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parjanya: masculine vocative singular stem: parjanya

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

parjanyaḥ	3.3.154	Masculine	Singular	dīrghadveṣaḥ, anutāpaḥ

Monier-Williams Search

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parjanya

m. ( pṛc-,or pṛj-?) a rain-cloud, cloud

etc.

parjanya

m. rain

parjanya

m. rain personified or the god of rain (often identified with indra-)

etc.

parjanya

m. Name of one of the 12 āditya-s

parjanya

m. of a deva-gandharva- or gandharva-

parjanya

m. of a ṛṣi- in several manv-antara-s

parjanya

m. of a prajā-pati- (father of hiraṇya-roman-)

parjanyajinvita

(j/an-) mfn. impelled by parjanya-

parjanyakrandya

(j/an-) mfn. muttering like parjanya- or a rain-cloud

parjanyanātha

m. having parjanya- as protector or patron

parjanyaninada

m. " parjanya-'s sound", thunder

parjanyapatnī

(j/an-) f. having parjanya- for husband

parjanyaprayoga

m. Name of work

parjanyaretas

(j/an-) mfn. sprung from the seed of parjanya- id est nourished by rain (as reed)

parjanyaśānti

f. Name of work

parjanyasūkta

n. a hymn to parjanya- (as

)

parjanyavṛddha

(j/an-) mfn. nourished by parjanya- or the rain-cloud (as soma-)

agnīparjanyau

Voc. m. dual number agni- and parjanya-

vātāparjanya

m. dual number wind and rain (or the gods vāta- and parjanya-)

Apte Search

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parjanyaḥ

पर्जन्यः 1 A rain cloud, thundering cloud, a cloud in general; प्रवृद्ध इव पर्जन्यः सारङ्गैरभिनन्दितः R.17.15; Mk.1.6. -2 Rain; अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसंभवः Bg.3.14. -3 The god of rain; Bri. Up.1.4.11. -4 The muttering or roaring of clouds. -5 N. of Indra, Sūrya, Viṣṇu and some other deities; Bhāg. 1.2.5. (here पर्जन्य means the sun).

Macdonell Vedic Search

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parjanya	Parjánya, m. a god of rain, v. 83, 1-5. 9.

parjanyajinvita	Parjánya-jinvita, pp. quickened by Parjanya, vii. 103, 1 [jinv sec. root = jinu from j́i quicken].

Macdonell Search

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parjanya	m. rain-cloud; rain; god of rain: -ginvita, pp. animated by Parganya.

Bloomfield Vedic
Concordance

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parjanya	iva tatanaḥ RV.1.38.14b.

parjanya	iva tatanad dhi vṛṣṭyā RV.8.21.18c.

parjanya	udgātā sa ma udgātā Mś.2.1.1.4; Apś.10.3.1. Cf. parjanyo ma.

parjanya	oṣadhīnām adhyakṣaḥ AVP.15.8.5.

parjanya	ghoṣiṇaḥ pṛthak AVP.5.7.5b. See mārutāḥ parjanya etc.

parjanya	drapsā madhumanta īrate RV.5.63.4d.

parjanyaḥ	pitā mahiṣasya parṇinaḥ RV.9.82.3a; SV.2.667a; JB.3.259a.

parjanyaḥ	pitā sa u naḥ pipartu AVś.12.1.12e.

parjanyaḥ	puruṣīṇām RV.7.102.2c; TB.2.4.5.6c; TA.1.29.1c.

parjanyakrandyaṃ	(MS. -kradyaṃ) sahaḥ RV.8.102.5b; TS.3.1.11.8b; MS.4.11.2b: 167.3; KS.40.14b.

parjanyaṃ	śatavṛṣṇyam see parjanyaṃ bhūri-.

parjanyaṃ	bhūridhāyasam (AVP.1.4.1b, bhūriretasam; AVś.1.3.1b, śatavṛṣṇyam) AVś.1.2.1b; 3.1b; AVP.1.3.1b; 1.4.1b (also, with ūhas, indraṃ, varuṇaṃ, candraṃ and sūryaṃ, in place of parjanyaṃ; these ūhas are printed in Bhattacharya's edition as the first pāda of the following stanza).

parjanyapatni	hariṇi Kauś.106.7a.

parjanyaś	citrāṃ vadati tviṣīmatīm RV.5.63.6b; MS.4.14.12b: 234.7; TB.2.4.5.4b.

parjanyasya	maruta udadhiṃ sānv ā hata AVP.5.15.7c.

parjanyasya	vidyut TA.3.9.2.

parjanyasyeva	vṛṣṭayaḥ RV.9.22.2b.

parjanyasyeva	stanayitnur āsoḥ AVP.15.12.3a.

parjanyavātā	vṛṣabhā pṛthivyāḥ RV.6.49.6a.

parjanyavṛddhaṃ	mahiṣaṃ tam RV.9.113.3a.

Dictionary of Sanskrit Search

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parjanyavallakṣaṇapravṛtti	the application of a grammatical rule or operation like the rains which occur on dry land as also on the sea surface: confer, compare कृतकारि खल्वपि शास्त्रं पर्जन्यवत् । तद्यथा । पर्जन्यो यावदूनं पूर्णे च सर्वमभिवर्षति । M.Bh. on P.I. 1.29 ; VI. 1.127: cf also यथा पर्जन्यः यावदूनं पूर्णे वाभिवर्षति एवं लक्षणमपि दीर्घस्य दीर्घत्वम् । चिचीषति, बुभूषति। Vyaadi. Pari. 58, confer, compare कृतकारि शास्त्रं मेघवत् न चाकृतकारि दहनवत् Puruso. Pari. 86.

Vedabase Search

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parjanya	by the rain	SB 10.40.10

parjanya	like a cloud	SB 10.45.49

		SB 4.30.7

parjanya	of the rain clouds	SB 10.20.9

parjanya-ghoṣaḥ	having a sound vibration like that of the clouds	SB 8.20.31

parjanya-ghoṣaḥ	having a sound vibration like that of the clouds	SB 8.20.31

parjanya-vat	like a cloud	SB 10.81.34

parjanya-vat	like a cloud	SB 10.81.34

parjanyaḥ	a cloud	SB 6.14.35

parjanyaḥ	Lord Indra	SB 10.24.10

parjanyaḥ	rain	BG 3.14

parjanyaḥ	rains	SB 1.10.4

parjanyaḥ	the clouds	SB 12.4.7

		SB 8.21.30

parjanyaḥ	the clouds in the sky	SB 10.3.47

parjanyaḥ	the director of rainfall	SB 4.14.26-27

parjanyaḥ	the rain	SB 10.24.8

parjanyaḥ	the sun	SB 10.20.5

parjanyaḥ	water	SB 4.22.58

parjanyaḥ senajit	Parjanya and Senajit	SB 12.11.40

parjanyaḥ senajit	Parjanya and Senajit	SB 12.11.40

parjanyasya	of rains	SB 2.6.8

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parjanya	noun (masculine) a raincloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the 'raingod' Frequency rank 3401/72933

Wordnet Search

"parjanya" has 3 results.


parjanya	parjanyakālaḥ, prāvṛṭkālaḥ, vṛṣṭikālaḥ, meghāgamaḥ, meghākālaḥ, meghasamayaḥ, ghanasamayaḥ, jaladāgamaḥ bhārate deśe vṛṣṭeḥ hetubhūtāt bhāratīyamahāsāgarāt vān vāyuḥ। aiṣamaḥ parjanyavāyoḥ vilambena kṛṣiḥ durgatā।
parjanya	meghaḥ, abhramam, vārivāhaḥ, stanayitnuḥ, balābakaḥ, dhārādharaḥ, jaladharaḥ, taḍitvān, vāridaḥ, ambubhṛt, ghanaḥ, jīmūtaḥ, mudiraḥ, jalamuk, dhūmayoniḥ, abhram, payodharaḥ, ambhodharaḥ, vyomadhūmaḥ, ghanāghanaḥ, vāyudāruḥ, nabhaścaraḥ, kandharaḥ, kandhaḥ, nīradaḥ, gaganadhvajaḥ, vārisuk, vārmuk, vanasuk, abdaḥ, parjanyaḥ, nabhogajaḥ, madayitnuḥ, kadaḥ, kandaḥ, gaveḍuḥ, gadāmaraḥ, khatamālaḥ, vātarathaḥ, śnetanīlaḥ, nāgaḥ, jalakaraṅkaḥ, pecakaḥ, bhekaḥ, darduraḥ, ambudaḥ, toyadaḥ, ambuvābaḥ, pāthodaḥ, gadāmbaraḥ, gāḍavaḥ, vārimasiḥ, adriḥ, grāvā, gotraḥ, balaḥ, aśnaḥ, purubhojāḥ, valiśānaḥ, aśmā, parvataḥ, giriḥ, vrajaḥ, caruḥ, varāhaḥ, śambaraḥ, rauhiṇaḥ, raivataḥ, phaligaḥ, uparaḥ, upalaḥ, camasaḥ, arhiḥ, dṛtiḥ, odanaḥ, vṛṣandhiḥ, vṛtraḥ, asuraḥ, kośaḥ pṛthvīstha-jalam yad sūryasya ātapena bāṣparupaṃ bhūtvā ākāśe tiṣṭhati jalaṃ siñcati ca। kālidāsena meghaḥ dūtaḥ asti iti kalpanā kṛtā
parjanya	vṛṣṭimāpakaḥ, parjanyamāpakaḥ parjanyasya mānārthe upayujyamānaṃ samakhātaṃ tāmraprātram। vṛṣṭimāpakeṇa asmin varṣe kati varṣe abhavat iti jñānaṃ bhavati।

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