अब्जित्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From अप् (áp, “water”) + जित् (jit, “winning, conquering”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
अब्जित् • (abjít) stem
- conquering waters
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.78.4:
- गोजिन्नः सोमो रथजिद्धिरण्यजित्स्वर्जिद्अब्जित्पवते सहस्रजित् ।
यं देवासश्चक्रिरे पीतये मदं स्वादिष्ठं द्रप्समरुणं मयोभुवम् ॥- gojinnaḥ somo rathajiddhiraṇyajitsvarjidabjitpavate sahasrajit.
yaṃ devāsaścakrire pītaye madaṃ svādiṣṭhaṃ drapsamaruṇaṃ mayobhuvam. - Soma flows on for us as winner of the cows, winner of thousands, cars, winning water and light, and gold;
He whom the Gods have made a gladdening draught to drink, the drop most sweet to taste, weal-bringing, red of hue.
- gojinnaḥ somo rathajiddhiraṇyajitsvarjidabjitpavate sahasrajit.
- गोजिन्नः सोमो रथजिद्धिरण्यजित्स्वर्जिद्अब्जित्पवते सहस्रजित् ।
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “अब्जित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 60.