apraja

1 Childless, without progeny.

2 Unpeopled, destitute of subjects.

E. a neg. prajā offspring.

the Ṛgv.: aprajāḥ santvatriṇaḥ ‘may the demons not come

into existence’ (Sāyaṇa: anutpannāḥ santu). ² Not productive

(of children), unprolific; e. g. maithunam.

2. m. (-jaḥ) A man who has not begot (children);

e. g. Vṛhaspati (as quoted by the Vīramitrodaya): sapiṇḍa-

syāprajasyāṃśaṃ sthāvaraṃ saptadhākṛtam.

3. f. (-jā) ¹ A female who has not borne (a child); e. g.

Vṛddhakātyāyana (as quoted in the Dāyat.): pitṛbhyāṃ caiva

yaddattaṃ duhituḥ sthāvaraṃ dhanam . aprajāyāmatītāyāṃ bhrātṛgāmi

tu sarvadā. ² One who cannot bear, a barren female; e. g.

in Kumārila's Mīmānsā Vārtt.: prajā daśa māsāngarbhaṃ dhṛtvā

ekādaśamanu prajāyante tasmādaśvataryo'prajāḥ. E. a neg. and

praja. (This word is always Tatpur., with the udātta on

the first syllable, and must not be analyzed as a Bahuvr.

of a priv. and prajā, for Pāṇini enjoins V. 4. 122., that the

latter assumes ‘always’ the form aprajas, and his rule is

neither contradicted nor restricted by any of his commen-

tators; the meanings of apraja and aprajas will often coin-

cide in bearing--comp. also aprajātā, apaprajātā, apra-

sūtā--, but their difference will be perceived in such in-

stances as given above, e. g. in aśvataryo'prajāḥ when the

Bahuvr. epithet ‘without progeny’ would alter the sense,

or in Chāṇakya's maithunamaprajam, since it would be absurd to

speak of a maithuna ‘without children’, instead of an unpro-

lific one.)

mfn. (-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ)

1. Childless, without progeny.

2. Unpeopled,
destitute of subjects.

E. a neg. prajā offspring.

— Vgl. aprajas .

— 1) kinderlos. maithuna so v.a. unfruchtbar.

— 2) f. nicht gebärend , das Kind im Mutterleibe zurückhaltend.