आर्जव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আৰ্জৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬃᬚᬯ (Balinese script)
• আর্জব (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• အာရ်္ဇဝ (Burmese script)
• આર્જવ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਰ੍ਜਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦂꦗꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂩𑂹𑂔𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಆರ್ಜವ (Kannada script)
• អាជ៌វ (Khmer script)
• ອາຣ຺ຊວ (Lao script)
• ആര്ജവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡯᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠷᠽᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐬𑑂𑐖𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଆର୍ଜଵ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢬ꣄ꢙꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆫𑇀𑆘𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ආර්‍ජව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩣𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚤𑚶𑚑𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஆர்ஜவ (Tamil script)
• ఆర్జవ (Telugu script)
• อารฺชว (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་རྫ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒩𑓂𑒖𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨥𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of ऋजु (ṛjú).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ.d͡ʑɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾ.d͡ʑɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

आर्जव • (ārjava) stem, n

1. straightness, uprightness, rectitude
2. straightness of conduct, honesty, sincerity; simplicity, humility
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 18.42:

     शमो दमस् तपः शौचं क्षान्तिर् आर्जवम् एव च ।
     ज्ञानं विज्ञानम् आस्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥

     śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca.
     jñānaṃ vijñānam āstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam.

     Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, patience, straightness, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness are the natural deeds of a Brāhmaṇa.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आर्जव (ārjava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आर्जवम् ārjavam	आर्जवे ārjave	आर्जवानि / आर्जवा¹ ārjavāni / ārjavā¹
Vocative	आर्जव ārjava	आर्जवे ārjave	आर्जवानि / आर्जवा¹ ārjavāni / ārjavā¹
Accusative	आर्जवम् ārjavam	आर्जवे ārjave	आर्जवानि / आर्जवा¹ ārjavāni / ārjavā¹
Instrumental	आर्जवेन ārjavena	आर्जवाभ्याम् ārjavābhyām	आर्जवैः / आर्जवेभिः¹ ārjavaiḥ / ārjavebhiḥ¹
Dative	आर्जवाय ārjavāya	आर्जवाभ्याम् ārjavābhyām	आर्जवेभ्यः ārjavebhyaḥ
Ablative	आर्जवात् ārjavāt	आर्जवाभ्याम् ārjavābhyām	आर्जवेभ्यः ārjavebhyaḥ
Genitive	आर्जवस्य ārjavasya	आर्जवयोः ārjavayoḥ	आर्जवानाम् ārjavānām
Locative	आर्जवे ārjave	आर्जवयोः ārjavayoḥ	आर्जवेषु ārjaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: ajjava
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀯 (ajjava)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आर्जव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 151.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “ārjava”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आर्जव”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 355
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “आर्जव”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 41
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ārjava”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 60