धनंजय

Compound of धनम् (dhánam, accusative of धन (dhána, “wealth”)) +‎ जय (jayá, “winning, conquering”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ.nɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɐˈn̪ɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.jɐ/

धनंजय • (dhanaṃjayá) stem

1. winning or acquiring wealth or booty
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.74.3:

     उ॒त ब्रु॑वन्तु ज॒न्तव॒ उद॒ग्निर्वृ॑त्र॒हाज॑नि।
     ध॒नं॒ज॒यो रणे॑ रणे॥

     utá bruvantu jantáva údagnírvṛtrahā́jani.
     dhanaṃjayó ráṇe raṇe.

     And let men say, Agni is born; he who slayeth Vṛtra;
     He who winneth wealth in every fight.

धनंजय • (dhanaṃjaya) stem, m

1. a name of Arjuna
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.15:

     पाञ्चजन्यं हृषिकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः।
     पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः॥

     pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣikeśo devadattaṃ dhanañjayaḥ.
     pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahāśaṅkhaṃ bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ.

     Hṛṣikeśa blew his conch shell, named Pāñcajanya, and Arjuna blew the Devadatta. Bhīma, the voracious eater and performer of herculean tasks, blew his mighty conch, named Pauṇḍra.

• → Tamil: தனஞ்சயன் (taṉañcayaṉ)