f. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' sometimesm.;in earlier language also f(rajjū-).; Vedic or Vedaaccusativerajjvam-; genitive caserajjvās-;probably fr. an unusedrasj-,or rajj-; seerasanā-equalsraśanā-) a rope, cord, string, line etc. (rajjum ā-sthā-,to have recourse to the rope, to hang one's self )
रज्जुः (Uṇ.1.15) f. A rope, cord, string. -2 N. of a sinew proceeding from the vertebral column. -3 A lock of braided hair. -Comp. -दालक a kind of wild fowl; so रज्जुवालः; Ms.5.12. -पेडा a rope-basket.
m. kind of tree; wild fowl: -ka, m. wild fowl; -pîthikâ, f. stool suspended by ropes; -pedâ, f. basket sus pended by ropes; -bandha, m. tying with ropes: e-na bandh, tie any one up with ropes; -maya, a. consisting of ropes; -yantra, n. contrivance of cords (in a mechanical doll).
Is the name of a certain plant of unknown kind in the Atharvaveda according to Roth. The Kauśika Sūtra treats it as a putrid rope,’ but Ludwig4 suggests that a snake is meant.
noun (feminine) a lock of braided hair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a measure of 8 Hastas or 192 inches (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a rope (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
braid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cord (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
line (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular constellation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of particular sinews or tendons proceeding from the vertebral column (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
string (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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