aṃjanaḥ

aṃjanaḥ

1 A kind of lizard.

2 N. of a tree or mountain.

3 N. of the guardian elephant (of the west or s. w.)

— naṃ [ajyate anena; aṃj lyuṭ]

1 Anointing, smearing with; daṃtadhāvanamaṃjanaṃ pūrvāhṇa eva kurvīta Ms. 4. 152; mixing; unfolding, manifesting.

2 Collyrium or black pigment used to paint the eye-lashes; vilocanaṃ dakṣiṇamaṃjanena saṃbhāvya R. 7. 8 salve; amṛta° U. 4. 19 ambrosial salve; kurvan °mecakā iva diśo meghaḥ samuttiṣṭhate Mk. 5. 8, 1. 34; (fig. also) ajñānāṃdhasya lokasya jñānāṃjanaśalākayā . cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai pāṇinaye namaḥ Śik. 45; paṭutaravivekāṃjanajuṣāṃ Bh. 3. 84; cf. also dāridryaṃ (pb) paramāṃjanaṃ; (fig.) impurity, as in niraṃjana, 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 (naṃ 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. saśaṃkhacakro hariḥ the adjective restricts Hari to mean ‘Vishṇu’ alone, and not ‘a lion’ or ‘monkey’; so rāmalakṣmaṇau dāśarathī, rāmārjunau bhārgavakārtavīryau &c.; cf. anekārthasya śabdasya vācakatve niyaṃtrite . saṃyogādyairavācyārthadhīkṛdvyāpṛtiraṃjanaṃ .. K. P. 2., S. D. 23-6; See vyaṃjanā also.

Comp.

— adhikā [ aṃjanādadhikā kṛṣṇatvāt] a kind of lizard.

— adriḥ-giriḥ (karma.) [aṃjanamiva kṛṣṇaḥ giriḥ] N. of a mountain, See nīlagiri.

— aṃbhas n. eye-water.

— keśī [aṃjanamiva keśo yasyāḥ] N. of a vegetable perfume (haṭṭavilāsinīnāmakaṃ gaṃdhadravyaṃ yatsaṃyogātkeśasyātīva kṛṣṇatvaṃ) (Mar. nakhalā).

— nāmakā [ṣa. ta.] a swelling of the eye-lid, stye.

— śalākā a stick or pencil for the application of collyrium.