Jirna, īṇ�, īṇa: 24 definitions
Introduction:
Jirna means something in 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Jirn.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuīṇ� (जीर्णा) is another name for the second variety of ṛdܰ첹, a medicinal plant identified with either a) Argyreia nervosa (synonym Argyreia speciosa or Hawaiian baby woodrose or elephant creeper) or b) Merremia peltata (synonym Ipomoea petaloidea), both from the Convolvulaceae or “moring glory family� of flowering plants, according to verse 3.117-119 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (ḍūc徱-) of this book contains climbers and creepers (īܻ). Together with the names īṇ� and ṛdܰ첹, there are a total of fourteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsaīṇa (जीर्�) refers to “unused� (wells) or “dilapidated� (buildings), as taught in the Kāśyapa Saṃhi: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The Kāśyapasaṃhi mentions that snake-bites that happen in certain places [like an unused well (īṇa-ū貹) or dilapidated buildings (īṇa-)] are highly inimical to the victim.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda Therapeuticsīṇa (जीर्�) or īṇajvara refers to “chronic fever�, and is dealt with in the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 6) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs during that time, disease (viz., īṇa-ᱹ) manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.

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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantramīṇa (जीर्�) refers to “old� (e.g., an old blanket), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, �(The Śāmbhava yogi) has the authority (to perform the rites), knows the scripture and has a consort. [...] The observance of the teacher’s dictates is his vow. He resides in a mountain cave. Having established his space, he fasts and eats roots and bulbs. He is a regular initiate and eats what he has begged from houses. He is a yogi who lives in the forest. Free of duality and craving, he is intent on practicing Yoga at night. Free of being and non-being, he is wrapped in an old blanket [i.e., īṇa-첹Գٳ-ṇṭٲ�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditionsīṇa (जीर्�) refers to �(being) digested�, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī (KSTS vol. 65, 327�331).—Accordingly, “When, further, these elements of prāṇa, body, etc., [already] penetrated by the elixir of Awareness, are thoroughly permeated [by it], they are [then] ‘digested� (īṇa) like the element of gold [is by mercury], by which [process] their purifier, the ‘liquefied essence� [of Awareness] as it were, alone remains—then that too is the state Beyond the Fourth�.
Note: [īṇa here stands in for ṇa, one of the sixteen -ṃs (alchemical processes)].—The [above] process goes like this: having inundated/penetrated (viddha) the objective layers of self-hood (body etc.) with the “elixir� of one’s ultimate nature (i.e., ṃv-, autonomous dynamic consciousness), the “gold� hidden within them is extracted, i.e. their dependence on consciousness as their substrate is revealed. When those layers have become completely permeated (Ծṣṭ�Ծṣṭ'ٲⲹԳٲ�), through, one presumes, further spiritual practice, all trace of their objectivity (and the ṃs thereof) is “worn away� or “digested� (īṇa) by the elixir of consciousness—as mercury eats up gold flakes—which thus becomes a single unitary mass of awareness (�prakāśa-ghanam eva saṃvidrūpam�, cited infra).
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantraīṇa (जीर्�) refers to “digestion�, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 19.94cd-99ab, while describing the ritual that protect the king and his kingdom]—“[...] Great sleep, who bewilders the world, is there. For the king’s well-being at night and for his digestion (īṇa-artha) when he eats, etc., this worship should continue [throughout the night] by the order of the God of Gods. Then [the king] should sleep the entire night. He should remain at ease, free of the dangers of Yakṣas, Rakṣas, Pisācas, fear of disrupted sleep—which bring about Mātṛs—and trembling from those afflictions�.

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.
Kavya (poetry)
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)īṇa (जीर्�) refers to a “withered (mendicant)�, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 226).—There are apparently several Tantric rites that Bāṇa pejoratively associates with the priest: [...] “he had written down the [work known as ] the ‘Doctrine of Mahākāla� instructed to him by a withered Mahāpāśupata mendicant�; “he was one in whom the disease of talking about [finding] treasure had arisen�; “in him the wind [disease] of alchemy had grown�; “he entertained the deluded desire of becoming the lover of a Yakṣa maiden�.

Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Textsīṇa (जीर्�) or īṇasaṃskāra refers to �(renovation procedures for) old temple parts�, as discussed in the seventeenth chapter of the īⲹṃh: a Pāñcarātra document comprising over 3000 verses in 30 chapters presenting in a narrative framework the teachings of Nārada to Gautama, dealing primarily with modes of worship and festivals.—Description of the chapter [īṇa-saṃskāra-vidhi]: Gautama asks Nārada what to do when repairs have to be made (īṇa-saṃskāra) to the main icon, the Բ-structure, the Բ-building, the ṇḍ貹-pavilions, the gopura-towers, and the 貹-shrines. Nārada turns first to matters of repairing an icon, noting that differences will occur whether the main icon is acknowledged to be man-made or is considered to be of semi-divine or even of divine origin [Գṣa-ṣa-ⲹⲹٲ]. [...] Briefer directions are given for instances when the Բ-structure itself, or when ṇḍ貹-pavilions, or -walls, etc., need repair (īṇa-saṃskāra) (61b-92a).

Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: HereNow4u: Lord Śrī Ѳ屹īīṇa (जीर्�) is the name of a garden visited by Ѳ屹ī during his thirteenth year of spiritual-exertion.—In the middle of the 13th year on the tenth day of the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha month in the afternoon, the Lord was in meditation under a Śala tree in the īṇa garden by the banks of the river Jṛmbhikā outside the village Jṛmbhikā. At that time, ascending the accelerated path of annihilating the obscuring karmas (ṣa貹첹śṇ�) with a fast without water and in the second stage of pure (Śukla) meditation; the Lord destroyed the four obscuring karmas, namely, deluding, intuition obscuring, knowledge obscuring and interference producing under Uttarāphālgunī constellation, and achieve pure intuition and pure knowledge i.e. became an Arhanta and omniscient.
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflectionsīṇa (जीर्�) refers to “worn out� (bondage), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “That very same [thing], by which the karmas, being the seeds of birth, are worn out, is said [to be] wearing away karma by those who have subdued their senses whose bondage is worn out (īṇa-bandhana). On account of the difference between what is intentional and unintentional, wearing awaykarma has two varieties which are the cause for cutting off the many chains produced by actions�.

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.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Jirna in India is the name of a plant defined with Anisochilus carnosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus strobiliferus Roxb. (among others).
2) Jirna is also identified with Rivea hypocrateriformis.
3) Jirna is also identified with Rivea ornata It has the synonym Convolvulus ocellatus var. ornatus (Engler) A. Meeuse (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bombay Fl.: (1861)
· Edwards’s Botanical Register
· Fl. Bombay (1908)
· Phil. J. Sci. (1912)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants� ed. 2 (1832)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Jirna, for example health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryīṇa (जीर्�).—a (S) Old and wasted; infirm or decayed; worn out--an animal or a thing. 2 Digested--food.
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īṇa (जीर्�) [or जीर्णज्व�, īṇajvara].—m S A slow and continual fever; a hectic fever.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishīṇa (जीर्�).�a Old and wasted, worn out. Digested–food.
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īṇa (जीर्�).�m A hectic fever.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryīṇa (जीर्�).�p. p. [�-ٲ]
1) Old, ancient.
2) Worn out, ruined, wasted, decayed, tattered (as clothes); वासांस� जीर्णानि यथ� विहा� (vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya) Bhagavadgī (Bombay) 2.22; Uttararāmacarita 6.38; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.3.
3) Digested; सुजीर्णमन्नं सुविचक्षणः सुतः (suīṇamanna� suvicakṣaṇa� suta�) H.1.22.
-ṇa� 1 An old man.
2) A tree.
3) Cumin-seed.
-ṇ� Large cuminseed.
-rṇam 1 Benzoin.
2) Old age, decrepitude.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīṇa (जीर्�).—mfn.
(-ṇa�-ṇ�-ṇa�) 1. Old, ancient. 2. Withered decayed. 3. Digested. m.
(-ṇa�) 1. An old man. 2. Cumin seed. n.
(-ṇa�) Benjamin. E. E. � to become old or decayed, affix kta.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīṇa (जीर्�).—[adjective] decayed, infirm, old, frail, dry; [neuter] digestion; also = seq.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) īṇa (जीर्�):—[from ī] mfn. ([Pāṇini 3-2, 104]) old, worn out, withered, wasted, decayed, [Atharva-veda x, 8, 27; Taittirīya-saṃhi i; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] ancient (tradition), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] digested, [Mahābhārata iii, 8623; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] m. an old man, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] (= Ჹṇa), a tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] = ṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] n. old, age,, decrepitude, [Rājataraṅgiṇ� iii, 316]
8) [v.s. ...] ‘digestion� See -śپ
9) [v.s. ...] benjamin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) īṇ� (जीर्णा):—[from īṇa > ī] f. large cumin-seed, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīṇa (जीर्�):—[(rṇa�-rṇ�-ṇa�) a.] Old; decayed; digested. m. An old man; cumin seed. n. Benjamin.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)īṇa (जीर्�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṇṇ, Jīṇa, ṇṇ.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryīṇa (जीर्�) [Also spelled jirn]:�(a) time-worn, decayed, decrepit; old, chronic; —[jvara] chronic fever; hence ~[] (nf); —[vastra] worn-out/tattered cloth; -[śīṇa] tattered, worn and torn.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusīṇa (ಜೀರ್�):�
1) [adjective] having lived or been in existence for a long time; aged; old; ancient.
2) [adjective] feeble; enfeebled; weak.
3) [adjective] reduced to or fallen into pieces or into disrepair, as from age, wear or neglect; dilapidated.
4) [adjective] decayed; spoiled; rotten.
5) [adjective] (said of food) digested; assimilated in the body.
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īṇa (ಜೀರ್�):�
1) [noun] the ripe age in one’s life; old age.
2) [noun] an old man.
3) [noun] a being dissolved.
4) [noun] the act or process of (food) being digested, assimilated in the body.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryīṇa (जीर्�):—adj. 1. old; decayed; worn-out; expired; 2. age-old; enduring; traditional; time-honored; 3. ragged; shabby; worn;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+13): Jirnabradhnaka, Jirnabudhna, Jirnabudhnaka, Jirnacchada, Jirnadevayatana, Jirnadhanya, Jirnadurga, Jirnajvarahara, Jirnajvarin, Jirnakantha, Jirnakari, Jirnakosha, Jirnamadya, Jirnamanjari, Jirnamata, Jirnamayajvara, Jirnamga, Jirnaparnaja, Jirnaparnna, Jirnapattra.
Full-text (+107): Ajirna, Jirnoddhara, Jirnajvara, Jirnadaru, Jirnata, Jirnavajra, Jirnavastra, Sujirna, Jirnaparna, Jirnodyana, Jirnavatika, Atijirna, Jirnamata, Jirnabudhna, Jirnapattrika, Jirnaphanji, Jirnatika, Jirnavat, Jirnabudhnaka, Parijirna.
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Search found 52 books and stories containing Jirna, īṇ�, īṇa; (plurals include: Jirnas, īṇās, īṇas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.42 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.1.158 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of Śrī Advaita Ācārya]
Verse 3.3.450 < [Chapter 3 - Mahāprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal]
Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)
6.2. Pseudepigraphic Works Cited < [Introduction]
2. The Ikkavāla and Induvāra Configurations < [Chapter 3 - The Sixteen Configurations]
2. General Results of the Munthahā < [Chapter 5 - The Ruler of the Year and Related Matters]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 6.8 < [Chapter 6 - Rules Pertaining to Birth]
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