English Meaning of munjya

Meaning of 'munjya'

m (munja) A young Brahman arrived at the fit age to be invested with the sacred thread: also one still wearing around his loins the munja (girding thread assumed during the ceremony of investiture). 2 The disembodied spirit of a young Brahman dying before the ungirding of the munja; viewed as a fiend or goblin. 3 (Because they make the string called munja from the fibres of this tree.) A name for the pimpala Ficus religiosa.

Meaning of मुंज्या

m (मुंज) A young Bráhman arrived at the fit age to be invested with the sacred thread: also one still wearing around his loins the मुंज (girding thread assumed during the ceremony of investiture). 2 The disembodied spirit of a young Bráhman dying before the ungirding of the मुंज; viewed as a fiend or goblin. 3 (Because they make the string called मुंज from the fibres of this tree.) A name for the पिंपळ Ficus religiosa.

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