Rajaka, 搁腻箩补办补, Raja-ka: 23 definitions
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In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-艣膩straRajaka (啶班啶�) is a Sanskrit word referring to the 鈥渃loth-dyer鈥�. The word is used throughout Dharma艣膩stra literature such as the 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈. (also see the 惭补苍耻产丑腻峁补 verse 4.216)
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Rajaka (啶班啶�).鈥擜 washerman;1 艢uklat墨rtham, compared to, in washing sins; to be fined a m膩峁 of gold by the king for not properly washing.2 the washerman of Ka峁僺a was killed on his refusing cloths to K峁涐梗峁嘺 and R膩ma.3
2) 搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹).鈥擲on of Vi艣膩khay奴pa, and father of Nandivardhana, the Magadha king.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 XII. 1. 3-4.
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.
Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
: Shodhganga: Kakati Ganapatideva and his times (artha)Rajaka (啶班啶�, 鈥渨ashermen鈥�) is an official title designating one of the seventy-two officers (niyoga) of the B膩hattaraniyog膩dhipati circle, according to the Inscriptional glossary of Andhra Pradesh (艢膩sana-艣abdako艣膩mu). The 产腻丑补迟迟补谤补苍颈测辞驳补-补诲丑颈辫补迟颈 is the highest executive officer of this circle (including a Rajaka). For example: During the reign of 骋补峁嘺辫补迟颈诲别惫补, the area extending between P膩nagal to M膩rjav膩岣峣 was entrusted to Ga峁囜笉ape峁囜笉膩ru Gangayas膩hi峁噄 as B膩hattaraniyog膩dhipati. Later on, this office was entrusted to K膩yastha Jannigadeva.
Arthashastra (啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, artha艣膩stra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩straRajaka (啶班啶�, 鈥渄yer鈥�) refers a member of a theatrical party, according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 35. Accordingly, 鈥渙ne who knows painting is a painter (肠颈迟谤补办腻谤补), and from his knowledge of dying (谤补帽箩补苍补) a person is called a dyer (rajaka)鈥�.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraRajaka (啶班啶�) refers to 鈥渨asher-men鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 10), 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 course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of M峁沢a艣墨r峁, the people of Vatsa, the officiating priests in sacrificial rites as well as the persons that perform them, revered men and the people of Madhyade艣a will suffer miseries; if through 膧rdr膩, the people of P膩rata, of Rama峁環a, oil-mongers, washermen [i.e., rajaka] and thieves will suffer. If the course of Saturn should lie through the constellation of Punarvasu, the P膩帽c膩las, the border Mlecchas and the people of Saur膩峁ａ弓ra, of Sindh and of Sauv墨raka will suffer miseries; if his course should lie through the constellation of Pu峁a, bell ringers, criers, the Yavanas tradesmen, deceitful men and flowers will suffer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.
India history and geography
: Google Books: Medieval Orissa: A Socio-economic StudyRajaka (啶班啶�) refers to a 鈥渨asherman鈥� and represents one of the occupational groups commonly found in Townships or Urban centers (nagari) in ancient India (Medieval Orissa).鈥擜n example (of Township) is provided by the Nagari plates of Anangabhima III, dated A.D. 1230, which describe an assigned township which contained four large houses of the dimension of royal residences and thirty other houses. The occupational groups present in the settlement were [e.g., a washerman (rajaka)]. The range of occupations is large, some of them being rural in character. The context in which the township (or Urban centres鈥�nagari) is assigned suggest that nagaris in such cases were perhaps extended villages, formed out of a cluster of several contiguous villages and thus assuming physical and consequently, economic dimensions much larger than those of an ordinary village settlement.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryrajaka : (m.) a washer man.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryRajaka, (fr. rajati) a dyer (& 鈥渨asherman鈥� in the same function), more correctly 鈥渂leacher. 鈥� See remarks of Kern鈥檚 at Toev. II. 45 on distinction of washerman & dyer.鈥�D. I, 51 (in list of occupations); Vin. III, 45; S. II, 101=III, 152 (in simile; combined with cittak膩ra, here perhaps 鈥減ainter鈥�?); S. III, 131; J. V, 186; VbhA. 331 (in simile). (Page 561)
鈥� or 鈥�
搁腻箩补办补, (adj.) (-掳) (谤腻箩a+ka, the ending belonging to the whole cpd. ) characteristic of the king, king-; in cpds. 补谤腻箩补办补 without a king J. VI, 39 (ra峁弓he); s补谤腻箩补办补 including the king Tikp 26; f. 蝉补谤腻箩颈办腻 Vin. I, 209 (paris膩). Also in phrase 补苍颈办办丑补苍迟补-谤腻箩补办别 (Loc. abs.) when the king has not gone out Vin. IV, 160. (Page 568)
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 Dictionaryrajaka (啶班啶�).鈥攎 (S) A washerman. 谤补箩补办墨 f S A washerwoman.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishrajaka (啶班啶�).鈥�m A washerman.
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 dictionaryRajaka (啶班啶�).鈥擺谤补帽箩-峁噕ul nalopa岣�]
1) A washerman.
2) A parrot.
-办墨 1 A washerwoman; also 啶班啶苦啶� (谤补箩颈办腻) in this sense.
2) The wife of a washerman.
3) An epithet of a woman on the third day of her courses.
Derivable forms: 谤补箩补办补岣� (啶班啶曕).
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搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹).鈥擜 little king, a petty prince.
-kam A number of kings or princes, a collection of sovereigns; 啶膏す啶む 啶� 啶溹え啷嬥そ啶啶ぇ啶冟啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距 啶曕た啶 啶侧啶曕ぞ啶оた啶曕ぇ啶距ぎ 啶班ぞ啶溹啶 (sahate na jano'pyadha岣riy膩峁� kimu lok膩dhikadh膩ma 谤腻箩akam) Kir膩t膩rjun墨ya 2.47; 啶班ぞ啶溹啶距く 啶掂た啶粪く啶� 啶掂た啶啶溹た啶班 (谤腻箩ak膩ya vi峁y膩 vibhejire) 艢i艣up膩lavadha 14.43; 啶い啷嵿お啶距う啷� 啶啶曕啶熰啷嵿く啷嬥い啷嵿じ啷嵿え啶距啶侧啶班啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶曕啶むた 啶班ぞ啶溹啶 (yatp膩dau muku峁璦jyotsn膩jalairnenekti 谤腻箩akam) 艢abda. ch.
Derivable forms: 谤腻箩补办补岣� (啶班ぞ啶溹啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryRajaka (啶班啶�).鈥�m. (= prec., q.v.; Sanskrit id., applied to a [Page449-1b+ 53] washerman), dyer: 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 ii.467.11 and 468.5 (both em. by Senart); 468.13 (no v.l.).
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搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹).鈥�(v.l. R膩jyaka), name of a man who entertained the Bodhisattva: Lalitavistara 238.10; Tibetan 岣d ldan, shining.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryRajaka (啶班啶�).鈥攎.
(-办补岣�) 1. A washerman. 2. Cloth, clothes. f. (-办墨) A washerman鈥檚 wife or a washer-woman. E. 谤补帽箩 to colour, (clothes,) 峁耻苍 or kkun aff.; or ra峁噅-峁噕ul na lopa岣� in the latter case the fem. is 谤补箩颈办腻 a washer-woman, and 谤补箩补办墨 a washer-woman鈥檚 wife.
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搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹).鈥攎fn.
(-办补岣�-k膩-办补峁�) 1. Ruling, a ruler. 2. Splendid, irradiating, bright in itself, and the cause of brilliancy in others. n.
(-办补峁�) An assemblage of princes. m.
(-办补岣�) A petty prince. E. 谤腻箩补苍 a prince, and 惫耻帽 aff. of multitude; or 谤腻箩 to shine, aff. vun .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryRajaka (啶班啶�).鈥攊. e. 谤补帽箩 + aka, I. m. 1. A washerman, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] 50, 1. 2. Cloth. Ii. f. 办墨. 1. A wa峁rman鈥檚 wife. 2. A woman in her courses at the third day, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 10, 9.
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搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹).鈥擨. adj. 1. 谤腻箩 + aka, Splendid. 2. 谤腻箩补苍 + ka, A substitute for 谤腻箩补苍 when latter part of comp. adj.; e. g. a-, adj. Having no king, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 7, 3. Ii. m. A king. Iii. n. An assemblage of kings.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRajaka (啶班啶�).鈥擺masculine] (谤补箩颈办腻 & 谤补箩补办墨 [feminine]) washerman (woman), who is also a dyer (a mixed caste).
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搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹).鈥擺masculine] little king, also = 谤腻箩补苍 (鈥斅�); [neuter] a multitude of kings.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rajaka (啶班啶�):鈥擺from raj] m. a washerman (so called from his cleaning or whitening clothes; regarded as a degraded caste; [according to] to [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.] either 鈥榯he son of a P膩ra-dhenuka and a Br膩hma峁嚹�� or 鈥榯he son of a Ni峁ａ弓hya and an Ugr墨鈥�), [Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a parrot or a garment (艣耻办补 or a峁兣洺馨觳�), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a king, [Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺] ([probably] [wrong reading] for 谤腻箩aka)
4) 搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹):鈥擺from 谤腻箩] mfn. illuminating, irradiating, splendid, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] m. a little king, petty prince, [峁歡-veda; Hariva峁兣沘]
6) [v.s. ...] a king, prince (= 谤腻箩补苍, [especially] ifc.), [Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature] etc.
7) [v.s. ...] Name of various men, [R膩jatara峁単i峁嚹�; Lalita-vistara]
8) [v.s. ...] n. a number of kings, [K膩vya literature; Pur膩峁嘺] (cf. [P膩峁噄ni 4-2, 39]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Rajaka (啶班啶�):鈥�(办补岣�) 1. m. A washerman; clothes. f. (办墨) Washerwoman.
2) 搁腻箩补办补 (啶班ぞ啶溹):鈥擺(ka岣�-办墨-办补峁�) a.] Ruling, splendid. n. An assemblage of princes.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Rajaka (啶班啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Rajaka, Rajaga, Rayaya, 搁腻峁嘺测补.
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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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryRajaka (啶班啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Rajaka.
Rajaka has the following synonyms: Rajaga.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusRajaka (嗖班矞嗖�):鈥擺noun] a man whose occupation is to clean the clothes, garments of others.
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搁腻箩补办补 (嗖班簿嗖溹矔):鈥�
1) [noun] a group or multitude of a number of kings.
2) [noun] a petty king.
3) [noun] vexation or misery caused by a king.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryRajaka (啶班啶�):鈥攏. 鈫� 啶о啶 [诲丑辞产墨]
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Nva, Ka, Raja.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
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Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
Part 2.2: Relation with Other Kings < [Chapter 5 - Political Aspects]
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