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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry जीर्ण

  1. जीर्णjīrṇaAn old man.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -र्णः

      1. An old man.
      2. A tree.
      3. Cumin-seed.

    • -णा Large cuminseed.

    • जीर्ण jīrṇa, Past passive participle

      1. जॄ-क्त
      2. Old, ancient.
      3. Worn out, ruined, wasted, decayed, tattered (as clothes); वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय Bg.2.22; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.38; Māl.5.3.
      4. Digested; सुजीर्णमन्नं सुविचक्षणः सुतः H.1.22.

    • -र्णम्

      1. Benzoin.
      2. Old age, decrepitude.

    • -उद्धारः 'renewing the old', repairs, especially of a temple or any charitable or religious institution.

    • -उद्यानम् ruined or neglected garden.

    • -ज्वरः lingering fever.

    • -पर्णः the Kadamba tree.

    • -वज्रम् a particular gem (वैक्रान्त).

    • -वस्त्र Adjective wearing old clothes.

    • -वाटिका a ruined house.

    In the Gita2·22

    वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

    vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya — The embodied soul casts away old and takes up new bodies as a man changes worn-out raiment for new. 2·22
    • जीर्णानिjīrṇāniaccusative plural of the neuter form of the adjective jīrṇa (worn-out).
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Headwords under ज

Part 3 of 5 जानि – जीवितAll parts
  1. ज – जम्व
  2. जय – जानान
  3. जानि – जीवित
  4. जीवितव्य – ज्यैष्ठ
  5. ज्यैष्ठिनेय – ज्वालिन्