राजावर्त

Sanskrit

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لاجورد‎ (lâjvard).

Noun

राजावर्त • (rājāvarta) m, sometimes n

  1. lapis lazuli (Bālar.)
  2. a kind of diamond or other gem (of an inferior quality, said to come from the country विराट (virāṭa), and regarded as a lucky possession though not esteemed as an ornament; = राजमणि (rājamaṇi), VarBṛS., Sch., Kathās.)

Noun

राजावर्त • (rājāvarta) n

  1. cloth of various colors (L.)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 842
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