As a deity name
Name 468 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 888 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
लज्जा · noun · feminine
अंतःकरण की वह अवस्था जिसमें स्वभावतः अथवा अपने किसी भद्दे या बुरे आचरण की भावना के कारण वसरों के सामने वृत्तियाँ संकुचित हो जाती हैं, चेप्टा मंद पड़ जाती है, मुँह से, शव्द नहीं निकलता सिर नीचा हो जाता है और सामने ताका नहीं जाता । लाज । शर्म । हया · मान मर्यादा । पत । इज्जत । जैसे,—भगवान् लज्जा रखे · लज्जालु लता । लजाधुर का पौधा (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
लज्जा · lajjā · s.f.
Shame, bashfulness, modesty ( = lāj, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 953
लज्जा · feminine
shame; shyness
Cited formation "लज्जा" is लज्ज + -आ: लज्ज means "लज्जा जिनका भूषण है, प्रिया । प्रियतमा", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "लज्जा" is लज्ज + -आ: लज्ज means "लज्जा जिनका भूषण है, प्रिया । प्रियतमा", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लज्जा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā), from the root लस्ज् (lasj, “to feel shame, to blush”). Doublet of लाज (lāj).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lajjā f. See below.
lajjā f. shame, modesty, bashfulness, embarrassment (also Shame personified as the wife of Dharma and mother of Vinaya), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
shame, modesty, bashfulness, embarrassment (also Shame personified as the wife of Dharma and mother of Vinaya), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lajjā" is the feminine form of "lajja" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
lajjā f. See below.
lajjā f. shame, modesty, bashfulness, embarrassment (also Shame personified as the wife of Dharma and mother of Vinaya), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the sensitive plant, Mimosa Pudica, L.
lajjā [lajj bhāve a] 1 Shame, (pb) kāmāturāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ na lajjā Subhāṣ.; vihāya lajjāṃ R. 2. 40; Ku. 1. 48. 2 Bashfulness, modesty; śṛṃgāralajjāṃ nirūpayati Ś. 1; Ku. 3. 7; R. 7. 25; lajje tvaṃ majja siṃdhau Subhāṣ. 3 N. of the sensitive plant. Comp. — anvita a. modest, bashful. — āvaha, — kara a. (rā or rī f.) causing shame, shameful, disgraceful, ignominious; Pt. 5. 10. — śīla a. bashful, modest. — rahita, -śūnya, -hīna, a. shameless, impudent, immodest.
lajjā f. (-jjā) Shame, modesty, bashfulness. E. lasja to be modest, aff. aṅ and ṭāp.
lajja m. N. of a man
pl. his descendants, Vop.
Alternative readings
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