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बल्बज (balbaja)

 
Capeller Eng
English
ब॑ल्बज
m.
 a kind of grass.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ब॑ल्बज
m.
 (later बल्वज, or वल्वज) Eleusine Indica (a species of coarse grass not liked by cattle),
TS.
&c.
Monier Williams 1872
English
बल्बज बल्बज, अस्, m. (in the later litera-
ture written वल्वज), Eleusine Indica, a species of
coarse grass (found in meadows and on roads in
solitary patches and not liked by cattle).
—बल्बज-
मय, अस्, ई, अम्, made of the grass Eleusine Indica.
—बल्बज-स्तुक, Ved. a bunch or tuft of the grass
Eleusine Indica.
Macdonell
English
बल्बज balba-ja,
m.
 sort of coarse grass 🞄(Eleusine indica).
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
बल्बज
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕರಡಿಹುಲ್ಲು
विस्तारः - > ಇದು ಬಹುವಚನಾಂತ ರೂಪ.
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: बल्बजाः
Root: बल्बज
Gender: पुं
Number: all
अर्थः ⇒
Meaning(s):
⇒ Species of fragrant grass
Eleusine indica
Tamil Veḻal
Shloka(s):
3|3|230|2 ► पुंभूम्नि बल्वजा वात्यां त्विल्कटः स्यात् पराशकः॥ (भूमिकाण्डः/वनाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 3|3|230|2 ⇢ बल्बजाः (बल्बज) (पुं) ⇒ Species of fragrant grass
Eleusine indica
Tamil Veḻal ⇒
Related word(s):
Vedic Reference
English
Balbaja is the name of the grass called Eleusine indica. It
is mentioned in the Atharvaveda, ^1 and is said in the Yajurveda
Saṃhitās^2 to be produced from the excrements of cattle. In
the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā^2 it is stated to be used for the sacrificial
litter (Barhis) and for fuel. Baskets or other products made
from this grass are referred to in a Dānastuti (‘Praise of Gifts’)
in the Rigveda.^3
1) xiv. 2, 22. 23.
2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 2, 8, 2
Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, x. 10
Maitrāyaṇī
Saṃhitā, ii. 2, 5.
2) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 2, 8, 2
Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, x. 10
Maitrāyaṇī
Saṃhitā, ii. 2, 5.
3) viii. 55. 3.
Cf. St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 69, 70.
Capeller
German
ब॑ल्बज
m.
 eine Art Gras.
Grassman
German
(bálbaja), m. (wol für válva-ja, wie es auch im klassischen Sanskrit lautet
vgl. lat. valva, valvola, etwa aus Scheiden, Hüllen spriessend), ein Gras mit breiten Blüthenbüscheln. Eleusine indica Gärtn.
enthalten in %%balbaja-stukā́%%.
Stchoupak
French
बल्बज-
m.
 sorte d'herbe dure, Eleusine Indica.