रञ्जक

{ rañjaka }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : कश, रंगरेज, मैनसिल, मेंहदी, रंजक

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रञ्जक  mfn.  mf( इका)n. colouring, dyeing, [ŚārṅgS.]
exciting passion or love, charming, pleasing, [Cat.]
रञ्जक  m.  m. a colourist, dyer, painter, [Mn. iv, 216]
an inciter of affection &c., stimulus, [W.]
the red powder on the capsules of the Rottleria Tinctoria, [L.]
biliary humour on which vision depends, [W.]
रञ्जक  n.  n. cinnabar, [L.]
vermilion, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रञ्जक [rañjaka] a.  a. [रञ्जयति रञ्ज्-णिच् ण्वुल्]
Colouring, painting, dyeing.
Exciting love or passion.
Pleasing, amusing.
कः A painter, dyer; [Ms.4.216.]
An exciter, a stimulus.
कम् Red sandal.
Vermilion.

Shabda-Sagara

रञ्जक  mfn.  ( -कः-का-कं)
1. What incites or affects.
2. What colours, &c. m. ( -कः)
1. Colouring, dyeing.
2. A colorist, a painter.
3. A dyer. 4. A stimulus, an inciter of affection, &c.
5. Biliary humour on which vision depends.
 n.  ( -कं)
1. Vermilion.
2. The mendhi-plant, (Lawsonia inermis.)
E. रञ्ज् to colour, वुन् aff. “भल्लातके, काम्पिल्ल वृक्षे च. ”

ROOTS:

रञ्ज् वुन् “भल्लातके काम्पिल्ल वृक्षे च ”

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

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