अञ्जनañjana1 A kind of lizard.
- 1 A kind of lizard.
- Name of a tree or mountain.
- Name of the guardian elephant (of the west or s. w.) तस्य चान्येऽपि दिङ्नागा बभूबुरनुयायिनः । अञ्जनो बामनश्चैव महापद्मश्च सुप्रभः ॥ Mb.6.64.57.
Derived forms and compounds
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- अज्यते अनेन; अञ्ज् ल्युट्
- Anointing, smearing with, दन्तधावनमञ्जनं पूर्वाह्ण एव कुर्वीत Ms.4.152; mixing; unfolding, manifesting.
- Collyrium or black pigment used to paint the eyelashes; विलोचनं दक्षिणमञ्जनेन संभाव्य R.7.8 salve; अमृतdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied कोऽयं दृशोरमृताञ्जनम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.18 ambrosial salve; कुर्वन् denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमेचका इव दिशो मेघः समुत्तिष्ठते Mk.5.8,1.34; (Figurative also) अज्ञानान्धस्य लोकस्य ज्ञानाञ्जनशलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै पाणिनये नमः ॥ Śik.45; पटुतरविवेकाञ्जनजुषाम् Bh.3.84; Compare also दारिद्य्रं परमाञ्जनम्; (Figurative) impurity, as in निरञ्जन, quod vide, which see
- Paint, a cosmetic ointment.
- Magic ointment.
- A special kind of material of the black pigment, such as antimony (used as collyrium, lamp-black etc. सौवीर
- Ink.
- Fire.
- Night.
- (नम्, ना) (Rhet.) A suggested meaning; also the process by which such meaning is suggested. It is the power of suggestion (founded on अभिधा or लक्षणा denotation or indication), by which something else is understood from a word which, though having more meanings than one, has been restricted to a single meaning by relations of conjunction, disjunction etc. (संयोग, विप्रयोग, साहचर्य, विरो- धिता etc.), or, briefly, the use of a word of several meanings in a special sense determined by the context;Exempli gratia, for example /सशङ्खचक्रो हरिः the adjective restricts Hari to mean 'Viṣṇu' alone, and not a 'lion' or 'monkey'; so रामलक्ष्मणौ दाशरथी, रामार्जुनौ भार्गवकार्तवीर्यौ etc.; Compare अनेकार्थस्य शब्दस्य वाच- कत्वे नियन्त्रिते । संयोगाद्यैरवाच्यार्थधीकृद् व्यापृतिरञ्जनम् ॥ K.Parasmaipada2., S. D.23-6; See व्याञ्जना also.
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-अधिका अञ्जना- दधिका कृष्णत्वात् a kind of lizard.
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-अद्रिः -गिरिः (कर्म.) अञ्जनमिव कृष्णः गिरिः Name of a mountain, Seeनीलगिरि.
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-अम्भस् Neuter eye-water.
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-केशी अञ्जनामिव केशो यस्याः Name of a vegetable perfume (हट्टविलासिनीनामकं गन्धद्रव्यं यत्संयोगा- त्केशस्यातीव कृष्णत्वम् (Marâthî नखला).
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-त्रितयम् (Āyurveda) पुष्पाञ्जन, रसाञ्जन and कोलाञ्जन.
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-नामका ष. त.] a swelling of the eye-lid, sty (Marâthî रांजणवाडी).
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-मूलकः A variety of an inferior gem, deep-dark in colour. Kau.Atmanepada 2.11.
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-शलाका a stick or pencil for the application of collyrium.
