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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रजाprajā(Changed to प्रजस् at the end of a Bah. compound, when the first member is अ, सु or दुस्; as अवेक्षित- प्रजः…
    1. (Changed to प्रजस् at the end of a Bahuvrîhi compound, when the first member is अ, सु or दुस्; as अवेक्षित- प्रजः R.8.32; सुप्रजस् 18.29.)
    2. Procreation, generation, propagation, birth, production.
    3. Offspring, progeny, issue; children, brood (of animals); प्रजार्थव्रतकर्शिताङ्गम् B.2.73; प्रजायै गृहमेधिनाम् R.1.7; Ms.3.42; Y.1.269; so बकस्य प्रजा, सर्पप्रजा etc.
    4. Posterity, descendants.
    5. A creature.
    6. Subjects, people, mankind; ननन्दुः सप्रजाः प्रजाः; R.4.3; प्रजाः प्रजाः स्वा इव तन्त्रयित्वा Ś.5.5. and स्वाभ्यः प्रजाभ्यो हि यथा तथैव सर्वप्रजाभ्यः शिवमाशशंसे Bu. Ch.2.35 (where प्रजा has sense 2 also); R.1.7;2.73; Ms.1.8.
    7. Semen.
    8. An era; Buddh.
    9. Compound अध्यक्षः an epithet of the sun.
    10. of Dakṣa.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्तकः Yama, the god of death; अथ वा मृदु वस्तु हिंसितुं मृदुनैवारभते प्रजान्तकः R.8.45.

    • -ईप्सु Adjective desirous of progeny.

    • -ईशः, -ईश्वरः the lord of men, a king, sovereign; तमभ्यनन्दत् प्रथमं प्रबोधितः प्रजेश्वरः शासनहारिणा हरेः R.3.68;5.32; प्रजाश्चिरं सुप्रजसि प्रजेशे ननन्दुरानन्दजलाविलाक्ष्यः 18.29.

    • -उत्पत्तिः Feminine

    • -उत्पादनम् the raising up of progeny.

    • -कल्पः the time of creation; Hariv.

    • -काम Adjective desirous of progeny.

    • -कारः author of the creation.

    • -तन्तुः a line of descendants, lineage, race.

    • -तीर्थम् the auspicious moment of birth; Bhāg.

    • -द

      1. Adjective
      2. granting progeny.
      3. removing barrenness.

    • -दानम् silver.

    • -द्वारम् Name of the sun.

    • -नाथः

      1. an epithet of Brahmā.
      2. a king, sovereign, prince; प्रजाः प्रजानाथ पितेव पासि R.2.48;1.83.

    • -निषेकः

      1. impregnation, seed (implanted in the womb); प्रजानिषेकं मयि वर्तमानं सूनोरनुध्यायत चेतसेति R.14.6.
      2. offspring.

    • -पः a king.

    • -पतिः

      1. the god presiding over creation; प्रजने च प्रजापतिम् Ms.12.121.
      2. an epithet of Brahmā; अस्याः सर्गविधौ प्रजापतिरभूच्चन्द्रो नु कान्तिप्रदः V.1.9.
      3. an epithet of the ten lords of created beings first created by Brahmā (see Ms.1.34).
      4. an epithet of Viśvakarman, the architect of gods.
      5. the sun.
      6. a king.
      7. a son-in-law.
      8. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
      9. a father, progenitor.
      10. the penis.
      11. a sacrifice; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedहृदयम् A kind of सामगान.
      12. Name of a संवत्सर.

    • -परिपालनम्, -पालनम् the protection of subjects.

    • -पालः, -पालकः a king, sovereign.

    • -पालिः an epithet of Śiva.

    • -पाल्यम् royal office.

    • -वृद्धिः Feminine increase of progeny.

    • -व्यापारः care for or anxiety about the people.

    • -सृज् Masculine epithet of Brahmā; कृतः प्रजाक्षेमकृता प्रजासृजा Śi.1.28.

    • -हित Adjective beneficial to children or people. (-तम्) water.

    In the Gita3·103·2410·6

    सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः ।

    sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ, — With sacrifice the Lord of creatures of old created creatures and said: By this shall you bring forth (fruits or offspring), let this be your milker… 3·10
    • प्रजाःprajāḥnominative plural of the feminine noun prajā (creature).
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  2. अपप्रजाताapaprajātāA female that has suffered a miscarriage.

    A female that has suffered a miscarriage.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्रजाprajā[pra-gấ] f. procreation, propagation, birth; offspring, progeny, family, descendants; creature; folk…

    [pra-gấ] feminine; also equal for procreation, propagation, birth; offspring, progeny, family, descendants; creature; folk, people, subjects (of a prince): -kâma, adjective desirous of offspring; masculine desire of offspring.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्रजाprajāf. see below. 1.
    1. feminine see below. 1.
    2. feminine (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).; confer, compare प्र-ज a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) procreation, propagation, birth fg-veda AV.
    3. feminine offspring, children, family, race, posterity, descendants, after-growth (of plants) fg-veda etc.
    4. feminine a creature, animal, man, mankind
    5. feminine people, subjects (of a prince) ibidem
    6. feminine seed, semen VS. (confer, compare -निषेक)
    7. feminine an era DivyA7v.
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  2. अपप्रजाताapaprajātāf. a female that has had a miscarriage Sus3r.

    feminine a female that has had a miscarriage Sus3r.

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  3. अप्रजाaprajāf. not bearing, unprolific MBh. i, 4491.

    feminine not bearing, unprolific MBh. i, 4491.

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  4. अप्रजाताaprajātāf. not having brought forth (cf. अ-प्रजा above) MBh. v, 3047.

    feminine not having brought forth (confer, compare अ-प्रजा a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) MBh. v, 3047.

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  5. अप्रजास्त्वaprajāstvan. childlessness AV.

    neuter gender childlessness AV.

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  6. अभिरूपप्रजायिनीabhirūpaprajāyinīf. the mother of beautiful children, MBh.

    feminine the mother of beautiful children, MBh.

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  7. ऋतप्रजातṛtaprajātamfn. of true nature, well made, proper, apt RV.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective of true nature, well made, proper, apt fg-veda
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (produced or come forth from water Sa1y.)
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