Definitions for rajas

rajas ra·jas

Spelling: [ruhj-uh s]
IPA: /ˈrʌdʒ əs/

Rajas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in rajas (aajrs).

Definitions for rajas

noun

  1. See under guna.
  2. (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
  3. a king or prince in India.
  4. a minor chief or dignitary.
  5. an honorary title conferred on Hindus in India.
  6. a title of rulers, princes, or chiefs in Java, Borneo, etc.

Origin of rajas

From Sanskrit

Examples for rajas

The memoirs of the rajas of Orissa show the number of tanks made and wells dug in every reign.

To aid these rajas in administering the country, there is a council of permanent ministers, called the Lenehen.

But all this was spoilt by the misdeeds of a serving girl of one of the rajas.

Gilgit, as far back as tradition goes, was ruled by rajas of a family called Trakane.

South from Jajarkot is Bangphi, which belonged to another of the twenty-two rajas.

The Palpa rajas possessed also a very important mart in the hills.

The natives are governed by rajas (orang kajas), the Dutch government being represented by a posthouder.

Lange visited each of the rajas once in two months, when he made the tour of the island, attended by fifty slaves on horseback.

Ask the rajas what they do to entertain their English guests.

But the tmas and rajas kinds of dharma cannot give us the essence of Krishna.

Word Value for rajas
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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