Dictionary meanings for ojas from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
n. 1 Bodily strength, vi- gour; energy, ability.
2 Vitality.
3 Virility, the generative faculty.
4 Splendour, light.
5 (In Rhet). [Page0360-b+ 49] An elaborate form of style, ab- undance of compounds; (consider- ed by Daṇḍin to be the ‘soul of prose’); ojaḥ samāsabhūyastvametadgadyasya jīvitam Kāv. 1. 80; see K. P. 8 also; said to be of 5 kinds in R. G.
6 (In astr.) Each alternate sign of the zodiac (as...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
n. (vaj, or uj; cf. ugra), bodily strength, vigour, energy, ability, power RV.; AV.; TS.; AitBr.; MBh. &c 235,2 40625 n. vitality (the principle of vital warmth and action throughout the body) Sus3r. &c 235,2 40626 n. (in rhet.) elaborate style (abounding with compounds) 235,2 40627 n. vigorous or emphatic expression Sa1h.; Va1m. 235,2 40628