महीरजस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মহীৰজস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬳᬷᬭᬚᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মহীরজস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰮𑰱𑰨𑰕𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀚𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မဟီရဇသ် (Burmese script)
• મહીરજસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਹੀਰਜਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌹𑍀𑌰𑌜𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦲꦷꦫꦗꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂯𑂲𑂩𑂔𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಹೀರಜಸ್ (Kannada script)
• មហីរជស៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຫີຣຊສ຺ (Lao script)
• മഹീരജസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡥᡳᡳᡵᠠᡯᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘮𑘲𑘨𑘕𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠾᠢᠢᠷᠠᠽᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧎𑧓𑧈𑦵𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐴𑐷𑐬𑐖𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମହୀରଜସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢲꢷꢬꢙꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆲𑆵𑆫𑆘𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖮𑖱𑖨𑖕𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මහීරජස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪂𑩑𑩛𑩼𑩣𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚩𑚯𑚤𑚑𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• மஹீரஜஸ் (Tamil script)
• మహీరజస్ (Telugu script)
• มหีรชสฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ཧཱི་ར་ཛ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒯𑒲𑒩𑒖𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨥𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of मही (mahī́, “earth”) +‎ रजस् (rájas, “dust”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɦiː.ɾɐ.d͡ʑɐs̪/

Noun

महीरजस् • (mahīrajas) stem, n

1. (Classical Sanskrit) sand

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:वालुका

   • c. 250 CE – 700 CE, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of महीरजस् (mahīrajas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	महीरजः mahīrajaḥ	महीरजसी mahīrajasī	महीरजांसि mahīrajāṃsi
Vocative	महीरजः mahīrajaḥ	महीरजसी mahīrajasī	महीरजांसि mahīrajāṃsi
Accusative	महीरजः mahīrajaḥ	महीरजसी mahīrajasī	महीरजांसि mahīrajāṃsi
Instrumental	महीरजसा mahīrajasā	महीरजोभ्याम् mahīrajobhyām	महीरजोभिः mahīrajobhiḥ
Dative	महीरजसे mahīrajase	महीरजोभ्याम् mahīrajobhyām	महीरजोभ्यः mahīrajobhyaḥ
Ablative	महीरजसः mahīrajasaḥ	महीरजोभ्याम् mahīrajobhyām	महीरजोभ्यः mahīrajobhyaḥ
Genitive	महीरजसः mahīrajasaḥ	महीरजसोः mahīrajasoḥ	महीरजसाम् mahīrajasām
Locative	महीरजसि mahīrajasi	महीरजसोः mahīrajasoḥ	महीरजःसु mahīrajaḥsu

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “महीरजस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 803.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “महीरजस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 223