ऋजु

Monier-Williams · ṛju
ṛjú mf ( jvii ) n. ( √ arj i, 28 ‖ probably fr. √ 2. ṛñj , col. 3 ), tending in a straight direction, straight ( lit. and fig ‖ opp. to vṛjiná ), upright, honest, right, sincere xiv, 1, 34 &c. &c. ‖ ( ú ), ind. in the right manner, correctly ii, 3, 7 ; v, 46, 1 ; x, 67, 2 iii, 3, 10 ‖ in a straight line, straight on &c. ‖ compar. ṛjīyas vii, 104, 12 v, 14, 12 ; viii, 4, 12, and rajīyas 6-4, 162 ‖ superl. ṛjiṣṭha , and rájiṣṭha ‖ [ observe that the metaphorical meaning of this word is more common in Vedic, and the literal meaning in classical