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    alaja

    See also alajaḥ, alajja, araja.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 86, col. 1.
    alaja alaja, as, m. a kind of bird.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 43.
    alajá m. a kind of bird.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 94, col. 1.
    alajá m. a kind of bird, VS. xxiv, 34.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 457.
    alajá m. ein best. Vogel VS. 24, 34.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1053.
    alaja , °cit TS. 5, 4, 11, 1. KĀṬH. 21, 4.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 117, col. 1.
    alajá m. ein best. Vogel. alajacít und °cita (ŚULBAS. 3,153) Adj. in der Form dieses Vogels geschichtet.

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 38.
    Alaja designates some kind of bird — one of the victims in

    the Aśvamedha,1 or Horse Sacrifice. [Footnote] 1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 4, 11, 1;

    5, 20, 1; Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 18;

    Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xxi. 4; Vājasaneyi

    Saṃhitā, xxiv. 34.