विराज

{ virāja }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VIRĀJA   A King of the Kuru dynasty. He was the grandson of Kuru and the son of Avikṣit. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 92, Stanza 54] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

विराज n.  (सो. कुरु.) धृतराष्ट्र के शतपुत्रों में से एक, जो भीम के द्वारा मारा गया [म. भी. ९९.२६] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-राज  mfn.  mfn. shining, brilliant, [Pañcar.]

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वि राज

वि-राज  m.  m. a partic. form of a temple, [Hcat.]

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वि राज

a part. एकाह, [Vait.]
a species of plant, [L.]
N. of a प्रजा-पति, [Hariv.]
of a son of अ-विक्षित्, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विराज [virāja] a.  a. See विराज्
-जः   A particular form of a temple; [Hch.]

Shabda-Sagara

विराज  m.  ( -राट्)
1. A man of the regal or military class.
2. Splendour, beauty.
3. The body.
4. 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 Manu or SWAYAMBHŪVA 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., राज् to shine, aff. क्विप् .

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वि राज् क्विप् .