rājayati

nī-rāj

to perform the Nirājana ceremony on (acc.) ib. Uttarar.

rañj
raj

rajati, - te (only Gr.;
- rañjati R. VII, 99, 11)
orﾠ rajyati, - te
(Gr. alsoﾠ pf. P. rarañja, 3rd du. rarajatuḥ orﾠ rarañjatuḥ;
Ā. rarañje;
aor. arāṅkshīt, araṅkta;
Prec. rajyāt, raṅkshīshṭa;
fut. raṅktā;
raṅkshyati, - te;
inf. raṅktum;
ind. p. raktvā orﾠ raṅktvā), to be dyed orﾠ coloured, to redden, grow red, glow AV. Kāv. ;
to be affected orﾠ moved, be excited orﾠ glad, be charmed orﾠ delighted by (instr.), be attracted by orﾠ enamoured of, fall in love with (loc.) MBh. Kāv. etc.;
( rajati, - te), to go Naigh. II, 14:
Caus. rajayati (only AV.) andﾠ rañjayati, - te (aor. arīrajat orﾠ ararañjat;
Pass. rajyate;
aor. arañji orﾠ arāñji), to dye, colour, paint, redden, illuminate AV. etc. etc.;
to rejoice, charm, gratify, conciliate MaitrUp. Mn. MBh. etc.;
to worship Naigh. III, 14 ( rajayatimṛigān = ramayatimṛigān Pāṇ. 6-4, 24 Vārtt. 3 Pat.):
Desid. riraṅkshati, - te Gr.:
Intens. rārajīti (Gr. alsoﾠ rārajyate andﾠ rāraṅkti),
to be greatly excited, exult RV. IX, 5, 2 (others « to shine bright»)
+ cf. Gk. έζω, « to dye»,
εγεύς, « dyer»

rañj
raj

rajati, - te (only Gr.;
- rañjati R. VII, 99, 11)
orﾠ rajyati, - te
(Gr. alsoﾠ pf. P. rarañja, 3rd du. rarajatuḥ orﾠ rarañjatuḥ;
Ā. rarañje;
aor. arāṅkshīt, araṅkta;
Prec. rajyāt, raṅkshīshṭa;
fut. raṅktā;
raṅkshyati, - te;
inf. raṅktum;
ind. p. raktvā orﾠ raṅktvā), to be dyed orﾠ coloured, to redden, grow red, glow AV. Kāv. ;
to be affected orﾠ moved, be excited orﾠ glad, be charmed orﾠ delighted by (instr.), be attracted by orﾠ enamoured of, fall in love with (loc.) MBh. Kāv. etc.;
( rajati, - te), to go Naigh. II, 14:
Caus. rajayati (only AV.) andﾠ rañjayati, - te (aor. arīrajat orﾠ ararañjat;
Pass. rajyate;
aor. arañji orﾠ arāñji), to dye, colour, paint, redden, illuminate AV. etc. etc.;
to rejoice, charm, gratify, conciliate MaitrUp. Mn. MBh. etc.;
to worship Naigh. III, 14 ( rajayatimṛigān = ramayatimṛigān Pāṇ. 6-4, 24 Vārtt. 3 Pat.):
Desid. riraṅkshati, - te Gr.:
Intens. rārajīti (Gr. alsoﾠ rārajyate andﾠ rāraṅkti),
to be greatly excited, exult RV. IX, 5, 2 (others « to shine bright»)
+ cf. Gk. έζω, « to dye»,
εγεύς, « dyer»

rāj

cf. raj rañj, ṛiñj) cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. XIX, 74) rā́jati, - te (Ved. alsoﾠ rāshṭi, rāṭ;
pf. rarāja;
rarāje orﾠ reje, 2. sg. P. rarājitha orﾠ rejitha MBh. etc.;
aor. arājishuḥ RV. ;
arājishṭa Gr.;
fut. rājitā, rājishyati ib. ;
inf. rājáse RV.), to reign, be king orﾠ chief, rule over (gen.), direct, govern (acc.) RV. etc. etc.;
to be illustrious orﾠ resplendent, shine, glitter ib. ;
to appear as orﾠ like ( iva) Kum. VI, 49:
Caus. rājayati, - te (aor. ararājat), to reign, rule AV. MBh. ;
to illuminate, make radiant (cf. rājita):
Desid. rirājishati, - te Gr.:
Intens. rārājyate, rārāshṭi ib. <For cognate words seeﾠ under rājan.>
2) (ifc.) shining, radiant etc.;
(rā́j) m. (nom. rā́ṭ) a king, sovereign, chief (in later language only ifc.) RV. etc. etc.;
anything the best orﾠ chief of its kind (cf. ṡaṅkha-r-);
N. of an Ekâha ṠrS. ;
a kind of metre RPrāt. ;
f. N. of a goddess (explained by rājamānā) TBr.

vi-rāj

to be illustrious orﾠ eminent, shine forth, shine out (abl.), glitter ChUp. Mn. MBh. etc.;
to appear as (nom.) MBh.:
Caus. - rājayati, (rarely - te) cause to shine forth, give radiance orﾠ lustre, brighten, illuminate MBh. R. etc.
vi-rā́j

mfn. a ruler, chief. king orﾠ queen (applied to Agni, Sarasvatī, the Sun etc.) ib. AV. VS. Br. MBh. ;
f. excellence, pre-eminence, high rank, dignity, majesty TS. Br. ṠrS. ;
m. orﾠ f. the first progeny of Brahmā. (according to Mn. I, 32 etc..,
Brahmā. having divided his own substance into male andﾠ female, produced from the female the male power Virāj, who then produced the first Manu orﾠ Manu Svāyambhuva, who then created the ten Prajā-patis;
the BhP. states that the male half of Brahmā. was Manu, andﾠ the other half Ṡata-rūpā, andﾠ does not allude to the intervention of Virāj;
other Purāṇas describe the union of Ṡata-rūpā with Virāj orﾠ Purusha in the first instance, andﾠ with Manu in the second;
Virāj as a sort of secondary creator, is sometimes identified with Prajā-pati, Brahmā., Agni, Purusha, andﾠ later with Vishṇu orﾠ Kṛishṇa, while in RV. X, 90,
he is represented as born from Purusha, andﾠ Purusha from him;
in the AV. VIII, 10, 24; XI, 8, 30, ;
Virāj is spoken of as a female, andﾠ regarded as a cow;
being elsewhere, however, identified with Prâṇa) IW. 22 etc.. ;
(in Vedānta) N. of the Supreme Intellect located in a supposed aggregate of gross bodies (= vaiṡvānara, q.v.), Vedantas. ;
m. a warrior (= kshatriya) MBh. BhP. ;
the body MW. ;
a partic. Ekâha PañcavBr. Vait. ;
N. of a son of Priya-vrata andﾠ Kāmyā Hariv. ;
of a son of Nara VP. ;
of Buddha L. ;
of a son of Rādhā MW. ;
of a district ib. ;
f. a particular Vedic metre consisting of four Pādas of ten syllables each ( andﾠ therefore alsoﾠ a symbolical N. of the number « ten» ;
in RV. X, 130, 5 this metre is represented as attaching itself to Mitra andﾠ Varuṇa, andﾠ in AitBr. I, 4 Virāj is mystically regarded as « food»,
andﾠ invocations are directed to be made in this metre when food is the especial object of prayer;
in prosody Virāj is applied to any metre defective by two syllables RPrāt.);
pl. N. of partic. bricks (40 in number) VS. ṠBr. ;
ví-rāj