Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -जी A female elephant; वितृषोऽपि पिबन्त्यम्भः पाययन्तो गजा गजीः Bhāg.4.6.26.

• -अग्रणी

  1. Masculine
  2. the most excellent among elephants.
  3. An epithet of ऐरावत, the elephant of Indra.

• -अधिपतिः lord of elephants, a noble elephant.

• -अध्यक्षः superintendent of elephants; Bri. S.86.34.

• -अपसदः a vile or wretched elephant, a common or low-born elephant.

• -अशनः the religious fig tree (अश्वत्थ). (-नम्) the root of a lotus.

• -अरिः

  1. a lion.
  2. Name of Śiva who killed the demon गज.

• -आजीवः 'one who gets his livelihood by elephants', an elephant-driver.

• -आननः, -आस्यः epithets of Ganeśa.

• -आयुर्वेदः science of the treatment of elephants.

• -आरोहः an elephantdriver.

• -आह्वम्, -आह्वयम् Name of Hastināpura; Bhāg.1. 15.38.

• -इन्द्रः

  1. an excellent elephant, a lordly elephant; किं रुष्टासि गजेन्द्रमन्दगमने Ś. Til.7; ऐरावतं गजेन्द्राणां Bg.1.27.
  2. Airāvata, Indra's elephant.
  3. Name of a tree; गजेन्द्र- कुसुमाकीर्णम् Mb.13.132.12. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकर्णः an epithet of Śiva.

• -कन्दः a large esculent root.

• -कूर्माशिन् Masculine Name of Garuḍa.

• -गतिः

  1. Feminine
  2. a stately, majestic gait like that of an elephant.
  3. a woman with such a gait.

• -गामिनी a woman having a stately elephant-like gait; याता सुदूरमधुना गजगामिनी सा Ratn.4.3.

• -गौरीव्रतम् a vow to be observed by ladies in the month of Bhādrapada.

• -छाया a portion of time proper for a Śrāddha, time at the eclipse of the sun; [सैंहिकेयो यदा भानुं ग्रसते पर्वसंधिषु । गजच्छाया तु सा प्रोक्ता श्राद्धं तत्र प्रकल्पयेत् ॥; गजच्छायायां पूर्वस्यां कुतपे दक्षिणामुखः । यदा भाद्रपदे मासि भवते बहुले मघा ॥ Mb.13.126.36 Y.1.218.

• -ढक्का a kettle-drum carried on an elephant.

• -तुरङ्गविलसितम् Name of a metre.

• -दघ्न, -द्वयस Adjective as high or tall as an elephant.

• -दन्तः

  1. an elephant's tusk, ivory; कार्योलङ्कार- विधिर्गजदन्तेन प्रशस्तेन Bṛi. S.79.19.
  2. an epithet of Gaṇeśa.
  3. ivory.
  4. a peg, pin, or bracket projecting from a wall. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमय Adjective made of ivory.

• -दानम्

  1. the fluid (ichor) exuding from the temples of an elephant.
  2. the gift of an elephant.

• -नासा the trunk of an elephant; धर्मस्तु गजनासोरु सद्भिराचरितः पुरा Rām.2.3.3.

• -निमीलिका, -निमीलितम् feigning not to look at anything, inattention; देवीः कामयमानस्य चक्रे गजनिमीलिका Rāj. T.6.73.

• -पतिः

  1. the lord or keeper of elephants.
  2. a very tall and stately elephant; Śi.6.55.
  3. an excellent elephant.

• -पिप्पली Name of a plant (Scindapsus Officinalis; Marâthî गजपिंपळी, मिरवेल).

• -पुङ्गवः a large and excellent elephant; गजपुङ्गवस्तु धीरं विलोकयति चाटुशतैश्च भुङ्क्ते Bh.2.31.

• -पुटः a small hole in the ground for fire.

• -पुरम् Name of Hastināpura.

• -पुष्पी Name of a flower; गजपुष्पीमिमां फुल्लामुत्पाठ्य शुभलक्षणाम् Rām.4.12.39.

• -बन्धः

  1. a particular posture in sexual intercourse.
  2. a post to which the elephant is tied.
  3. the process of catching an elephant; गजबन्धस्तु सुरते आलाने ग्रहणेऽपि च Nm.

• -बन्धनी, -बन्धिनी a stable for elephants.

• -भक्षकः the sacred fig-tree.

• -भक्षा the gum Olibanum tree.

• -मण्डनम् the ornaments with which an elephant is decorated, particularly the coloured lines on his head.

• -मण्डलिका, -मण्डली a ring or circle of elephants.

• -माचलः a lion.

• -मुक्ता, -मौक्तिकम् a pearl supposed to be found in thekumbhas or projections on the forehead of an elephant; घर्मजनितपुलकेन लसद्भजमौक्तिकावलिगुणेन वक्षसा Ki.12.4.

• -मुखः, -वक्त्रः, -वदनः epithets of Gaṇeśa; Bṛi. S.58.58; Ks.1.44.

• -मोटनः a lion.

• -यूथम् a herd of elephants; उषसि स गजयूथकर्णतालैः पटुपटहध्वनिभिर्विनीतनिद्रः R.9.71.

• -योधिन् Adjective fighting on an elephant.

• -राजः a lordly or noble elephant.

• -वीथिः, -थी Feminine the three lunar mansions रोहिणी, आर्द्रा and मृगशिरस्; रोहिण्यार्दा मृगशिरो गजवीथ्यभिधी- यते.

• -व्रजः a troop of elephants.

• -शास्त्रम्, -शिक्षा the science of elephants.

• -साह्वयम् Name of Hastināpura; निर्ययुर्गजसाह्वयात् Mb.3.1.9; Ks.15.6.

• -स्थानम् elephant's stall; Y.1.279.

• -स्नानम् (Literal) bathing of an elephant; (Figurative) useless or unproductive efforts resembling the ablution of elephants which, after pouring water over their bodies, end by throwing dirt, rubbish and other foul matter; Compare अवशेन्द्रियचित्तानां हस्तिस्नानमिव क्रिया H.1.17.