majj मज्ज् cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 122]) majjati (Ved. májjati, ep. also °te; pf. mamajja [2. sg. mamajjitha, or mamaṅktha] [MBh.]; aor. [mā] majjīs, [ib.]; amāṅkṣīt, [Bhaṭṭ.]; Prec. majjyāt, [ŚBr.]; fut. maṅkṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; majjiṣyati, [MBh.]; maṅktā Gr.; inf. majjitum, [MBh.]; maṅktum Gr.; ind.p. maṅktvā or maktvā, [ib.]; májjya, [AV.]), to sink (into), (acc. or loc.), go down, go to hell, perish, become ruined, [RV.] &c. &c.; to sink (in water), dive, plunge or throw one's self into (loc.), bathe, be submerged or drowned, [ṢaḍvBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. majjáyati (aor. amamajjat Gr.), to cause to sink, submerge, drown, overwhelm, destroy, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.; to inundate, [MBh.]; to strike or plant into (loc.), [ib.] : Desid. mimaṅkṣati or mimajjiṣati Gr. (cf. mimaṅkṣā) : Intens. māmajjyate, māmaṅkti, [ib.] [cf. Lat. mergere, and under majjan.] majjā मज्जा majjā́ f. id., [ŚBr.]; [MaitrUp.]; [Hariv.] (cf. nirmajja). majja मज्ज mfn. sinking, diving (in uda-majja; see audamajji). in comp. for majjan. majjan मज्जन् majján m. (lit. ‘sunk or seated within’) the marrow of bones (also applied to the pith of plants), [RV.] &c. &c. (according to [ŚBr.] &c. one of the 5 elements or essential ingredients of the body ; in the later medical system that element which is produced from the bones and itself produces semen, [Suśr.]); scurf, [Kull.] on [Mn. v, 135.] [cf. Zd. mazga; Slav. mozgǔ; Germ. marg, marag, Mark; Angl.Sax. mearg; Eng. marrow.] majjas मज्जस् n. = majjan, marrow, [Suśr.] majjāja मज्जाज majjā—ja m. a species of bdellium, [L.] majjāna मज्जान See majjala. majjūka मज्जूक mfn. repeatedly diving (used to explain maṇḍūka), [Nir. ix, 5.] majjūṣā मज्जूषा f. = mañjūṣā. majjaka मज्जक See a-majjaka. majjala मज्जल m. N. of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh.] (v.l. majjāna; cf. majjana). majjana मज्जन m. N. of a demon causing sickness or fever, [Hariv.] of one of Śiva's attendants, [L.] n. sinking (esp. under water), diving, immersion, bathing, ablution, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c. (with niraye), sinking into hell, [MBh.] drowning, overwhelming, [ib.] = majjan, marrow, [L.] majjara मज्जर m. a kind of grass, [L.] (v.l. garjara). majjikā मज्जिका f. the female of the Indian crane, [W.] majjakṛt मज्जकृत् majja—kṛt n. ‘producing marrow’, a bone, [L.] majjatas मज्जतस् majja—tas ind. = majjām prati, [Lāṭy.] majjākara मज्जाकर majjā—kara n. ‘producing marrow’, a bone, [L.] majjāmeha मज्जामेह majjā—meha m. N. of a partic. disease of the urinary organs, [ŚārṅgS.] majjārasa मज्जारस majjā—rasa m. ‘marrow-secretion’, semen virile, [L.] majjāsāra मज्जासार majjā—sāra n. ‘having marrow as its chief ingredient’, a nutmeg, [L.] majjāṭīkā मज्जाटीका majjā°ṭīkā (°jjāṭ°?) f. a partic. weight, [Hcat.] majjanvat मज्जन्वत् majjan—vát mfn. marrowy (opp. to a-majjaka), [TS.] majjarasa मज्जरस majja—rasa m. = majjā-r°, [L.] majjayitṛ मज्जयितृ majjayitṛ́ mfn. one who causes to sink or plunge, [ŚBr.] majjārajas मज्जारजस् majjā—rajas n. a partic. hell, [L.] bdellium, [L.] majjanagata मज्जनगत majjana—gata mfn. plunged in a bath, [MBh.] majjanamaṇḍapa मज्जनमण्डप majjana—maṇḍapa m. a bathing-house, bath, [Siṃhās.] majjasamudbhava मज्जसमुद्भव majja—samudbhava m. ‘produced from the marrow’, semen virile, [L.] majjanonmajjana मज्जनोन्मज्जन m. du. ‘Majjana and Unmajjana’, N. of two demons, [Hariv.]