विराज् (virAj)

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Capeller Eng

English

 विरा॑ज् a.
  shining,  radiant,  ruling
 m.
  f.
  ruler,  sovereign
f.
  high rank,  distinction,  (also m.
 ) N.
  of a myth. being,  the first
progeny of Brahman,  (ph.) the Intellect ruling over the collective
aggregate of bodies,  (only f) N.
  of sev.
  metres. 

Yates

English

 वि-राज् (ट्) 1.
m.
  Splendour
 beau-
ty
 progeny of
Brahmā
 a man
of the regal or military class.

Spoken Sanskrit

English

विराज् 	-	  virAj 	-	 adj.
  	-	 sovereign
सम्राज् 	-	  samrAj 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
अधिपा 	-	  adhipA 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
इरेश 	-	  ireza 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
उर्वीभुज् 	-	  urvIbhuj 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
उर्वीश 	-	  urvIza 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
उर्वीश्वर 	-	  urvIzvara 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
चक्रधर 	-	  cakradhara 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
चक्रवत् 	-	  cakravat 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
ज्येष्ठराज् 	-	  jyeSTharAj 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
नायकाधिप 	-	  nAyakAdhipa 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
नृपति 	-	  nRpati 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
नृवर 	-	  nRvara 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
पालक 	-	  pAlaka 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
पृथ्वीपति 	-	  pRthvIpati 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
पृथ्वीश 	-	  pRthvIza 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
मदनार्णव 	-	  madanArNava 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
महेश्वर 	-	  mahezvara 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
महीपति 	-	  mahIpati 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign
मानवपति 	-	  mAnavapati 	-	 m.
  	-	 sovereign

विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 adj.
  	-	  splendid
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 adj.
  	-	  excellent
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 adj.
  	-	  sovereign
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 adj.
  	-	  ruler
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 adj.
  	-	  chief.  king or queen
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 f.
  	-	  high rank
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 f.
  	-	  excellence
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 f.
  	-	  majesty
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 f.
  	-	  dignity
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 f.
  	-	  pre-eminence
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 f.
  	-	  particular Vedic metre consisting of four pAdas of ten syllables each
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 m.
  	-	  body
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 m.
  	-	  particular ekAha
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 m.
  	-	  warrior
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 m.
  	-	  king of birds
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 m.
  	-	  vedAntas
विराज् 	-	 virAj 	-	 m.
 f.
  	-	  first progeny of brahmA

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Wilson

English

 विराज्
m.
  (-राट्)
1 A man of the regal or military class.
2 Splendour,  beauty.
3 The first progeny of BRAHMĀ,  who having divided himself into male and
female,  produced from the female,  VIRĀJ
 VIRĀJ then by himself produced the
first Menu or SVAYAMBHUVA,  who was the progenitor of the Prajāpatis, 
and the secondary framer of the visible world: in other places VIRĀJ is the
same as BRAHMĀ,  and assumer of the androgynous form in his own person. 
E.
  वि severally or separately,  &c.,  राज to shine,  aff.
   क्विप्.

Apte

English

विराज् [virāj],  1 U.
 

To shine,  glitter
 शाखिनो$न्ये विराजन्ते खण्ड्यन्ते चन्दनद्रुमाः Bv.*
  1.88.

To appear or look like
 तदन्तरे सा विरराज धेनुः R.*
  2.2.

To be eminent or illustrious. Caus.
   To brighten,  illuminate,  irradiate.

विराज् [virāj],  a.
 

Splendid,  excellent
 मृत्युर्भोजपतेर्विराडविदुषां तत्त्वं परं योगिनाम् Bhāg.*
  1.43.17.

A ruler,  chief.  m.
  

Beauty,  splendour.

A man of the Kṣatriya or warrior tribe
 विराडायुषो$र्घमथात्यगात् Bhāg.*
  4.27.6.

The first progeny of Brahman
 cf.
   Ms.*
  1.32
 तस्मात् विराडजायत Ṛv.1.9.5 (where विराज् is represented as born from Puruṣa. )

The body.

(In Vedānta phil.
 ) N.
  of 'intellect' considered as ruling over the aggregate of bodies.

The universe (ब्रह्माण्ड)
 नानावीर्याः पृथग्भूता विराजं जनयन्ति हि Bhāg.*
  1.3.15. f.
 

N.
  of a Vedic metre.

Excellence,  dignity. Comp.
   -सुतः (विराट्सुतः)) a class of deceased ancestors
 विराट्सुताः सोमसदः साध्यानां पितरः स्मृताः Ms.*
  3.195.

Apte 1890

English

 विराज् {c1c} U. 1 To shine,  glitter
 Bv. 1. 88. 
2 To appear or look like
 R. 2. 20. 
3 To be eminent or illustrious. 
Caus. To brighten,  illuminate,  irradiate. 

 विराज् m. 1 Beauty,  splendour. 
2 A man of the Kṣatriya or warrior tribe. 
3 The first progeny of Brahman
 cf. Ms. 1. 32
 तस्मात् विराडजायत Rv. 10. 90. 5 (where विराज् is represented as born from Puruṣa). 
4 The body. 
5 (In Vedānta phil.) N. of ‘intellect’ considered as ruling over the aggregate of bodies. 
f. N. of a Vedic metre. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 1. वि—राज् m.
  (for 2. See s.v.
 ) king of birds,  BhP.
  

 वि-√ राज् a P.
  Ā. -राजति,  °ते,  to reign,  rule,  govern,  master (gen.   or acc.
  ),  excel (abl. ),  RV.
  
 AV.
  
 Br.
 
to be illustrious or eminent,  shine forth,  shine out (abl. ),  glitter,  ChUp.
   
 Mn.
  
 MBh.
   &c.
  
to appear as (nom.  ),  MBh.
   :
Caus.
  -राजयति,  (rarely °ते) cause to shine forth,  give radiance or lustre,  brighten,  illuminate,  MBh.
  
 R.
  &c.
  

 2. वि-रा॑ज् mfn.
   (for 1. See p.
  949,  col. 3) ruling far and wide,  sovereign,  excellent,  splendid,  RV.
  

 वि-रा॑ज् mfn.
   a ruler,  chief.  king or queen (applied to Agni,  Sarasvatī,  the Sun &c.
  ),  ib.
 AV.
  
 VS.
 
 Br.
 
 MBh.
  

 वि-रा॑ज् f.
  excellence,  pre-eminence,  high rank,  dignity,  majesty,  TS.
 
 Br.
 
 ŚrS.

 वि-रा॑ज् mf.  the first progeny of Brahmā (according to,  Mn.
   i,  32 &c.
  ,  Brahmā having divided his own substance into male and female,  produced from the female the male power Virāj,  who then produced the first Manu or Manu Svāyambhuva,  who then created the ten Prajā-patis
the BhP.
   states that the male half of Brahmā was Manu,  and the other half Śata-rūpā,  and does not allude to the intervention of Virāj
other Purāṇas describe the union of Śata-rūpā with Virāj or Puruṣa in the first instance,  and with Manu in the second
Virāj as a sort of secondary creator,  is sometimes identified with Prajā-pati,  Brahmā,  Agni,  Puruṣa,  and later with Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa,  while in RV.
   x,  90,  he is represented as born from Puruṣa,  and Puruṣa from him
in the AV.
   viii,  10,  24
 xi,  8,  30,  Virāj is spoken of as a female,  and regarded as a cow
being elsewhere,  however,  identified with Prāṇa),  IW.
   22 &c.
  

 वि-रा॑ज् m.
  (in Vedānta) N.
  of the Supreme Intellect located in a supposed aggregate of gross bodies (=  वैश्वानर,  q.v.),  Vedāntas.
 

 a warrior (=  क्षत्रिय),  MBh.
  
 BhP.

 the body,  MW.
  

 a partic.  Ekāha,  PañcavBr.
  
 Vait.

 N.
  of a son of Priya-vrata and Kāmyā,  Hariv.
 

 of a son of Nara,  VP.
  

 of Buddha,  L.
 

 of a son of Rādhā,  MW.
  

 of a district,  ib.

 वि-रा॑ज् f.
  a particular Vedic metre consisting of four Pādas of ten syllables each (and therefore also a symbolical N.
  of the number ‘ten’
 in RV.
   x,  130,  5 this metre is represented as attaching itself to Mitra and Varuṇa,  and in AitBr.
   i,  4 Virāj is mystically regarded as ‘food’,  and invocations are directed to be made in this metre when food is the especial object of prayer
 in prosody Virāj is applied to any metre defective by two syllables,  RPrāt.
  )

 वि-रा॑ज् f.
  pl.
  N.
  of partic.  bricks (40 in number),  VS.
 
 ŚBr.
  

Monier Williams 1872

English

 विराज् 1. वि-राज्,  cl. 1. P. A. -राजति (in Ved.
only P.),  -ते,  -राजितुम्,  to reign over,  rule,  govern
(Ved. P.)
 to be illustrious or eminent,  be conspicuous, 
appear to advantage,  shine forth,  shine out,  shine, 
glitter
 to appear as: Caus. -राजयति,  -यितुम्,  to
cause to shine forth,  make to glitter,  fill with bright-
ness,  give radiance or lustre,  brighten,  illuminate.

 2. वि-राज्,  ट्,  ट्,  ट्,  shining,  radiant
 (ट्),  m. splendor, 
beauty
 a man of the regal or military class
 the
first progeny of Brahmā,  (according to Manu I. 32, 
&c.,  Brahmā having divided his own substance into
male and female,  produced from the female the male
power Virāj,  who then produced the first Manu or
Manu Svāyambhuva,  who then created the ten Prajā-
patis
 the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa states that the male
half of Brahmā was Manu,  and the other half Śata-
rūpā,  and does not allude to the intervention of Virāj
other Purāṇas describe the union of Śata-rūpā with
Virāj or Puruṣa in the first instance,  and with Manu
in the second
 as a sort of secondary creator,  Virāj
is sometimes called Prajā-pati,  while in Ṛg-veda X.
90,  5. he is represented as born from Puruṣa,  and
Puruṣa from him
 in the Atharva-veda VIII. 10, 
24,  XI. 8,  30,  Virāj is spoken of as a female,  and
regarded as a cow,  being elsewhere,  however,  identi-
fied with Prāṇa)
 ‘ruler of the various forms of
bodies, ’ N. of Intellect located in and ruling over
the collective aggregate of bodies,  the consciousness
which perceives collections or aggregates (in the
Vedānta phil.)
 the body
 N. of a son of Rādhā
of a district
 (ट्),  f. a particular Vedic metre consisting
of four Pādas of ten syllables each,  (in Ṛg-veda X.
130,  5. this metre is represented as attaching itself
to Mitra and Varuṇa,  and in Aitareya-Br. I. 4. Virāj
is mystically regarded as ‘food, ’ and invocations are
directed to be made in this metre when food is the
especial object of prayer.)
—विराट्-कामा,  f. a Vedic
form of the Sammā metre.
—विराट्-क्षेत्र,  अम्,  n., 
N. of a district.
—विराट्-पूर्वा,  f. a Vedic form of
the Tri-ṣṭubh metre.
—विराट्-सुत,  अस्,  m. ‘son of
Virāj, ’ epithet of a class of Pitṛs called Soma-sads
(Manu III. 195).
—विराट्-स्थाना,  f. a Vedic form of
the Tri-ṣṭubh metre.
—विराट्-स्वरूप,  अस्,  आ,  अम्, 
consisting of Virāj,  (applied to the Supreme Being.)
—विराड्-देह,  अस्,  m. ‘having the body of Virāj, ’
a term for the universe.
—विराड्-रूपा,  f. a Vedic
form of the Tri-ṣṭubh metre (3 × 11 + 8 or rather +
7,  giving forty syllables in all).

Benfey

English

 विराज् वि-राज्,  m.
 
 1. Splendour.
 2. A man of the military class.
 3. The
name of the first progeny of Brah-
man,  Man.  1,  32
 3,  195.
 4. The con-
sciousness which perceives collections
or aggregates,  Vedāntas. in Chr. 209, 
11.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

विराज्
भ्वा* उभ* वि-राज् -
चमकाना

विराज्
भ्वा* उभ* वि-राज् -
"दिखाई देना,  प्रतीत होना"

विराज्
पुं*
  - वि + राज् + क्विप्
"सौन्दर्य,  आभा"

विराज्
पुं*
  - -
क्षत्रिय जाति का पुरुष

विराज्
पुं*
  - -
ब्रह्मा की प्रथम सन्तान

विराज्
पुं*
  - -
शरीर

विराज्
स्त्री*
  - -
एक बैदिक वृत्त या छन्द का नाम

विराज्
पुं*
  - -
"पक्षियों का राजा, बाज पक्षी"

विराज्
पुं*
  - विराज्+क्विप्
"ब्रह्माण्ड, विश्व"

L R Vaidya

English

 virAj {% (I) m. %} 1. Splendour,  beauty
 2. a man of the Kshatriya caste
 3. the body
 4. the first progeny of Brahman (m.)
 See M.i.32.

 virAj {% (II) f. %} Name of a Vedic metre.

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 विराज् *m. Bez. Buddha's,  Mahāvy. 1.

Tamil

விராஜ் : அழகு,  காந்தி,  பிரகாசம்,  உடல்,  பிரமனின் முதல் படைப்பு.

Mahabharata

English

Virāj^1,  name of the primeval being (= Purusha),  identified with Śiva and Vishṇu: XII,  1509 (= Kṛshṇa),  10429 (= Śiva,  1000 names^1). 13143 (purāṇaḥ Purushaḥ = Aniruddha),  13461 (Nārāyaṇaḥ),  13734 (Purushaḥ),  13735 (do.)
 XIII,  7743 (= Kṛshṇa).--Do.^2 fem. = Pṛthivī: VII,  2417,  2420
 XII,  2922 (Pṛthivī),  9381 (do.).--Do.^3,  fem. = Sarasvatī (“Speech”): III,  †10628 (Sarasvatīṃ).

Vedic Reference

English

 Vi-rāj as a title of royalty is mentioned several times in the
Rigveda, ^1 but only in a metaphorical sense. As an actual title, 
it is asserted in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa^2 to be used by the
Uttara Kurus and the Uttara Madras.
1) i. 188,  5
 ix. 96,  18
 x. 166,  1,  etc.
 Av. xii. 3,  11
 xiv. 2,  15,  etc.
2) viii. 14,  3.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 विराज् पु०
  विशषेण राजते क्विप् । १ क्षत्रिये ब्रह्माण्डा-त्मकस्थूलदेहाभिमानिनि २ आदिपुरुषे ३ छन्दोभेदे च ।वेदे द्वाभ्यामक्षराभ्यां गायत्र्यादीनां समष्टावधिकत्वे विराट्छन्दो भवति छन्दःशब्दे २९७८ पृ० कात्यायनवाक्यं दृ-श्यम् । “समष्टिरूपस्थूलशरीराभिमानी चेतनः विराट्-संज्ञो वेदान्तादौ प्रसिद्धः तस्योत्पत्तिः तद्रूपञ्च भागव-तादौ दृश्यम् । अच् । विराजोऽपि समष्टिस्थूलाभिमा-निनि चेतने । ४ स्वायम्भवमनौ च । “ततः कालेन महतातस्य पुत्रोऽभवन्मनुः । स्वायम्भुव इति ख्यातः सविवाडितिः नः श्रुतम्” मत्स्यपु०  ३ अ० । “मानवे तु स्वाय-म्भुवस्य विराट्पुत्रत्वमभिहितम् । यथा “द्विधा कृत्वा-त्मनो देहमर्द्धेन पुरुषोऽभवत् । अर्द्धेन नारी नाभ्यांस विराजमसृजत् प्रभुः । तपस्त्वप्त्वाऽसृजद् यन्तु सस्वयं पुरुषो विराट् । तं मां वित्तास्य सर्वस्य स्वष्टारंद्विजसत्तमाः!” ।

Capeller

German

 विरा॑ज् herrschend,  strahlend. f.
  (m. ) N.
eines mythol. Uresend,  sp. der durch
das Gesamtding bedingte Intellekt (ph.).

Grassman

German

 virā́j,  a.,  m.,  f. [von 2. rāj m. vi],  1〉 a.,  weithin herrschend,  gebietend
 2〉 m.,  ein Urwesen aus dem der Urmensch geboren wird
 3〉 f.,  ein Versmass (nach den Grammatikern aus drei elfsilbigen Gliedern bestehend,  z. B. {517, 1}—_{517, 18}).
-ā́t [N.] 1〉 samrā́t {188, 5}
 me duhitā́ {985, 3}. — 2〉 tásmāt 〰 ajāyata {916, 5}. — 3〉 neben triṣṭúbh und jágatī {956, 5}.
-ā́jam 1〉 gópatim gávām {992, 1}. — 3〉 sómas 〰 ánu rājati stúbh (?) {808, 18}.
-ā́jas [Ab.] 2〉 〰 ádhi pū́ruṣas (ajāyata) {916, 5}.

Burnouf

French

 विराज् विराज् m.
  (nom.  विराट्) (राज्) homme de
caste royale.
		 Eclat
 beauté.
		 Virāj,  1ʳᵉ forme revêtue par
Brahmā et issue de son énergie féminine par son acte producteur et
masculin. 
		 Une stance,  placée prosodiquement entre 2 mètres types, 
est la विराट् du mètre postérieur.

Stchoupak

French

 १ वि-राज्-
 resplendir,  briller 
 apparaître comme (nom. ) 
 caus.
illuminer,  faire resplendir 
 °राजन्त्- partic. resplendissant 
°राजित- embelli,  orné.

 २ वि-राज्-
 (nom.  °राट्) m.
  prince,  souverain,  Kṣatriya 
 (aussi f.
 )
puissance créatrice personnifiée,  souv. identifiée avec Brahma,  Prajāpati, 
Puruṣa,  etc. 
 f.
  terre (?) 
 n.
  d'un mètre védique 
 v. aussi 2 वि-।
विराट्-सुत- m.
  n.
  d'une catégorie de Mânes.

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