"रजस्" meaning in Sanskrit

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Noun

IPA: /ɾɐ́.d͡ʑɐs/ [Vedic], /ɾɐ.d͡ʑɐs̪/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos (“darkness”). Cognate with Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos, personification of darkness), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃 (riqis, “darkness”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|sa|inc-pro|iir-pro}}, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*h₁régʷos||darkness}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos (“darkness”), {{cog|grc|Ἔρεβος|pos=personification of darkness}} Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos, personification of darkness), {{cog|got|𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃||darkness}} Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃 (riqis, “darkness”) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=rájas}} रजस् • (rájas) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n|rájas}} Forms: rájas [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], रजः [nominative, singular], रजसी [dual, nominative], रजांसि [nominative, plural], रजः [accusative, singular], रजसी [accusative, dual], रजांसि [accusative, plural], रजसा [instrumental, singular], रजोभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], रजोभिः [instrumental, plural], रजसे [dative, singular], रजोभ्याम् [dative, dual], रजोभ्यः [dative, plural], रजसः [ablative, singular], रजोभ्याम् [ablative, dual], रजोभ्यः [ablative, plural], रजसः [genitive, singular], रजसोः [dual, genitive], रजसाम् [genitive, plural], रजसि [locative, singular], रजसोः [dual, locative], रजःसु [locative, plural], रजः [singular, vocative], रजसी [dual, vocative], रजांसि [plural, vocative]
  1. atmosphere; space between heaven and earth
    Sense id: en-रजस्-sa-noun-p26MM0uS Categories (other): Light Disambiguation of Light: 36 15 16 16 18
  2. darkness, dimness, anything that obscures vision such as dust, or mist
    Sense id: en-रजस्-sa-noun-Eq5cbCjL Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 5 23 23 23 27
  3. darkness, dimness, anything that obscures vision such as dust, or mist
    dirt, impurity
    Sense id: en-रजस्-sa-noun-x6q0K3k4 Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 5 23 23 23 27
  4. darkness, dimness, anything that obscures vision such as dust, or mist
    dirt, impurity
    menstrual flow
    Sense id: en-रजस्-sa-noun-nK5L5Ffa Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 5 23 23 23 27
  5. (philosophy) one of the three innate qualities described in Hindu philosophy, the tendency that drives energetic passion, the other two being सत्त्व (sattva) and तमस् (tamas) Derived forms: रजस्वला (rajasvalā)
    Sense id: en-रजस्-sa-noun-mGetZrOB Categories (other): Philosophy, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 5 23 23 23 27 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 11 20 20 20 29 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 10 20 20 20 30 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
     
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      "roman": "rájobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजसः",
      "roman": "rájasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजसोः",
      "roman": "rájasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजसाम्",
      "roman": "rájasām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजसि",
      "roman": "rájasi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजसोः",
      "roman": "rájasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजःसु",
      "roman": "rájaḥsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजः",
      "roman": "rájaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजसी",
      "roman": "rájasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "रजांसि",
      "roman": "rájāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "rájas"
      },
      "expansion": "रजस् • (rájas) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rájas"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Advancing throughout the dusky firmament, laying to rest the immortal and the mortal,\nBorne in his golden chariot he cometh, Savitar, the God who looks on every creature.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.35.2",
          "roman": "hiraṇyáyena savitā́ ráthenā́ devó yāti bhúvanāni páśyan.",
          "text": "आ कृ॒ष्णेन॒ रज॑सा॒ वर्त॑मानो निवे॒शय॑न्न॒मृतं॒ मर्त्यं॑ च ।\nहि॒र॒ण्यये॑न सवि॒ता रथे॒ना दे॒वो या॑ति॒ भुव॑नानि॒ पश्य॑न् ॥\nā́ kṛṣṇéna rájasā vártamāno niveśáyannamṛ́taṃ mártyaṃ ca."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "atmosphere; space between heaven and earth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "atmosphere",
          "atmosphere"
        ],
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, dimness, anything that obscures vision such as dust, or mist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "dimness",
          "dimness"
        ],
        [
          "dust",
          "dust"
        ],
        [
          "mist",
          "mist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, dimness, anything that obscures vision such as dust, or mist",
        "dirt, impurity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "dimness",
          "dimness"
        ],
        [
          "dust",
          "dust"
        ],
        [
          "mist",
          "mist"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "impurity",
          "impurity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Brass is cleansed by ash, copper is cleansed by acid.\nThe woman is cleansed by the menstrual flow, a river is cleansed by current.",
          "ref": "c. 340 BCE, Cāṇakya",
          "roman": "rajasā śudhyate nārī nadī vegena śudhyati.",
          "text": "भस्मना शुध्यते कांस्यं ताम्रमम्लेन शुध्यति ।\nरजसा शुध्यते नारी नदी वेगेन शुध्यति ॥\nbhasmanā śudhyate kāṃsyaṃ tāmramamlena śudhyati."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "darkness, dimness, anything that obscures vision such as dust, or mist",
        "dirt, impurity",
        "menstrual flow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "darkness",
          "darkness"
        ],
        [
          "dimness",
          "dimness"
        ],
        [
          "dust",
          "dust"
        ],
        [
          "mist",
          "mist"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "impurity",
          "impurity"
        ],
        [
          "menstrual",
          "menstrual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sa:Philosophy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one of the three innate qualities described in Hindu philosophy, the tendency that drives energetic passion, the other two being सत्त्व (sattva) and तमस् (tamas)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "सत्त्व",
          "सत्त्व#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "तमस्",
          "तमस्#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) one of the three innate qualities described in Hindu philosophy, the tendency that drives energetic passion, the other two being सत्त्व (sattva) and तमस् (tamas)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾɐ́.d͡ʑɐs/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾɐ.d͡ʑɐs̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "रजस्"
}

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