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रजि (raji)

 
Capeller Eng
English
1 रजि॑
m.
N.
 of a demon or king.
2 र॑जि
f.
 direction.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
1. रजि॑
m.
N.
 of a demon or king subdued by Indra,
RV.
 vi, 26, 6 (Sāy. ‘a maiden or a kingdom called Raji’)
of an Āṅgirasa, ĀrṣBr.
of a son of Āyu,
MBh.
उभा॑ रजी॑ (RV. x, 105, 2), ‘heaven and earth’ or ‘the sun and moon’,
Sāy.
रजि॑ (accord. to some also, ‘straight, erect, upright’).
2. र॑जि
f.
 (cf. ऋजु) direction,
RV.
 x, 110, 12.
Monier Williams 1872
English
रजि रजि, इस्, m., N. of a demon or king
subdued by Indra, (according to Sāy., Ṛg-veda VI.
26, 6, रजि means ‘a maiden or a kingdom called
Raji
’ and X. 105, 2, ‘heaven and earth’ or ‘the
sun and moon, ’ but the meaning is obscure)
N. of a
son of Āyu.
पुराणम्
English
रजि / RAJI (rāji). A prominent king of the pūru dynasty. He was one of the five sons of āyus by svarbhānu the other four being nahuṣa, Kṣatravṛddha, (Vṛddhaśarman) rambha and anenas. (āśrama Parva, Chapter 70, Verse 23).
Purāṇas contain stories that indra destroyed people born in Raji's dynasty as they hated the former. That side in which the powerful raji fought used to win. In a fight between the asuras and the devas, when indra felt that his side was losing, he secured the participation of raji in the fight on condition that the latter would be given indra-hood. The asuras were defeated and raji was made king of svarga.
raji had thousands of children and they were known under the common name Rājeyakṣatriyas. But they were a foolish lot and lacked the capacity to distinguish themselves in Indra's place. Therefore, at the instance of bṛhaspati, preceptor of the devas, indra destroyed them all and resumed his former position and status. (bhāgavata, 9th skandha
vāyu purāṇa, Chapter 92, Verse 76
brahmāṇḍa purāṇa 11
harivaṁśa 1, 28
matsya purāṇa. Chapter 24, Verses 34-49).
Vedic Reference
English
Raji occurs in the Rigveda^1 seemingly as the name of a king,
or perhaps demon, slain by Indra for Piṭhīnas.
1) vi. 26, 6. Cf. Ludwig, Translation
of the Rigveda, 3, 156
St. Petersburg
Dictionary, s.v., where Roth compares
a conjecture in Av. xx. 128, 13
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
रजिः,
पुं,
 चन्द्रवंशीयराजविशेषः । यथा । “पुरू-रवसो ज्येष्ठपुत्त्रश्चायुर्नामा । स राहोर्दुहितर-मुपयेमे । तस्यां पञ्च पुत्त्रानुत्पादयामास ।नहुषक्षत्त्रवृद्धरम्भरजिसंज्ञाः । रजेः पञ्चपुत्त्रशतान्यतुलवीर्य्यसाराण्यासन् ।” इति विष्णु-पुराणे ४ अंशे । ८ । ९ । अध्यायौ ॥
(राज्यम् ।कन्याविशेषे, स्त्री । यथा, ऋग्वेदे । ६ । २६ । ६ ।“त्वं रजिं पिठीनसे दशस्यन् षष्ठिं सहस्राशच्या सचाहन् ।”“रजिं एतदाख्यां कन्यां वा राज्यं वा ।” इतितद्भाष्ये सायणः ॥
रज्जुः । यथा, ऋग्वेदे । १० ।१०० । १२ । “रजिष्ठया रज्या पश्व आगोस्तुतूर्षति पर्य्यग्रं दुवस्युः ॥
”“रजिष्ठया ऋजुतमया रज्या रज्ज्वा ।” इतितद्भाष्ये सायणः ॥
)
Capeller
German
1. रजि॑
m.
 N. eines Dämons.
र॑जि ^2.
f.
 Richtung, Linie.
Grassman
German
rají, m., scheint 1〉 wie rája in rájeṣita, ein nach seiner (röthlichen ?) Farbe [1. raj] benanntes bemähntes Thier, etwa eine Büffel- oder Antilopen- Art zu bezeichnen. Ausserdem erscheint es 2〉 als Eigenname eines Indrafeindes.
-ím 2〉 {467, 6}.
-ī́ 1〉 ubhā́ (hárī índrasya) 〰 ná keśínā {931, 2}.
ráji, f., Richtung, Linie [von 2. raj].
-iā [I.] {926, 12} rájiṣṭhayā 〰 (tū́tūrṣati).
Stchoupak
French
रजि-
m.
 fils d'Āyu.