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Results for नीराज

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

नीराजnīrāja(निस्-राज्) Caus.
1. (निस्-राज्) Causal
2. To cause to shine, illuminate, make brilliant. adorn, irradiate; दिव्यास्त्रस्फुर- दुग्रदीधितिशिखानीराजितज्यं धनुः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.18; नीराजयन्ति भूपालाः पादपीठान्तभूतलम् Prab.2; Śi.17.17; Name11.96; प्रत्यग्रज्वलितैः पतङ्गमणिभिः नीराजिता भानवः Atmanepada R.2.1.
3. To perform the ceremony called नीराजन (quod vide, which see below) over a person or thing (wave lights before one as a mark of respect or by way of worship); नानायोधसमाकीर्णो नीराजितहयद्विपः Kām.4.66.
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नीराजनम्nīrājanamना [nā], ना 1 Lustration of arms, a kind of military and religious ceremony performed by kings or generals of…
1. ना nā, ना 1 Lustration of arms, a kind of military and religious ceremony performed by kings or generals of armies in the month of Āśvina before they took the field; (it was, so to say, a general purification of the king's Purohita, the ministers, and all the various component parts of the army, together with the arms and implements of war, by means of sacred Mantras); तम्मै सम्यग् हुतो वह्निर्वाजिनीराजनाविधौ R. 4.25;17.12; चक्रे स चक्रनिभचङ्क्रमणच्छलेन नीराजनां जनयतां निजबान्धवानाम् Name1.144.
2. Waving lights before an idol as an act of adoration; नीराजनाभिः सुभगाः सुभ्रुवः समभावयन् Śiva B.6.62; तुरङ्गमस्येव रणे निवृत्ते नीराजनाकौतुकमङ्गलानि Pratijñā 1.12.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

जयनीराजनjayanīrājanan. N. of a military ceremony, Vi1rac. vii, 52.

neuter gender Name of a military ceremony, Vi1rac. vii, 52.

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नीराजनnīrājanan. lustration of arms (a ceremony performed by kings in the month A1s3vina आश्विन or in Ka1rttika कार्त्तिक…
1. neuter gender lustration of arms (a ceremony performed by kings in the month A1s3vina आश्विन or in Ka1rttika कार्त्तिक before taking the field) Var. Hariv. Ka1v. etc.
2. neuter gender waving lights before an idol as an act of adoration W.
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नीराजनगिरिnīrājanagirim. N. of an author Cat.

masculine gender Name of an author catalogue or catalogues

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नीराजनद्वादशीव्रतnīrājanadvādaśīvratan. N. of a partic. observance Cat.

neuter gender Name of a particular observance catalogue or catalogues

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नीराजनपद्यालिलक्षणविभक्तिnīrājanapadyālilakṣaṇavibhaktif. N. of wk.

feminine Name of work

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नीराजनप्रकाशnīrājanaprakāśam. N. of wk.

masculine gender Name of work

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नीराजनविधिnīrājanavidhim. the Ni1ra1jana नीराजन ceremony Ragh.
1. masculine gender the Ni1ra1jana नीराजन ceremony Ragh.
2. masculine gender Name of 43rd chapter of VarBr2S.
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नीराजनस्तोत्रnīrājanastotran. N. of a Stotra स्तोत्र .

neuter gender Name of a Stotra स्तोत्र .

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