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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry रजस्

  1. रजस्rajasतोकः, कम्, पुत्रः greediness, avarice; मुनये प्रेषयामास रजस्तोकमदौ तथा Bhāg.12.8.16.
    1. तोकः, कम्, पुत्रः greediness, avarice; मुनये प्रेषयामास रजस्तोकमदौ तथा Bhāg.12.8.16.
    2. 'the child of passion', a term applied to a person to show that he is quite insignificant.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -दर्शनम् the first appearance of the menstrual excretion, first menstrual flow.

    • -निमीलित Adjective blinded by passion; अपथे पदमपयन्ति हि श्रुतवन्तोऽपि रजोनिमीलिताः R.9.74.

    • -पटलम् a coating of dust.

    • -बन्धः suppression of menstruation.

    • -मूर्तिः the god Brahmā.

    • -मेघः a cloud of dust.

    • -रसः, -व (ब)- लम् darkness.

    • -शयः a dog; Latin D. B.

    • -शुद्धिः Feminine pure condition of the menses.

    • -सारथिः wind; Latin D. B.

    • -हरः 'dirt-remover', a washerman.

    • रजस् rajas, Neuter

      1. रञ्ज्-असुन् नलोपः Uṇ.4.224
      2. Dust, powder, dirt; धन्यास्तदङ्गरजसा मलिनीभवन्ति Ś.7.17; आत्मोद्धतैरपि रजोभिरलङ्घनीयाः 1.8; R.1.42;6.33.
      3. The dust or pollen of flowers; भूयाद् कुशेशयरजोमृदुरेणुरस्याः (पन्थाः) Ś. 4.11; Me.35,67; Śi.7.42.
      4. A mote in a sun-beam, any small particle (of matter); Compare Ms.8.132; जाल- सूर्यमरीचिस्थं त्रसरेणू रजः स्मृतम् Y.1.362.
      5. A ploughed or cultivated land, arable field.
      6. Gloom, darkness.
      7. Foulness, passion, emotion, moral or mental darkness; अपथे पदमर्पयन्ति हि श्रुतवन्तोऽपि रजोनिमीलिताः R.9. 74.
      8. The second of the three Guṇas or constituent qualities of all material substances (the other two being सत्त्व and तमस्; रजस् is supposed to be the cause of the great activity seen in creatures; it predominates in men, as Sattva and Tamas predominate in gods and demons); अन्तर्गतमपास्तं मे रजसोऽपि परं तमः Ku.6.6; Bg.6. 27; रजोजुषे जन्मनि K.; Māl.1.2.
      9. Menstrual discharge, menses; रजसाभिप्लुतां नारी नरस्य ह्युपगच्छतः । प्रज्ञा तेजो बलं चक्षुरायुश्चैव प्रहीयते ॥ Ms.4.41;5.66.
      10. Safflower.
      11. Tin.
      12. Vedic Air, atmosphere.
      13. A division of the world.
      14. Vapour.
      15. Cloud or rain-water.
      16. Sin (पाप); प्रायश्चित्तं च कुर्वन्ति तेन तच्छाम्यते रजः Rām.4. 18.34.
    • -गुणः see (7) above.

    • -जुष् Adjective one who is addicted to Rajoguṇa; रजोषुजे जन्मनि सत्त्ववृत्तये K.

    • -तमस्क Adjective being under the influenec of both rajas and tamas.

    In the Gita14·514·714·914·1017·114·1214·1514·1614·17

    सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः ।

    sattvaṁ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ, — The three gunas born of the Prakriti, sattva, rajas and tamas, bind in the body, O great-armed one, the imperishable dweller in the body. 14·5
    • रजःrajaḥnominative singular of the neuter noun rajas (one of the three modes of the Nature that drives towards action and passion).
    • रजसिrajasilocative singular of the neuter noun rajas (one of the three modes of the Nature that drives towards action and passion).
    • रजसःrajasaḥgenitive singular of the neuter noun rajas (one of the three modes of the Nature that drives towards action and passion).

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Headwords under र

Part 1 of 5 र – रमकAll parts
  1. र – रमक
  2. रमठम् – राधनम्
  3. राधस् – रुदनम्
  4. रुद्ध – रोध्र
  5. रोप – रौही