As a deity name
Name 55 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 660 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
धनंजय · adj
धन को जीतने अर्थात् प्रास करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
धनंजय · noun · masculine
अग्नि · चित्रक वृक्ष । चीता · अर्जुन का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
धनंजय · dhanan-jay · s.m.
lit. 'Conquering booty,' 'wealth-acquiring' — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 549
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fire
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dhana—ṃ-jaya mfn. = prec. mfn., RV.; AV.; TBr.
dhana—ṃ-jaya m. fire, Kāṭh.
a partic. vital air supposed to nourish the body, Vedāntas.
Plumbago Zeylanica, L.
N. of Arjuna, MBh.; Hariv.
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