ṛju ऋजु – straight; upright
adjective · adverb · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adjective
straight; upright
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
ṛjú ·(f. ṛjvī) straight, right, upright, nonest; n. adv.
Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified
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ṛju ṛju, us, us, u (fr. rt. 2. ṛñj), tending in a straight direction, straight; straight metaphorically as in morals, right, honest, upright; (in Ved. = sādhu and opposed to vṛjina; in classical Sanskrit opposed to jihma and tiryac); comparative ṛjīyas, Ved. rajīyas; superlative ṛjiṣṭha, Ved. rajiṣṭha; (us), m., N. of a son of Vasu-deva; [cf. Hib. aroch; Zend ĕrĕśu.]
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine
ṛjú (von 4. arj) 1〉 adj. Uṇ. 1,27. in gerader Richtung laufend, gerade; richtig, recht, rechtlich, aufrichtig (im Veda ist es so v. a. sādhu und der Gegens. ist vṛjina; in der klass. Sprache ist der Gegens. jihma und tiryañc) AK. 3,2,21. H. 375. H. 1456. ṛ̱junā̀ pa̱thā ṚV. 1,41,5. ṚV. 10,85,23. ṛ̱juṃ cà gā̱tuṃ vṛ̀ji̱naṃ cà ṚV. 9,97,18. ṛ̱jave̱ kramàṇāya ṚV. 6,70,3. ṛ̱ju martèṣu vṛji̱nā ca̱ paśyàn ṚV. 4,1,17. u̱ru̱śaṃsā̀ ṛ̱jave̱ martyā̀ya ṚV. 2,27,9. ṛ̱taṃ śaṃsànta ṛ̱ju dīdhyā̀nāḥ ṚV. 10,67,2. ṚV. 9,97,43. VS. 37,10. TS. 2,5,11,7. yānīmāni vayasaḥ pratyañci śīrṣṇa ā pucchādṛjūni lomāni ŚAT. BR. 10,2,1,9. ŚAT. BR. 14,1,2,22. patharjunā M. 3,93. ˚mārga (übertr.) MBH. 3,10883. daṇḍa M. 2,47. stambha R. 5,13,13. SUŚR. 1,45,11. SUŚR. 1,93,19. SUŚR. 1,96,17. H. 179. ˚śravaṇa ŚĀK. 8, Sch. ṛjuṇaiva cakṣuṣā KUMĀRAS. 5,32. ˚buddhi R. 4,34,31. ˚buddhitā R. 3,23,30. ˚mati DHŪRTAS. 88,2. von Personen YĀJÑ. 2,68. R. 2,21,6. R. 5,32,9. PAÑCAT. I, 466. KATHĀS. 24,79. — adv.: vi̱dvānpa̱thaḥ pùrae̱ta ṛ̱ju nèṣati ṚV. 5,46,1. ṛ̱ju yàkṣataḥ ṚV. 2,3,7. ṛju vidhyet SUŚR. 1,54,17. ṛjvāsīna SUŚR. 2,352,5. ṛjulambin AK. 2,6,3,37. H. 652. ṛjvālikhitá ŚAT. BR. 10,2,1,8. — comp.: ṛ́jīyaṃs, ved. auch rájīyaṃs P. 6,4,162. tayo̱ryatsa̱tyaṃ yàta̱radṛjī̀yaḥ ṚV. 7,104,12. iṣvā̱ ṛjī̀yaḥ patatu AV. 5,14,12. — superl. ṛ́jiṣṭha, ved. auch rájiṣṭha P. 6,4,162. nayànnṛ̱tasyà pa̱thibhī̱ rajìṣṭhaiḥ ṚV. 1,79,3. ṚV. 1,91,1. rajìṣṭhayā̱ rajyā̀ ṚV. 10,100,12. Vgl. anṛju. — 2〉 m. N. pr. ein Sohn Vasudevaʼs BHĀG. P. 9,24,53.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
ṛju 1〉 VS. PRĀT. 1,124. Gegensatz vakra Ind. St. 8,215. f. ṛjvī BHĀG. P. 10,42,6 (Gegens. kubjā). in übertr. Bed. von einem Weibe KATHĀS. 71,146. f. ṛjvī (sc. gati) das Stadium, in dem ein Planet einen geraden Lauf hat, VARĀH. BṚH. S. 7,15. fg. Ind. St. 10,208. Z. 10 lies ṛjunaiva.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · adverb · substantive masculine
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ṛjú — 1〉 Adj. (f. ṛjvī) — a〉 gerade. — b〉 richtig, recht, gerecht. — c〉 rechtlich, aufrichtig. — 2〉 Adv. — a〉 gerade. — b〉 richtig. — 3〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Vasudeva. — 4〉 f. ṛjvī das Stadium, in dem ein Planet einen geraden Lauf hat.
Apte 1890 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
ṛju, ṛjuka a. [arjayati guṇān, arj-u Tv.] (ju or jvī f.) (compar. ṛjīyas, superl. ṛjiṣṭha) 1 Straight (fig. also); umāṃ sa paśyan ṛjunaiva cakṣuṣā Ku. 5. 32; Śi. 10. 13, Śi. 12. 18, Śi. 20. 77; ˚praṇāma R. 6. 25. 2 Upright, honest, straight-forward; Pt. 1. 415. 3 Simple-minded, plain; Mk. 5; Ratn. 2, Ratn. 3. 4 Favourable, beneficial, good. Comp. — āyata a. sitting or being upright and stretched up or distended; Ku. 3. 45; M. 2. 7. — kratu a. acting righteously. — gaḥ 1 one who is honest in his dealings. 2 an arrow. — gātha a. Ved. singing correctly. — nītiḥ f. Ved. right conduct. — mitākṣarā N. of a commentary on Yājñavalkya's lawbook, generally called Mitākṣarā. — rohitaṃ the straight red bow of Indra. — vani a. granting auspicious gifts.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
ṛjú f. ṛjvī gerade, recht, redlich.
Burnouf 1866 adjective
Original text · French · adjective
ṛju ṛju a. (ṛj) droit. Au fig. droit, honnête. Lat. rectus. ṛjukāya m. (kāya) surnom de Kaśyapa.
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