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Jara, , , Jará: 37 definitions

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Jara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śstra

(जर�) is a Sanskrit technical term that refers to the “ageing process�, as per śٰ literature (Medicinal Alchemy)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Jara (जर) refers to “fever� and is a symptom of a (venemous) bite caused by the Siṃha rats, according to the Kśyapa Saṃhit: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pñcartra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikits—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidy or Sarpavidy).—[Cf. ṃhⲹܳᲹ�]

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: PMC: Ayurvedic management of postlumbar myelomeningocele surgery

Ācaryas of Ayurveda opine that (senility) is a natural disease (Svbhvika vydhi). Premature senility can be well-prevented by regular intake of 鲹ⲹԲ or ղⲹٳ貹Բ (longevity promoter) drugs. It is suggested to introduce 鲹ⲹԲ drugs during young and middle phases of life. Ayurvedic classics document the decade wise decline in individuals and emphasized further that the decline of intelligence and memory starts at the end of 40th year of the life.

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

(जर�):—A stage indicating the age

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Jara (जर).—A forester. It was this forester who shot an arrow at Śī Kṛṣṇa and killed him mistaking him for an animal. (See under Śī Kṛṣṇa).

2) (जर�).—A harpy (Rkṣasī). Though she was a harpy she loved human beings. It is believed that if the picture of and her children is placed in the house and venerated, there will be no haunting of any other kinds of demons.

2) The figure of was sculptured on the wall of the Palace of Bṛhadratha, the King of Magadha, and was being worshipped. Because the King worshipped her, she had been looking forward to an opportunity to reward the King. Bṛhadratha had married two daughters of the King of Kśī. They were twin sisters. For a long time they remained childless. The King was very sorry, and went to the forest with his wives. He saw the hermit Kakṣīvn or Caṇḍakauśika, the son of Gautama and requested that a son should be born to him. The hermit was sitting in meditation under a mango tree and a mango fell on his lap. The hermit took it and by prayer and meditation he invoked divine power into it and gave it to the King. The King divided it into two and gave it to his wives. The queens became pregnant and the three returned joyously.

2) In due course both delivered. But each of them gave birth to only half of a child. The horrified queens took the uncouth figures outside the palace and left them there. was watching this. She ran to the spot and placed the two portions together. Instantly it became a child of proper form. Hearing the cry of the child the mothers came out. appeared there and placed the child before the King Bṛhadratha. As desired by the child was named sandha because he was joined together by . This child grew up and became the notorious King sandha of Magadha. (Mahbhrata Sabh Parva, 3 Chapters from 17).

2) It is mentioned in Mahbhrata, Droṇa Parva, Chapter 182, Stanza 12 that when Arjuna fought with sandha this harpy had been staying in the weapon of sandha and was killed in that fight.

: archive.org: Yoga Vasishtha Maharamayana

(जर�) refers to “old age�, as mentioned in the Yogavasistha 1.28 (“Mutability of the world�).—Accordingly, as Rma narrated: “Boyhood lasts but a few days, and then it is succeeded by youth which is as quickly followed by old age [i.e., ]: thus there being no identity of the same person, how can one rely on the uniformity of external objects? The mind that gets delighted in a moment and becomes dejected in the next, and assumes likewise its equanimity at another, is indeed as changeful as an actor. [...]�.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Jara (जर).—A Deva.*

  • * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa II. 13. 95.

1b) A son of Vasudeva.*

  • * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa III. 71. 187. Matsya-purṇa 46. 22.

1c) A son of Mṛtyu.*

  • * Vyu-purṇa 10. 41.

1d) A Gandharva in Kailsa.*

  • * Vyu-purṇa 41. 21.

1e) A hunter who aimed a shaft at Kṛṣṇa in ignorance. He was awarded heaven.*

  • * Bhgavata-purṇa XI. 30. 33-38; Viṣṇu-purṇa V. 37. 68-73.

2) (जर�).—A Rkṣasi who picked up the two parts of Bṛhadratha's son and gave them life—the future sandha (s.v.).*

  • * Bhgavata-purṇa IX. 22. 8; X. 50. 21; 71. 3; 72. 42.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

(जर�) refers to “old age�, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.—Accordingly, [verse 7.210-211, while describing the meditation on the ṃs]—“Either by reciting or meditating on the ṃs, O Goddess, [the practitioner] becomes Śiva [who] has the form of and acts freely (or as Svacchanda) like . Death has been destroyed, [the Yogin] has abandoned old age (Ჹ� tyaktv), is free from all danger [caused by] disease, [he] knows, learns, and day-dreams. [He] gains the all supreme siddhis, [which] arise constantly as a result of conquering �.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Yoga (school of philosophy)

: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

(जर�) refers to “fever�, according to the Amṛtasiddhi (verse 24.1-2).—Accordingly, [while describing in terms redolent of tapas (i.e., purification and bindu):] “When the accomplishment of [destroying] the [five] impurities [is achieved], as well as the union of the two Bindus, then one should know the body to be perfected and endowed with all good qualities. [Such a Siddha] is free from cold, heat, thirst, fear, desire and greed. He has crossed over the ocean of anxiety, disease, fever (), suffering and grief�.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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General definition (in Hinduism)

: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

(जा�, ‘lover�) has no sinister sense in the early texts1 generally, where the word applies to any lover. But it seems must be regarded as an illegitimate lover; this sense also appears in the Bṛhadraṇyaka Upaniṣad, and Indra is styled the lover of Ahaly, wife of Gautama.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A hunter who killed Vasudeva. J.iv.88f.

: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'old age, decay', is one of the 3 divine messengers (s. deva-dūta). For its conditioning by birth, s. paticcasamuppda (11).

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Theravda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

(जर�) is the name of a Ḍkinī who, together with the Vīra (hero) named Jaracinta forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the , according to the 10th century Ḍkṇa chapter 15. Accordingly, the refers to one of the three divisions of the Ծṇa-ṭa (emanation layer�), situated in the ܰ첹ṇḍ. The 36 pairs of Ḍkinīs [viz., ] and Vīras are reddish madder in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

(जर�, “old age�) refers to one of the thirteen “conditions� (ṃs) that are “unassociated with mind� (citta-viprayukta) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 30). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Jara (जर) refers to “old age�, according to the 11th century Jñnrṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “You must understand that the body is overcome by disease, youth is overcome by old age (Ჹ-Գٲ), vitality is oppressed by decay and life is oppressed by death�.

: SOAS Research Online: Prekṣ� meditation: History and Methods

Jara (जर) refers to “mutable�; as opposed to Ajara—“unmutable� which refers to one of the 46 qualities of the soul to be meditated on in the “Practice of Meditation on Liberated Souls (Siddhas)�, according to Jain texts like Ācrṅga (5.6.123-140), Ṣaṭkhaṇḍgama (13.5.4.31) and Samayasra (1.49).—The pure soul can be recognised by meditation on its true nature, represented by the liberated souls of the Siddhas. [...] The qualities of the soul to be meditated on as truly mine are: [e.g., My soul is immutable (a-jara)] [...] The meditation on such extended fourty-five qualities of the pure soul presents the Ծśⲹ-Բⲹ, which is aligned with Kundakunda’s approach.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Jara in India is the name of a plant defined with Ricinus communis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Croton spinosus L. (among others).

2) Jara in Latin America is also identified with Arundo donax It has the synonym Aira bengalensis (Retz.) J.F. Gmel. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)
· Davidsonia (1981)
· Phytologia (1978)
· Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde (1821)
· The Flora of British India (1896)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

jara : (m.) fever. (adj.), old; decayed; decrepit. || Ჹ (f.) decay; old age. (m.) a paramour.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Jara, (adj.) (°-) (See jarati) old, decayed (in disparaging sense), wretched, miserable; —ûdԲ� a spoilt well J. IV, 387; —g=°ṇa Pv. I, 81; —gṇa (cp. Sk. jaradgava) a decrepit, old bull J. II, 135; —s첹 “the old S.J. IV, 389; —s a tumble-down shed PvA. 78. (Page 279)

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, (f.) & (older) jaras (nt.) (of the latter only the Instr. Ჹ in use: Sn. 804, 1123 (=Ჹya Nd2 249).—Sk. Ჹ & jara� to *: see jarati; cp. Gr. gh_ras, gέras, grau_s old age, etc. See also jīraṇa(t)) decay, decrepitude, old age Vin. I, 10, 34; A. I, 51, 138 (as Death’s messenger); V, 144 sq. (bhabbo jara� pahtu�); Sn. 311 (cp. D. III, 75); J. I, 59; Th. 2, 252 sq.; Vism. 502 (def. as twofold & discussed in its valuation as dukkha). Defined as “y tesa� sattna� tamhi tamhi sattanikye Ჹ jīraṇat khaṇḍicca� plicca� valittacat yuno saṃhni indriyna� paripko� D. II, 305=M. I, 49= S. II, 2=Nd2 252=Dhs. 644, cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 195.—Frequently combined with maraṇa (maccu, etc.) “decay & death� (see under jti as to formulas): °maraṇa, D. II, 31 sq.; M. I, 49; Sn. 575; °maccu Sn. 581, 1092, 1094. aᲹmara not subject to decay & death (cp. ajajjara) Th. II, 512; Pv. II, 611; Vv 6311; J. III, 515.

� or �

, (Vedic ) a paramour, adulterer J. I, 293; II, 309. f. °t adulteress Vin. II, 259, 268; III, 83. (Page 283)

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) jara (ဇ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
Ჹ+�(Ჹ-�)
[ဇ�+အ။ (ဇရတ�-သ�)]

2) jara (ဇ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[jara+a.jara roge.bhūvdi,jaratīti,a.jaro pasiddho�,ṭī.329�(jvara-sa�)]
[ဇ�+အ။ ဇ� ရောဂေ။ ဘူဝါဒိ၊ ဇရတီတိ၊ အ။ ဇရေ� ပသိဒ္ဓေါ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၃၂၉။(ဇွ�-သ�)]

3) Ჹ (ဇရ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[jara+a+.jara vayoh nimhi,jīratiç jīraṇanti v Ჹ.rū599.jīyanti vuḍḍh bhavanti assa� Ჹ,jaravayohnimhi�,ṭī.251.]
[ဇ�+�+အာ။ ဇ� ဝယောဟ� နိမှိ၊ ဇီရတ�,ဇီရဏန္တ� ဝ� ဇရာ။ ရူ၅၉၉� ဇီယန္တ� ဝုဍ္ဎ� ဘဝန္တ� အဿ� ဇရာ၊ ဇရဝယောဟာနိမှိ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂၅၁။]

4) (ဇာ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[jara+ṇa.jara vayohnimhi,jiyante anenti jro,dro ca�,ṭī.24va.]
[ဇ�+ဏ။ ဇ� ဝယောဟာနိမှိ၊ ဇိယန္တ� အနေနာတ� ဇာရော၊ ဒါရေ� စ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂၄ဝ။]

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

1) jara�

(Burmese text): အဖျားရောဂါ။

(Auto-Translation): Fever disease.

2) jara�

(Burmese text): ဆွေးမြေ�-ယိုယွင်�-အိုမင်�-ရင့်ယော�-သော။ ဇရက-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): Swaying - wobbling - old wave - shiny. Look at the star.

3) Ჹ�

(Burmese text): ဆွေးမြေ�-အိုမင်�-ရင့်ယော�-ခြင်း။

(Auto-Translation): Discussion - Opinion - Debate - Conclusion.

4) �

(Burmese text): (�) သယောက်လင်၊ လင်မြှောင်၊ လင်ငယ်။ ဇာရတ္တ�-(�)-ကြည့်။ (�) လင်၊ အမြဲလင်၊ လင်ကြီး။

(Auto-Translation): (1) male, male partner, young male. See Jaratthana-(1). (2) male, always male, big male.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jara (जर).—m (Corr. from jvara S) A fever.

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jara (जर).—m f ( P Gold.) Brocade.

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jara (जर).—conj If. It assumes frequently one or other of the following adjuncts, k, k�, karit�, kya; as jarak tō l tara mī dēīna.

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Ჹ (जर�).—f (S) Old age, and the relaxation and debility concomitant.

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Ჹ (जर�).—ad ( A) Somewhat, rather, in a small degree. An adverb qualifying verbs and attributives. 2 A little; in a small quantity. Ex. Ჹ tūpa pī mhaṇajē t� supī utarēla.

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(जा�).—m (S) A paramour, gallant, leman, amoroso.

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(जा�).—m n (Ჹyu S) The secundines or afterbirth. 2 m f Blobber, the blubber-like substance thrown up by the sea. 3 The spume in the mouth of infants or animals at birth. See phrase under tōṇḍac vḷaṇēṃ

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

jara (जर).�m A fever. m f Brocade. conj If. jara uṭhaṇēṃ To have one's fever pass off under eruptions (at the month &c.). jara bndhaṇēṃ To stop a fever by incanta- tions, by tying amulets &c. jara bharaṇēṃ- ōṇĸ Be incompetent, inadequate, un- able &c.

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Ჹ (जर�).�f Old age.

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Ჹ (जर�).�ad Some- what; a little.

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(जा�).�m A paramour. m f Blubber-like substance thrown up by the sea. The spume in the mouth of infants or animals at birth.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jara (जर).�a. [�-]

1) Becoming old or worn out, old, aged.

2) Wearing out,

3) Causing old age, producing decay, consuming.

-� 1 Wearing out, wasting.

2) Destruction.

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(जर�).—[�-� guṇa�] (The word jaras is optionally substituted for before vowel terminations after acc. dual.)

1) Old age; कैकेयीशङ्कयेवा� पलितच्छद्मना जर� (kaikeyīśṅkayevha palitacchadman Ჹ) R.12. 2; तस्य धर्मरतेरासीद् वृद्धत्व� जरया (tasya dharmaratersīd vṛddhatva� jaray) () विना () 1.23.

2) Decrepitude, infirmity, general debility consequent on old age.

3) Praise.

4) Digestion.

5) Name of a female demon; see जरासन्� (Ჹsandha) below.

6) Invoking, greeting.

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(जा�).—[jīryatyanena � karaṇe ghañ; jarayatīti � Nir.]

1) A paramour, gallant, lover; रथकारः स्वकां भार्या� सजारां शिरसावहत� (rathakra� svak� bhry� sajr� śirasvahat) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.54.

2) A confidential friend.

Name of Durg.

Derivable forms: (जारः).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Jara (जर).—[, m., old age, instead of Ჹ, f., according to text Lalitavistara 175.4 (verse) tatha ojaharo ahu vydhi jaro; so all mss. according to Lefm.; but citation Śṣsܳⲹ 206.2 has jage for jaro, and is supported by Tibetan ḥgro baḥi (in translation(s) of Lalitavistara); jage is surely right; jaro is carried over from 174.16�175.2 where Ჹ occurs repeatedly. Tibetan on Lalitavistara also supports Śṣsܳⲹ ayu instead of Lalitavistara text ahu, reading ḥdi.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(जर�).—f.

(-) 1. Decrepitude, the general relaxation and debility consequent upon old age, or old age itself. 2. A tree, (Mimusops kauki, Rox.) 3. A female demon or Rakshasi. E. to grow old, affixes and ṭp.

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(जा�).—m.

(-�) A paramour, a gallant. f. () A drug, a medicament. E. to grow infirm, karaṇe ghañ affix of agency, fem. ṅīṣ; weakening the affection of wives to their husbands, or diminishing the force of disease. jīryati anena .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(जा�).—i. e. j�10 + a, m. 1. A lover, Chr. 295, 11 = [Rigveda.] i. 92, 11. 2. A paramour, an adulterer, [Yjñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 301.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jara (जर).—[masculine] wearing out, wasting; [feminine] the same; decay, old age.

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(जर�).�1. [feminine] v. jara.

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(जर�).�2. [feminine] crackling, roaring; calling, greeting.

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(जा�).�1. [adjective] becoming old.

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(जा�).�2. [masculine] paramour, lover, friend.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jara (जर):�mfn. (�1. ), ‘becoming old� See a-jara, ahar-jaram

2) cf. go-jara

3) m. the act of wearing out, wasting, [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 11; 11, 34, 10]

4) (जर�):—[from jara] a f. ([Pṇini iii,3, 104]) the act of becoming old, old age, [Ṛg-veda i, 140, 8; v, 41, 17; Atharva-veda] etc. (personified as a daughter of Death, [Viṣṇu-purṇa i, 7, 31])

5) [v.s. ...] digestion, [Caraka iii, l and 3; vi; Suśruta vi, 46, 10]

6) [v.s. ...] decrepitude, [Horace H. Wilson]

7) [v.s. ...] a kind of date-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] Name of a Rkṣasī (cf. -ṃd), [Mahbhrata ii, vii; Harivaṃśa 1810; Bhgavata-purṇa ix, 22, 8]

9) [v.s. ...] cf. vi-jara.

10) [from jara] 1. f. old age See s.v. jara.

11) [from Ჹṇi-] 2. f. invocation, praise (stuti, [Nirukta, by Yska x, 8]), [Ṛg-veda i, 38, 13; x, 32, 5.]

12) (जा�):�1. mfn. (�) becoming old, [Ṛg-veda x, 106, 7]

13) m. (= Ჹ⾱�, ‘a consumer� [Nirukta, by Yska v, x; Pṇini 3-3, 20], [vArttika] 4) a paramour, lover, [Ṛg-veda] (Agni is called ‘paramour of the dawn�; also ‘of the waters�, [i, 46, 4]; ‘of his parents�, [x, 11, 6]; etc.), [Vjasaneyi-saṃhit; Taittiīya-brhmaṇa i; Lṭyyana i, 4, 4]

14) a confidential friend, [Ṛg-veda x, 7, 5, and 42, 2]

15) a paramour of a married woman, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa xiv; Lṭyyana i; Yjñavalkya] etc. (ifc. f(). , [Rjatarṅgiṇ� vi, 321; Hitopadeśa])

16) 2. m. ([from] jara) [patronymic] of Vṛśa, [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇik]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) (जर�):�(r) 1. f. Decrepitude; a female demon; a kind of tree.

2) (जा�):�(�) 1. m. A paramour. f. (ī) A drug, a medicament.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Jara (जर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jara, , .

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Jara (जर):�(nm) wealth, riches, gold; ~[khaīda] purchased, bought; ~[kheja] fertile; ~[ī] fertility; ~[doja] embroidered (with gold); ~[ī] (golden) embroidery.

2) (जर�):�(nf) old age, senility; ~[grasta] aged, decrepit; ~[īṇa] ageworn, decrepit.

3) (a) a little, a bit, slight; (adv) for a while; slightly; just (as —[ṻ󲹰] just wait); please, kindly (as —[mere stha calo]); -[] in bits; petty, trivial; -[Ჹ-sī bta para tunaka uṭhane vl] like a hen with one chicken, absurdly fussy; -[s] some; small, a small quantity.

4) (जा�) [Also spelled jaar]:�(nm) an adulterer, a paramour; —[karma] adultery, adulterous activity; ~[ja saṃtna] a bastard, adulterine, illegitimate; born on the wrong side of the blanket; ~[jat] illegitimacy; [jriṇ�] an adulteress.

5) (जा�) [Also spelled jaar]:�(a); -[ ron] to weep bitterly.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Jara (जर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Jvara.

2) Jara (जर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jara.

3) Jara (जर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jarat.

4) (जर�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: .

5) (जर�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: .

6) (जा�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: .

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jara (ಜರ):�

1) [noun] a rise of body temperature above the normal; fever.

2) [noun] any of various diseases of which fever is a prominent symptom.

3) [noun] a state of heightened or intense emotion or activity.

4) [noun] a contagious usu. transient enthusiasm.

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Jara (ಜರ):—[noun] the last period of normal human life, esp. when physical abilities are failing or have failed and body is becoming or has become infirm.

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Jara (ಜರ):�

1) [noun] gold, a malleable ductile yellow metallic element, used especially in coins, jewellery, etc.

2) [noun] a thin wire of gold extruded, to be used in textiles; a gold lace.

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(ಜಾ�):—[noun] a man who has, habitually tends to have, sexual relations with a woman or women other than his wife; a lecher; a debauchee.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) (जर�):—n. 1. old age; 2. infirmity; decrepitude; senility;

2) (जर�):—n. pl. of जर� [jaro ] 1

3) (जा�):—n. hist. 1. czar; 2. adulterine; paramour; 3. the word used for an adulterer by the cuckolded;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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