Jalaja, Jala-ja: 22 definitions
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Jalaja means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary studyJalaja (啶溹げ啶�) refers to the lotus and represents flowers (辫耻峁补) once commonly used in ancient Kashmir (Ka艣m墨ra) as mentioned in the N墨lamatapur膩峁嘺 verse 45. The lotus is also called by the names Kamala, Padma, N墨lanalina and N墨lotpala (verse 62 and 339), J膩t墨 (verse 429), Ir膩 (verse 673-675ff.) and Kunda (verse 495).
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationJalaja (啶溹げ啶�) refers to 鈥渁quatic beings鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.2 (鈥淭he Prayer of the gods).鈥擜ccordingly, as the Gods eulogized 艢iva: 鈥淸...] Obeisance to Thee, O lord, the penance, the bestower of the fruits of penance, obeisance to thee, worthy of eulogy, the eulogy, and to Thee whose mind is pleased with eulogy always. Obeisance to Thee delighted with Vedic conduct, to the one fond of praiseworthy conduct; to the one who has fourfold forms and the forms of aquatic (jalaja) and terrestrial beings [箩补濒补蝉迟丑补濒补箩补谤奴辫颈峁噀]. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vastushastra (architecture)
: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajit膩gama and Raurav膩gamaJalaja (啶溹げ啶�) refers to 鈥渄oucine (molding) 搂 3.9.鈥�.鈥�(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajit膩gama et du Raurav膩gama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraJalaja (啶溹げ啶�) refers to 鈥減roducts of water鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f the stars of the constellation of M峁沢膩艣墨r峁 should be dimmed by the tails of or appear to be in contact with malefic comets, the ruler of Au艣墨nara will perish; if those of 膧rdr膩, the ruler of the people subsisting by the products of water [i.e., 箩补濒补箩补-腻箩墨惫补-补诲丑颈辫补] will perish; if those of Punarvasu the ruler of A艣maka will perish; and if those of Pu峁a the ruler of Magadha will perish鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureJalaja (啶溹げ啶�) refers to the 鈥�(various) water-born (beings)鈥� (situated at the lotus-lake near A岣峚kavat墨), according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly, [when the Bhagav膩n reached the vicinity of the residence of Vai艣rava峁嘺], 鈥淸...] That lotus lake was covered by various blue lotuses, lotuses, white water-lilies and white lotuses. It contained various fish, Makaras, Timi峁単ilas, alligators, bees and various other water-born beings (苍腻苍腻-箩补濒补箩补-腻诲颈谤奴辫补). [...]鈥�
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsJalaja [喱溹喱淽 in the Odia language is the name of a plant identified with Strychnos nux-vomica L. from the Loganiaceae (Logania) family. For the possible medicinal usage of jalaja, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Jalaja in India is the name of a plant defined with Acorus calamus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acorus calamus var. americanus (Raf.) H.D. Wulff. (among others).
2) Jalaja is also identified with Amaranthus retroflexus It has the synonym Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl. (etc.).
3) Jalaja is also identified with Baccaurea courtallensis It has the synonym Pierardia macrostachya Wight & Arn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Nature (London)
· Botaniceskjij 沤urnal SSSR
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1954)
· Cytologia (1983)
· Biotechnol. J.
· Int. Immunopharmacol.
If you are looking for specific details regarding Jalaja, for example side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryjalaja : (adj.) born or sprung from the water. (nt.), a lotus.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryJalaja refers to: born or sprung from w. J. IV, 333; V, 445; VvA. 42;
Note: jalaja is a Pali compound consisting of the words jala and ja.
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryjalaja (醼囜�溼��) [(pu) (醼曖��)]鈥�
摆箩补濒补+箩补苍补+办惫颈锛嶿
摆醼囜赌�+醼囜赌�+醼赌醼结赌亱闭
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)箩补濒补箩补鈥�
(Burmese text): (醽�) 醼欋�踞�贬��横亱 (醼曖�亰醼�) (醽�) 醼�醼坚�亱 (醼愥��) (醽�) 醼涐�贬亴醼栣�坚�呩�横�炨�贬�亱
(Auto-Translation): (1) Magic. (2) Long. (3) Made of water.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjalaja (啶溹げ啶�).鈥攁 S Born of or produced by water, aquatic. Hence (in poetry) a cloud, and 箩补濒补箩补驳丑艒峁 Thunder. Ex. lak峁d墨p膩c膩 prak膩艣a || 箩补濒补箩补驳丑艒峁gha峁囜弓膩- var墨 ||.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishjalaja (啶溹げ啶�).鈥�a Born of or produced by water, aquatic. A cloud.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJalaja (啶溹げ啶�).鈥�a. born or produced in water. (-箩补岣�) 1 an aquatic animal.
2) a fish; 啶膏啶掂く啶啶� 啶灌い啶� 啶た啶む啶班ぞ 啶溹げ啶溹啶ㄠぞ啶む啶啷� 啶ぅ啶� (svayameva hata岣� pitr膩 jalajen膩tmajo yath膩) 搁腻尘.2.61.22.
3) sea-salt.
4) a collective name for several signs of the zodiac.
5) moss.
6) the moon. (-箩补岣�, jam) 1 a shell.
2) the conch-shell; 啶呧ぇ啶班啶粪啶犩 啶ㄠた啶掂啶多啶� 啶︵啷嵿ぎ啷� 啶溹げ啶溹 啶曕啶ぞ啶班 (adharo峁ａ弓he nive艣ya daghmau jalaja峁� kum膩ra岣�) R.7. 63,1.6; 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距う啶苦ざ啷嵿く 啶灌啶粪啶曕啶多 啶啶班ぇ啷嵿ぎ啶距く 啶溹げ啶溹啶む啶むぎ啶 (ity膩di艣ya h峁涐梗墨ke艣a岣� pradhm膩ya jalajottamam) Bh膩gavata 8.4. 26. -3 (-箩补岣�) The Kaustubha gem; 啶溹げ啶溹 啶曕啶膏啶む啶 啶啶ㄠ 啶むい啷� 啶曕啶侧啶 啶多啷嵿啶う啷嵿ぎ啶啶� (jala箩补岣� kaustubhe m墨ne tat kl墨be 艣a峁卥hapadmayo岣�) | Nm. (箩补岣�) -4 A kind of horse born in water; 啶掂ぞ啶溹た啶ㄠ 啶溹げ啶溹ぞ啶� 啶曕啶氞た啶︵ 啶掂す啷嵿え啶苦啶距い啶距じ啷嵿い啶ムぞ啶ぐ啷� 啷� 啶多ぞ啶侧た啶灌啶む啶� (v膩jino jala箩腻岣� kecid vahni箩腻t膩stath膩pare | 艣膩lihotra) of 啶啶� (bhoja), Appendix II,12.
-jam a lotus. 掳啶嗋啷�啶掂 (腻箩墨惫补岣�) a fisherman. 掳啶嗋じ啶ㄠ (腻蝉补苍补岣�) an epithet of Brahm膩; 啶掂ぞ啶氞じ啷嵿お啶むた啶班啶掂ぞ啶氞啶︵ 啶啶班ぞ啶炧啶溹げ啶苦ぐ啷嵿啶侧啶距じ啶ㄠぎ啷� (v膩caspatiruv膩ceda峁� pr膩帽jalirjala箩腻sanam) Kum膩rasambhava 2.3. 掳啶曕啶膏啶ぎ啷� (kusumam) the lotus. 掳啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶 (dravyam) a pearl, shell or any other thing produced from the sea.
Jalaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms jala and ja (啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalaja (啶溹げ啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-箩补岣�-箩腻-箩补峁�) Water-born, aquatic. m.
(-箩补岣�) 1. A fish. 2. Any aquatic animal. n.
(-箩补峁�) 1. A lotus. 2. A shell. f.
(-箩腻) A plant; said to be a sort of bassia growing in or near water. E. jala, and ja produced. jale 箩腻yate jala-岣峚 .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalaja (啶溹げ啶�).鈥擺jala-ja], I. adj., f. 箩腻. 1. Water-born, [Hariva峁兣沘, (ed. Calc.)] 3621. 2. Existing in water, Mah膩bh膩rata 2, 94. Ii. m. 1. An aquatic animal, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 5, 5, 30. 2. A fish, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 2, 61, 22. 3. A shell, [Hariva峁兣沘, (ed. Calc.)] 10936. Iii. n. A lotus, Mah膩bh膩rata 2, 1813.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalaja (啶溹げ啶�).鈥擺adjective] born or produced in water; [masculine] = [preceding] [masculine]; [neuter] product of the sea, pearl, shell, the lotus.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jalaja (啶溹げ啶�):鈥擺=jala-ja] [from jala] mfn. produced or born or living or growing in water, coming from or peculiar to water, [Mah膩bh膩rata ii, 94; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺 ii, 59, 11; Hariva峁兣沘; Su艣ruta]
2) [v.s. ...] m. an aquatic animal, fish, [Gautama-dharma-艣膩stra; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺; Su艣ruta] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] Barringtonia acutangula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] sea-salt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of several signs of the zodiac connected with water, [D墨pik膩]
6) [v.s. ...] m. (also n., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a conch-shell (used as a trumpet, [Hariva峁兣沘 10936; Raghuva峁兣沘; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]), [Mah膩bh膩rata vi, 4996; Hariva峁兣沘 8056; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 viii, 20, 31]
7) [v.s. ...] n. = -ja-dravya, [V膩-B峁汼. xiii, xv]
8) [v.s. ...] = -ruh, [Mah膩bh膩rata ii f.; Hariva峁兣沘; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺 iv; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 iii]
9) [v.s. ...] a kind of ebony, [Bh膩vaprak膩艣a] ([varia lectio] la-da)
10) [v.s. ...] = la-kuntala, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] = -vetasa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) 闯补濒补箩腻 (啶溹げ啶溹ぞ):鈥擺=jala-箩腻] [from jala-ja > jala] f. a kind of Glycyrrhiza, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryJalaja (啶溹げ啶�):鈥擺jala-ja] (箩补岣�) 1. m. Idem. n. A lotus. f. A plant, Bassia. a. Aquatic.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJalaja (嗖溹膊嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the flower of any water plant, esp. lotus.
2) [noun] such a plant itself.
3) [noun] the shell of any marine mollusc; a sea-shell.
4) [noun] any of the flat, usu. coiled fossil shells of an order (Ammonoidea) of cephalopod molluscs, considered holy; an ammonite.
5) [noun] hydrogen (wongly for嗖溹膊嗖溹波嗖� [jalajanaka]).
6) [noun] something placed or entrusted for safekeeping, esp. money depositt in a bank; a deposit.
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Ja岣穉ja (嗖溹渤嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] the flower of any water plant, esp. lotus.
2) [noun] such a plant.
3) [noun] the shell of any marine mollusc; a sea-shell.
4) [noun] any of the flat, usu. coiled fossil shells of an order (Ammonoidea) of cephalopod molluscs, considered holy; an ammonite.
5) [noun] hydrogen (wrongly for 嗖溹膊嗖溹波嗖� [jalajanaka]).
6) [noun] something placed or entrusted for safekeeping, esp. money put in a bank; a deposit.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kvi, Ja, Jala.
Starts with (+8): Jalajadravya, Jalajagamdhi, Jalajagga, Jalajajiva, Jalajakaranda, Jalajakshi, Jalajakusuma, Jalajakusumavicitta, Jalajakusumayoni, Jalajalia, Jalajalimta, Jalajalisu, Jalajambuka, Jalajambukalata, Jalajambulata, Jalajamtra, Jalajanaka, Jalajapuppha, Jalajarupin, Jalajasana.
Full-text (+26): Jalajasana, Krimijalaja, Jalajakusuma, Jalajadravya, Jalajasumana, Jalajavallitina, Nalinajalajakinna, Jalajakusumayoni, Jalajapuppha, Jalajashalin, Jalajajiva, Ja, Thalajajalajamala, Salasai, Jalajagga, Jalajashile, Jalajathalajapuppha, Jalajanman, Mishamishay, Shitajalaja.
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