ओजस्ojasn.Bodily strength, vigour; energy, ability.
- Bodily strength, vigour; energy, ability.
- Vitality; Ms.1.16.
- Virility, the generative faculty. The writers on Āyurveda, however, disstinguish between ओजस् and शुक्रम्; Compare क्षीरस्थघृतमिव भिन्न- मोजः शुक्रेण Ḍalhaṇa. रसादीनां शुक्रान्तानां धातूनां यत् परं तेजस्तत् खलु ओजः Sruśr. ओजोविवृद्धौ देहस्य तुष्टि-पुष्टिबलोदयाः Aṣṭāṅga.
- Splendour, light; Bhāg.7.3.23.
- (In Rhet.) An elaborate form of style, abundance of compounds; (considered by Daṇḍin to be the 'soul of prose'); ओजः समासभूयस्त्वमेतद्गद्यस्य जीवितम् Kāv.1.8; see K. Parasmaipada8 also; said to be of 5 kinds in R. G.
- (In Astr.) Each alternate sign of the zodiac (as the first, third etc.).
- Water.
- Metallic lustre.
- Manifestation, appearance.
- Skill in the use of weapons.
- Speed; एष ह्यतिबलः सैन्ये रथेन पवनौजसा Rām.7.29.12.
Source: Apte