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Apte Dictionary

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

    [वृजेः क्युः Uṇ.3.77] Adjective

    1. Crooked.
    2. Vedic Strong.
    3. Vedic Moving.
    4. (Hence) Perishable, transient.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः

      1. Hair.
      2. Curled hair.
    • -नम्

      1. Sin.
      2. A calamity.
      3. Sky.
      4. An enclosed piece of ground, an enclosure; especially a field cleared for pasture or agriculture.
      5. Energy, strength.
      6. A battle, fight.

    In the Gita4·36

    अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः ।

    api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ, — Even if thou art the greatest doer of sin beyond all sinners, thou shalt cross over all the crookedness of evil in the ship of knowledge. 4·36
    • वृजनम्vṛjanamaccusative singular of the neuter noun vṛjana (the crookedness of evil).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वृजनvṛjana[vrig-ána] n. (RV.) enclosed or forti fied place; sacrificial enclosure; camp, settle ment, village…
    1. [vrig-ána] neuter (Rig-veda) enclosed or forti fied place; sacrificial enclosure; camp, settle ment, village, community.
    2. [vríg-ana] neuter village community (Rig-veda1).
  2. वृजनीvṛjanī[vrig-anî́] f. wile, intrigue (AV.1); en closure, fold (RV.1).

    [vrig-anî́] feminine; also equal for wile, intrigue (Atharva-veda1); en closure, fold (Rig-veda1).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वृजनvṛjanan. (once व्/ऋज्˚) an enclosure, cleared or fenced or fortified place (esp. "sacrificial enclosure"; but also…
    1. neuter gender (once व्/ऋज्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) an enclosure, cleared or fenced or fortified place (especially "sacrificial enclosure"; but also "pasture or camping ground, settlement, town or village and its inhabitants") fg-veda
    2. neuter gender crookedness, wickedness, deceit, wile, intrigue ibidem
    3. neuter gender Equivalent to बल, strength Naigh. ii, 9
    4. neuter gender the sky, atmosphere Lexicographers
    5. neuter gender Equivalent to निराकरण Lexicographers
  2. वृजनीvṛjanīf. an enclosure, fold RV. i, 164, 9 ("a cloud" Sa1y.)
    1. feminine an enclosure, fold fg-veda i, 164, 9 ("a cloud" Sa1y.)
    2. feminine wile, intrigue AV. vii, 30, 7.
  3. वृजन्यvṛjanyamfn. dwelling in villages &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective dwelling in villages etc.
    2. neuter gender (probably) a community, people fg-veda ix, 97, 23.
  4. सुवृजनsuvṛjanamf(आ)n. (prob.) dwelling in fair regions RV.

    mf(आ)neuter gender (probably) dwelling in fair regions fg-veda