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rajjuḥ

rajju f. ( ifc. sometimes m. ; in earlier language also f(rajjū). ; Ved. acc. rajjvam; gen. rajjvās, Mn. xi, 168 ; probably fr. an unused √ rasj, or rajj; cf. rasanā = raśanā) a rope, cord, string, line, RV. &c. &c. (rajjumāsthā, to have recourse to the rope, to hang one's self, MBh. )

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Where it lives

  • Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. رَججُ

rajju f. ( ifc. sometimes m. ; in earlier language also f(rajjū). ; Ved. acc. rajjvam; gen. rajjvās, Mn. xi, 168 ; probably fr. an unused √ rasj, or rajj; cf. rasanā = raśanā) a rope, cord, string, line, RV. &c. &c. (rajjumāsthā, to have recourse to the rope, to hang one's self, MBh. )

2. رَججُ

N. of partic. sinews or tendons proceeding from the vertebral column, Suśr.

3. رَججُ

Caryota Urens , L. ; a measure of 8 Hasta s or 192 inches, L.

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. rajju (vol. 3, scan p. 652; entry #7943).

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.