As a deity name
Name 367 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 953 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
प्रजागर · noun · masculine
विष्णु · प्राण · जागरण । जगना — Śabdasāgara
प्रजागर · pra-jāgar · s.m.
One who wakes; a watcher, guardian; the act of waking, or watching, or guarding — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 244
Cited formation "प्रजागर" is प्र- + जागर: जागर means "जागरण । जाग । जागने की क्रिया", and the prefix प्र- forms excess, very, forward. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "प्रजागर" is प्रजा + -गर: प्रजा means "subjects", and the suffix -गर forms 'dealing in' (agent nouns). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §10(2) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
waking, watching, attention, care (also pl.), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (18)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "prajāgara" is the vocative of "prajāgarā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pra-˚jāgara mfn. one who wakes, waking, MBh. &c.
pra-˚jāgara m. a watchman, guardian, BhP.
N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
waking, watching, attention, care (also pl.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
waking up (intr.), Kām.
pra-˚jāgarā f. N. of an Apsaras, MBh.
Alternative readings
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