vaj

Dictionary meanings for vaj from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

I. 1 P. (vajati) To go, move, roam about. II. 10 U. (vājayati-te) 1 To trim, prepare.

2 To feather an arrow.

3 To go, move.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(prob. corrupted fr. vraj) cl.1 P. vajati (pf. vavāja fut. vajitā &c Gr.), to go Dha1tup. vii, 78: Caus. or cl.10. P. vājayati, to prepare the way, to trim or feather an arrow (mārga-, or mārgaṇa-saṃskāre) Dha1tup. xxxii, 74. Another vaj or uj, to be hard or... m. (prob. for vajra-d) N. of a king Inscr. 117882 913,1 184794 mn. the hard or mighty one, a thunderbolt (esp. that of Indra indra, said to have been formed...

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