वृजन

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ৱৃজন (Assamese script)
ᬯᬺᬚᬦ (Balinese script)
বৃজন (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰴𑰕𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀾𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဝၖဇန (Burmese script)
વૃજન (Gujarati script)
ਵ੍ਰਜਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍃𑌜𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦽꦗꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑃂𑂔𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ವೃಜನ (Kannada script)
វ្ឫជន (Khmer script)
ວ຺ຣິຊນ (Lao script)
വൃജന (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡵᡳᡯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘵𑘕𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠸᠷᠢᠽᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧖𑦵𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐺𑐖𑐣 (Newa script)
ଵୃଜନ (Odia script)
ꢮꢺꢙꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆸𑆘𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖴𑖕𑖡 (Siddham script)
වෘජන (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩙𑩣𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚑𑚝 (Takri script)
வ்ரிஜந (Tamil script)
వృజన (Telugu script)
วฺฤชน (Thai script)
ཝྲྀ་ཛ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒵𑒖𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨥𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwr̥ȷ́ánam (“encampment, community, village, settlement”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wreǵ- (“to enclose”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬇𐬥𐬀 (vər^əzə̄na, “community, clan, village”), Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎭𐎴𐎶 (v-r-d-n-m /⁠vrdanam⁠/). Also related to Ancient Greek ἔργω (érgō, “to enclose”) and Middle Irish fraig (“interior wall”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩.d͡ʑɐ́.nɐ/, /ʋŕ̩.d͡ʑɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩.d͡ʑɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वृजन • (vṛjána or vṛ́jana) stem, n

enclosure, encampment; an area that has been cleared and fenced or fortified
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.99.6:
  इ॒यं म॑नी॒षा बृ॑ह॒ती बृ॒हन्तो॑रुक्र॒मा त॒वसा॑ व॒र्धय॑न्ती ।
  र॒रे वां॒ स्तोमं॑ वि॒दथे॑षु विष्णो॒ पिन्व॑त॒म् इषो॑ वृ॒जने॑ष्व् इन्द्र ॥
  iyáṃ manīṣā́ bṛhatī́ bṛhántorukramā́ tavásā vardháyantī.
  raré vāṃ stómaṃ vidátheṣu viṣṇo pínvatam íṣo vṛjáneṣv indra.
  This is the lofty hymn of praise, exalting the Lords of Mighty Stride, the strong and lofty.
  I laud you in the solemn synods, Viṣṇu: pour ye food on us in our camps, O Indra.
1. a community, village, settlement
  - c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.97.10:
    इन्दु॑र् वा॒जी प॑वते॒ गोन्यो॑घा॒ इन्द्रे॒ सोमः॒ सह॒ इन्व॒न् मदा॑य ।
    हन्ति॒ रक्षो॒ बाध॑ते॒ पर्य् अरा॑ती॒र् वरि॑वः कृ॒ण्वन् वृ॒जन॑स्य॒ राजा॑ ॥
    índur vājī́ pavate gónyoghā índre sómaḥ sáha ínvan mádāya.
    hánti rákṣo bā́dhate páry árātīr várivaḥ kṛṇván vṛjánasya rā́jā.
    The Soma juice, flowing with milk, has been purified; Soma invigorates and intoxicates Indra
    He (Soma) kills the demons, he drives away malignities, he creates a wide space, this King of the community.
2. an enclosure where yajna rituals are conducted
  - c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.2.1:
    य॒ज्ञेन॑ वर्धत जा॒तवे॑दसम् अ॒ग्निं य॑जध्वं ह॒विषा॒ तना॑ गि॒रा ।
    स॒मि॒धा॒नं सु॑प्र॒यसं॒ स्व॑र्णरं द्यु॒क्षं होता॑रं वृ॒जने॑षु धू॒र्षद॑म् ॥
    yajñéna vardhata jātávedasam agníṃ yajadhvaṃ havíṣā tánā girā́.
    samidhānáṃ suprayásaṃ svàrṇaraṃ dyukṣáṃ hótāraṃ vṛjáneṣu dhūrṣádam.
    Invigorate the Jātavedas by means of worship, worship to Agni with a song formulated in continuity,
    (Agni who is) inflamed, rich in ritual-satisfactions, endowed with solar-glory, reigning in the heavens, oblator, who in the ritual-enclosures sits at the helm (of the pious act).

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वृजन
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वृजनम् (vṛjánam)	वृजने (vṛjáne)	वृजनानि (vṛjánāni) वृजना¹ (vṛjánā¹)
accusative	वृजनम् (vṛjánam)	वृजने (vṛjáne)	वृजनानि (vṛjánāni) वृजना¹ (vṛjánā¹)
instrumental	वृजनेन (vṛjánena)	वृजनाभ्याम् (vṛjánābhyām)	वृजनैः (vṛjánaiḥ) वृजनेभिः¹ (vṛjánebhiḥ¹)
dative	वृजनाय (vṛjánāya)	वृजनाभ्याम् (vṛjánābhyām)	वृजनेभ्यः (vṛjánebhyaḥ)
ablative	वृजनात् (vṛjánāt)	वृजनाभ्याम् (vṛjánābhyām)	वृजनेभ्यः (vṛjánebhyaḥ)
genitive	वृजनस्य (vṛjánasya)	वृजनयोः (vṛjánayoḥ)	वृजनानाम् (vṛjánānām)
locative	वृजने (vṛjáne)	वृजनयोः (vṛjánayoḥ)	वृजनेषु (vṛjáneṣu)
vocative	वृजन (vṛ́jana)	वृजने (vṛ́jane)	वृजनानि (vṛ́janāni) वृजना¹ (vṛ́janā¹)

¹Vedic