ध्वजः [ध्वज्-अच्] 1 A flag, banner, standard, ensign; R.7.4;17.32; आरोहति न यः स्वस्य वंशस्याग्रे ध्वजो यथा Pt.1.26; ध्वजं चक्रे च भगवानुपरि स्थास्यतीति तम् Mb. -2 A distinguished or eminent person, the flag or ornament (at the end of comp.); as in कुलध्वजः 'the head, ornament, or distinguished person of a family'. -3 A flagstaff. -4 A mark, emblem, sign, a symbol; वृषभ˚, मकर˚ &c. -5 the attribute of a deity. -6 The sign of a tavern. -7 The sign of a trade, any trademark. -8 The organ of generation (of any animal, male or female). -9 One who prepares and sells liquors; Ms.4.85; सुरापाने सुराध्वजः Ms. -1 A house situated to the east of any object. -11 Pride. -12 Hypocrisy. -13 A skull carried on a staff (as a mark of ascetics) or as a penance for the murder of a Brāhmaṇa; see खट्वाङ्ग. -14 (In prosody) An iambic foot. (ध्वजीकृ to hoist a flag; (fig.) to use as a plea or pretext.) -15 part of a sword; श्रेष्ठखड्गाङ्गयोरपि Nm. -Comp. -अंशुकम्, -पटः, -टम् a flag; तमाधूतध्वजपटं व्योमगङ्गोर्मिवायुभिः R.12.85. -आरोपणम्, -आरोहणम् raising a flag. -आरोहः a kind of ornament on a flag; काञ्चना मणिचित्राङ्गा ज्वलन्त इव पावकाः । अर्चिष्मन्तो व्यरोचन्त ध्वजारोहा सहस्रशः ॥ Mb.6.16.12. (v. l.). -आहृत a. seized on the battle-field; Ms.8.415. -उच्छ्रयः hypocrisy; Mb.3.3/3.1. -उत्थानम् a festival in honour of Indra. -गृहम् a room in which banners are kept. -द्रुमः the palm tree. -प्रहरणः air, wind. -भङ्गः, -पातः inability to beget children. -यन्त्रम् any contrivance to which a flag-staff is fastened. -यष्टिः a flag-staff; संक्रमध्वजयष्टीनां प्रतिमानां च भेदकः Ms.9.285.
ध्वजवत् a. 1 Adorned with flags. -2 Having a mark. -3 Having the mark of a criminal, branded; शिरःकपाली ध्वजवान्भिक्षाशी कर्म वेदयन् Y.3.243. -m 1 A standard-bearer. -2 A vendor of spirituous liquors, distiller; Ms.4.84. -3 A Brāhmaṇa who carries with him the skull of the man murdered by him to places of pilgrimage by way of penance; cf. com. on Y.3.243.
m. banner, flag, ensign; token, symbol; liquor-seller's sign: -pata, m. flag; -yashti, f. flag-staff; -vat, a. adorned with flags; branded; m. distiller, liquor-seller; standard-bearer.
m. fish-banner; -purâna, n. Purâna proclaimed by Vishnu as a fish; -prâdurbhâva, m. Vishnu's incar nation as a fish; -bandha, m. catcher of fish, fisherman; -bandhin, m. id.; -râga, m. best of fishes (pl.); king of the Matsyas; -hán, m. killer of fish, fisherman.
Occurs twice in the Rigveda in the sense of * banner ’ used in battle. It is characteristic of Vedic fighting that in both passages reference is made to arrows being discharged and falling on the banners.
noun (masculine neuter) (in astrol.) name of a Yoga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in Gr.) a particular kind of Kramapāṭha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in pros.) an iambic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a banner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a distiller or vendor of spirituous liquors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a flag-staff (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place prepared in a peculiar way for building (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a skull carried on a staff (as a penance for the murder of a Brāhman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
arrogance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attribute of a deity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
characteristic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
emblem (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ensign (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flag (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hypocrisy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mark (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Grāma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pride (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sign (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
standard (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the organ of generation (of any animal) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ornament of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sign of any trade (esp. of a distillery or tavern) and the business there carried on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) fall of the male organ (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fracture or fall of a banners (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impotence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective bearing a mark or sign (esp. that of criminal) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
decorated with banners (town) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of a divine attendant of a Bodhisattva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a divine female (the daughter of Harimedhas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a brother of Kuśdhvaja (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king of Kāñcanapura (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king of Mithilā (son of Kuladhvaja) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of another person (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) crystalline red sulphide of mercury (Rāy, Priyadaranjan (0), 16)
name of an aphrodisiac
name of Kāma
name of an alchemical preparation Frequency rank 13104/72933
noun (masculine) a virtuous man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Gaṇeśa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Tīrtha at Avimukteśvara
name of one of Śiva's attendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva Frequency rank 5014/72933
noun (masculine) name of a son of Hrasvaroman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Balarāma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Janaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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