Bhuja, Bhūja: 26 definitions
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: YogaBhuja (भु�) is a Sanskrit word referring to “arm�, “hand�, “trunk�, “curve� etc. It is used in Yoga.

Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical TermsBhuja (भु�).�1. Longitude. 2. Base of a triangle. Note: Bhuja is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
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(भुजा).—Lateral side of a right angled triangle. Note: is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
: INSA Digital Repository: Determination of Ascensional Difference in the Lagnaprakarana(भुजा) refers to the “lateral�, according to verse 20 of the Lagnaprakaraṇa (lit. “treatise for the computation of the ascendant), an astronomical work in eight chapters dealing with the determination of the ascendant (udayalagna or orient ecliptic point).—Accordingly, “The quotient of either the Rsine [of the Sun’s longitude] multiplied by [the Rsine of] the last (maximum) declination, or [the Rsine of] the declination corresponding to the desired longitude multiplied by the radius, divided by the Rcosine of the latitude, is the Rsine of the Sun’s amplitude. That [Rsine of the Sun’s amplitude] is the hypotenuse. [The Rsine of] the declination is the upright here, and indeed the earth-sine is the lateral ()�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuBhūja (भू�) refers to a “tree�, as mentioned in a list of twenty-five synonyms in the second chapter (ṇy徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rjanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇydi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Bhūja] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsBhuja (भु�):—[Ჹḥ] Upper limb

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationBhuja (भु�) refers to the “arms�, according to the Śivapurṇa 2.3.3.—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Um (Durg/Satī) with devotion:—“[...] may she be pleased with us, for keeping up the sustenance of the world, she, who in the form of slumber that is extremely exhilarating to all born in the universe, extends pleasure in the nose, eyes, face, arms (i.e., bhuja), chest and the mind�.

The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Bhuja in India is the name of a plant defined with Betula utilis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Betula utilis var. typica Regel, nom. inval. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plantae Wilsonianae (1916)
· Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1865)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1899)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants� (1830)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybhuja : (m.) the hand. (adj.), crooked; bending.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Bhuja, 3 (adj.) (fr. bhuj to bend) bending, crooked, in Ჹ-ṭṭ betel-pepper tree J. VI, 456 (C. : Ჹṅglat, perhaps identical with bhujaka?), also in cpd. bhuja-ga going crooked, i.e. snake Miln. 420 (bhujaginda king of snakes, the cobra); 屹. 2, 17; also as Ჹṅg Dvs 2, 56, & in der. Ჹṅg-lat “sԲ,� i.e. name of the betel-pepper J. VI, 457; and Ჹṅgma S. I, 69.�Cp. bhogin2. (Page 506)
2) Bhuja, 2 (fr. bhuñjati2) clean, pure, bright, beautiful J. VI, 88 (°dassana beautiful to look at; C. explanations by kalyṇa dassana). (Page 506)
3) Bhuja, 1 (m. & nt.) (cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhuja m. & ; bhuj, bhujate to bend, lit. “the bender�; the root is explained by ṭiⲹ (koṭilla) at Dhtp 470 (Dhtm 521). See also bhuja3. Idg. *ṅg, fr. which also Lat. fugio to flee=Gr. feu/gw, Lat. fuga flight=Sk. bhoga ring, Ohg. bouc; Goth. biugan to bend=Ger. beugen & biegen; Ohg. bogo=E. bow. Semantically cp. Lat. lacertus the arm, i.e. the bend, fr. *leq to bend, to which P. laguḷa a club (q. v. for etym.), with which cp. Lat. lacerta=lizard, similar in connotation to P. bhujaga snake) the arm Sn. 48 (explained by Nd2 478 as hattha, hand); 682 (pl. ni); J. V, 91, 309; VI, 64; Bu I. 36; Vv 6418. (Page 506)
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Bhūja, (cp. late Sk. bhūrja, with which related Lat. fraxinus ash, Ags. beorc=E. birch, Ger. birke) the Bhūrja tree, i.e. a kind of willow J. V, 195, 405 (in both places=bhujī), 420. (Page 507)
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)Ჹ�
(Burmese text): (�) လက်။ (�) လက်မောင်း၊ လက်ရုံး။ (�) အကောက်၊ အကွေ့၊ အတွန့်၊ အလိမ်။ ဘုဇ�-ကြည့်။ (�) ဘဇပတ်ပင်။ ဘုဇတ�-ကြည့်။ (တ�) (�) ကောင်းသော၊ တင့်တယ်သော။ ဘုဇဒဿ�-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Hand. (2) Wrist, forearm. (3) Finger, fist, joint, knuckle. See Buddhaghosa. (4) Palm. See Bhutatasa. (5) Good, straight. See Buddhadhamma.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybhuja (भु�).—m (S) The whole arm (from the shoulder to the tips of the fingers). 2 An arm or a side of a polygon or geometrical figure gen. 3 The base of a right-angled triangle. 4 The supplement of two or four right angles, or the complement of three right angles. 5 The sine of the arc of a circle passing through the poles of the prime vertical, which arc is intercepted between a heavenly body and the prime vertical. 6 A bending or curve.
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(भुजा).—f (Poetry. bhuja S) The whole arm.
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bhūja (भू�).—f (bhuja S q. v.) The whole arm. 2 In field measurement. A side (of a field or space).
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbhuja (भु�).�m The whole arm. A side of polygon.
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(भुजा).�f The whole arm.
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bhūja (भू�).�f The whole arm. A side (of a field, &c.).
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhuja (भु�).—[bhujyate'nena, bhuj-ghañarthe karaṇe ka]
1) The arm; ज्ञास्यस� कियद� भुजो मे रक्षति मौर्वीकिणाङ्� इत� (jñsyasi kiyad bhujo me rakṣati maurvīkiṇṅka iti) Ś.1.13; R.1.34;2.7; 3.55.
2) The hand; यावन्त� रजनीचराः प्रहरणोद्भूर्णद्भुजाकेतव� (yvanto rajanīcar� praharaṇodbhūrṇadketava�) Mv.6.59.
3) The trunk of an elephant.
4) A bend, curve.
5) The side of a mathematical figure; as in त्रिभुजः (ٰᲹ�) 'a triangle'; तथायते तद्भुजकोटिघातः (tathyate tadbhujakoṭighta�) ī.
6) The base of a triangle.
7) A branch (of a tree.).
8) (In astr.) The base of a shadow.
Derivable forms: Ჹ� (भुजः).
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(भुजा).�
1) The arm; निहितभुजालतयैकयोपकण्ठम� (nihitalatayaikayopakaṇṭham) Śiśuplavadha 7.71; गच्छता दशरथेन निर्वृति� भूभुजामसुलभा� भुजाबलात� (gacchat daśarathena nirvṛti� bhūmasulabh� balt) Rm. Champū.
2) The hand.
3) The coil of a snake (bhoga); सन्दश्� मर्मसु रुषा भुजय� चछाद (sandaśya marmasu ruṣ� bhujay cachda) Bhgavata 1.16.9.
4) Winding.
5) The side of any geometrical figure.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBhuja (भु�).�(normally arm; said to mean also hand, pṇi, kara, Sanskrit Gr. and Lex., see [Boehtlingk and Roth]; once, at least, inter- preted thus in an old Pali text, see [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), hand: keśn addaśi lūna dakṣiṇi bhuje Lalitavistara 194.12 (verse), she saw her hair cut off in her right hand. Tibetan is strangely different: lag pa gyon pas skra ya� rab tu ḥbal…mtho�, she saw her hair dishevelled by her left (so!) hand.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhuja (भु�).—mf.
(-Ჹ�-) 1. The arm. 2. The hand 3. The trunk of an elephant. 4. The arm or leg of a geometrical figure, as a square or triangle. 5. A bending, a curve. E. bhuj to bend, aff. ka .
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(भुजा).—f.
(-) 1. The arm. 2. The land. 3. The coil of a snake.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhuja (भु�).—[bhuj + a] 1., m., and f. . 1. The arm, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 215, 7. 2. The hand, [ᾱḍi] 1, 2. 3. The proboscis of an elephant, [ٰܱ貹īٳ] 8. 21. 4. A bending.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhuja (भु�).—[masculine] arm, branch, trunk of an elephant; [feminine] the coil of a snake, arm.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhuja (भु�):—[from bhuj] m. (ifc. f(). ) the arm, [Mahbhrata; Kvya literature] etc. (bhujayor antaram, the breast, [Bhartṛhari]; cf. ntara)
2) [v.s. ...] the hand, [Pṇini 7-3, 61]
3) [v.s. ...] the trunk of an elephant, [Mahbhrata iii, 15736]
4) [v.s. ...] a branch, bough, [Bhgavata-purṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] a bending, curve, coil (of a serpent; See [compound] below)
6) [v.s. ...] the side of any geometrical figure, [Ktyyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
7) [v.s. ...] the base of a triangle, [Sūryasiddhnta]
8) [v.s. ...] the base of a shadow, [ib.]
9) [v.s. ...] the supplement of 2 or 4 right angles or the complement of 3 right angles, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
10) (भुजा):—[from bhuja > bhuj] a f. See [column]2.
11) [from bhuj] b f. a winding, curve, coil (of a snake), [Bhgavata-purṇa]
12) [v.s. ...] the arm or hand, [Pracaṇḍa-pṇḍava] (cf. [compound])
13) [v.s. ...] the side of any geometrical figure, [Āryabhaṭa; Hemdri’s Caturvarga-cintmaṇi]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhuja (भु�):—[(ja�-)] 1. m. f. The arm; the hand; a curve; leg of a triangle.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Bhuja (भु�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhua.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Bhuja (भु�) [Also spelled bhuj]:�(nm) an arm; side of a triangle; ~[岹ṃḍ] strong arm, a staff-like arm; ~[pśa] arm-embrace; ~[ṃd] armlet; -[ṃdԲ] arm-embrace; ~[bala] strength of the arms, physical strength; ~[ū] root/upper extremity of the arms; ~[lat] tender creeper-like arms.
2) (भुजा):�(nf) an arm; side of a triangle; —[uṭhkara kahan, —uṭhn] to take a solemn vow, to swear (to do a thing); ~[e� phaḍakan] one’s arms to be restless to fight; ~[o� me� bṃdha/bhara len] to throw the arms around in embrace.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhuja (ಭು�):�
1) [noun] the part of the human body between the soulder to the wrist (sometimes incl. the hand); an arm.
2) [noun] a shoulder a) the joint connecting the arm or forelimb with the body; b) the part of the body including this joint and extending to the base of the neck.
3) [noun] the trunk of an elephant.
4) [noun] the fact of being crooked; crookedness; bend.
5) [noun] (fig.) the strength; the physical strength of a person.
6) [noun] (geom.) any of the lines that bound or limit something; a side.
7) [noun] (arch.) a linear measure (similar to kilo meter, mile, etc.).
8) [noun] ಎರಡು ಭು� ಬರ� [eradu bhuja baru] eraḍu bhuja baru (an additional support, that which very much needed) to be got; ಭುಜಕ್ಕ� ಭು� ಕೊಡು [bhujakke bhuja kodu] bhujakke bhuja koḍu to support something, take up responsibility of something, along with another or others; ಭು� ಕೊಡು [bhuja kodu] bhuja koḍu to assume the responsibility of (something) voluntarily; to shoulder; ಭು� ತಟ್ಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳ� [bhuja tattikollu] bhuja taṭṭikoḷḷu to praise oneself.
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Bhūja (ಭೂ�):—[noun] the tree Butea bojapatra of Papilionaceae family, the smooth bark of which can easily be peeled off in thin sheets; a birch tree.
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Bhūja (ಭೂ�):—[noun] anything that is born in or from the earth (as a plant); (gen.) a tree.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Bhuja (भु�):—n. 1. the arm; hand; 2. branch; 3. Math. straight line; 4. trunk;
2) (भुजा):—n. boiled rice (upper class);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+25): Bhoga, Bhoja, Bhojaniya, Bhojapetva, Bhojayamana, Bhojayitva, Bhojenta, Bhojesi, Bhojeti, Bhojetum, Bhojetva, Bhojita, Bhojja, Bhujabali, Bhujabalin, Bhujabhava, Bhujacchaya, Bhujadandaka, Bhujadvadashaka, Bhujaga.
Full-text (+364): Bhoja, Caturbhuja, Bhujaga, Bhoga, Bhojana, Shadbhuja, Upabhoga, Mahabhuja, Bhujaka, Abhoga, Dvibhuja, Bhojaniya, Bhujamadhya, Dashabhuja, Bhujangama, Shodashabhuja, Bhujakanta, Ashtabhuja, Bhujadala, Subhuja.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.7.28 < [Chapter 7 - The Marriage of Śrī Rukmiṇī]
Verse 1.5.31 < [Chapter 5 - The Lord’s Appearance]
Verse 5.2.15 < [Chapter 2 - The Killing of Keśī]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivednta Nryana Gosvmī Mahrja)
Verse 2.1.163 < [Chapter 1 - Vairgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.4.38 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 2.1.73 < [Chapter 1 - Vairgya (renunciation)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvmī)
Verse 4.8.33 < [Part 8 - Compatible & Incompatible Mellows (maitrī-vaira-sthiti)]
Verse 3.2.7 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dsya-rasa)]
Verse 4.8.35 < [Part 8 - Compatible & Incompatible Mellows (maitrī-vaira-sthiti)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dsa)
Text 9.39 [wheel formation] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 10.153 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 7.155 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]