añjanaḥ1 A kind of lizard. -2 N. of a tree or mountain. -3 N. of the guardian elephant (of the west or s. w.) tasya cānye'pi diṅnāgā babhūburanuyāyinaḥ | añjano bāmanaścaiva mahāpadmaśca suprabhaḥ || Mb.6.64.57. -nam [ajyate anena; añj lyuṭ] 1 Anointing, smearing with, dantadhāvanamañjanaṃ pūrvāhṇa eva kurvīta Ms.4.152; mixing; unfolding, manifesting. -2 Collyrium or black pigment used to paint the eyelashes; vilocanaṃ dakṣiṇamañjanena saṃbhāvya R.7.8 salve; amṛta˚ ko'yaṃ dṛśoramṛtāñjanam U.4.18 ambrosial salve; kurvan ˚mecakā iva diśo meghaḥ samuttiṣṭhate Mk.5.8,1.34; (fig. also) ajñānāndhasya lokasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā | cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai pāṇinaye namaḥ || Śik.45; paṭutaravivekāñjanajuṣām Bh.3.84; cf. also dāridyraṃ paramāñjanam; (fig.) impurity, as in nirañjana, q. v. -3 Paint, a cosmetic ointment. -4 Magic ointment. -5 A special kind of material of the black pigment, such as antimony (used as collyrium, lamp-black &c. sauvīra-6 Ink. -7 Fire. -8 Night. -9 (nam, nā) (Rhet.) A suggested meaning; also the process by which such meaning is suggested. It is the power of suggestion (founded on abhidhā or lakṣaṇā 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 &c. (saṃyoga, viprayoga, sāhacarya, virodhitā &c.), or, briefly, the use of a word of several meanings in a special sense determined by the context; e. g.saśaṅkhacakro hariḥ the adjective restricts Hari to mean 'Viṣṇu' alone, and not a 'lion' or 'monkey'; so rāmalakṣmaṇau dāśarathī, rāmārjunau bhārgavakārtavīryau &c.; cf. anekārthasya śabdasya vāca- katve niyantrite | saṃyogādyairavācyārthadhīkṛd vyāpṛtirañjanam || K.P.2., S. D.23-6; See vyāñjanā also. -Comp. -adhikā [añjanā- dadhikā kṛṣṇatvāt] a kind of lizard. -adriḥ-giriḥ (karma.) [añjanamiva kṛṣṇaḥ giriḥ] N. of a mountain, See nīlagiri. -ambhasn. eye-water. -keśī [añjanāmiva keśo yasyāḥ] N. of a vegetable perfume (haṭṭavilāsinīnāmakaṃ gandhadravyaṃ yatsaṃyogā- tkeśasyātīva kṛṣṇatvam (Mar. nakhalā). -tritayam (Āyurveda) puṣpāñjana, rasāñjana and kolāñjana. -nāmakāṣa. ta.] a swelling of the eyelid, sty (Mar. rāṃjaṇavāḍī). -mūlakaḥ A variety of an inferior gem, deep-dark in colour. Kau.A.2.11. -śalākā a stick or pencil for the application of collyrium.