as ether is beyond th
2. رَجَس
the impurity i.e. the menstrual discharge of a woman, GṛS. ; Mn. ; MBh. ; Suśr. &c.
3. رَجَس
(in phil. ) the second of the three Guṇa s or qualities (the other two being sattva, goodness, and tamas, darkness; cf. IW. 85 ; rajas is sometimes identified with tejas, q.v. ; it is said to predominate in air, and to be active, urgent, and variable), Sāṃkhyak. ; VarBṛS. ; Suśr. &c.
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