Khanja, aka: Khañja, Khañjā; 7 Definition(s)
Introduction
Khanja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
1) Khañjā (खञ्जा) refers to one of the twelve ardhasama-varṇavṛtta (semi-regular syllabo-quantitative verse) mentioned in the 333rd chapter of the Agnipurāṇa. The Agnipurāṇa deals with various subjects viz. literature, poetics, grammar, architecture in its 383 chapters and deals with the entire science of prosody (eg., the khañjā metre) in 8 chapters (328-335) in 101 verses in total.
2) Khañjā (खञ्जा) refers to one of the thirty-four mātrāvṛtta (quantitative verse) mentioned in the Garuḍapurāṇa. The Garuḍapurāṇa also deals with the science of prosody (eg., the khañjā) in its six chapters 207-212. The chapters comprise 5, 18, 41, 7 and 9 verses respectively.
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Khañja (खञ्ज, “lame”) is a Prakrit name indicating defects of the body, representing a rule when deriving personal names as mentioned in the Aṅgavijjā chapter 26. This chapter includes general rules to follow when deriving proper names. The Aṅgavijjā (mentioning khañja) is an ancient treatise from the 3rd century CE dealing with physiognomic readings, bodily gestures and predictions and was written by a Jain ascetic in 9000 Prakrit stanzas.
Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions (jainism)
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
khañja : (adj.) lame.
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English DictionaryKhañja, (adj.) (cp. Sk. khañja, Dhtp 81: khañja gativekalye) lame (either on one foot or both: PugA 227) Vin. II, 90=A. I, 107=II. 85=Pug. 51 (comb. with kāṇa and kuṇi); Th. 2, 438 (+kāṇa); DhA. I, 376 (+kuṇi). (Page 231)
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
khañja (खंज).—a S Lame or crippled: also halt, limping, hobbling.
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykhañja (खंज).—a Lame; halt.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-EnglishMarathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Khañja (खञ्ज).—a. [khañj-ac] Lame, crippled, halt; पादेन खञ्जः (pādena khañjaḥ) Sk.; Ms.8.274; कृशः काणः खञ्जः (kṛśaḥ kāṇaḥ khañjaḥ) (śvā) Bh.1.64.
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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| Ardhakhanja | Ardhakhañja (अर्धखञ्ज) refers to one of the varieties of the catuṣpadā type of song, according ... | |
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| Kuni | Kuṇi (कुणि).—Name of an ancient Vṛttikāra the Sūtras of Pāṇini, mentioned in their works by Kai... | |
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| Khanjarita | Khañjarīṭa (खञ्जरीट).—m. (-ṭaḥ) A wag-tail. E. khañja lame, ṛ to go, kīṭan affix, deriv. irr. | |
| Khanjati | Khañjati, (fr. khañja) to be lame Pv III, 228. (Page 231) | |
| Khanjani Bhanjani | khāñjaṇī bhāñjaṇī (खांजणी भांजणी).—f (khaṇḍana & bhañjana S) Addition and subtraction; or, as c... |
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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
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Sushruta Samhita, volume 2: Nidanasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 3: Sharirasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
The Natyashastra (by Bharata-muni)
Chapter XXXIII - On Covered Instruments (avanaddha)
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Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)