ajinaajina, am, n. (probably at first the skin of a goat, aja, with the hair on, then any skin which would answer the same purpose); the hairy skin of an antelope, especially a black antelope, which serves the religious student for a couch, seat, covering, &c.; the hairy skin of a tiger, &c.; (as), m., N. of a descendant of Pṛthu. —Ajina-pattrā or ajina-pattrī or ajina-pattrikā, f. a bat. —Ajina-phalā, f., N. of a plant (?). —Ajina-yoni, is, m. (origin of the skin), an antelope, deer. —Ajina-vāsin, ī, inī, i, clad in a skin. —Ajina-sandha,as, m. (who joins or prepares skins), a furrier.
2) ein lederner Sack, - Beutel: °ratnaeine Perle von einem solchen Beutel DAŚAK. in BENF. Chr. 191, 16; vgl. carmaratnabhastrikā 189, 2. ratnabhūtā carmabhastrikā 19.
Ajina. — This word denotes generally the skin of an animal -e.g., a gazelle,1 as well as that of a goat (Aja).2 The use of skins as clothing is shown by the adjective ‘clothed in skins’ (ajina-vāsin) in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,3 and the furrier's trade is mentioned in the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā.4 The Maruts also wear deer-skins,5 and the wild ascetics (muni) of a late Rigveda hymn6 seem to be clad in skins (Mala). [Footnote] 1) Av. v. 21, 7. [Footnote] 2) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 2, 1, 21. 24. [Footnote] 3) iii. 9, 1, 12. [Footnote] 4) xxx. 15 (ajina-saṃdha); Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 2, 13, 1 (ajina-saṃdhāya). [Footnote] 5) Rv. i. 166, 10. [Footnote] 6) x. 136, 2. Cf. Zimmer, AltindischesLeben, 262.
AJINA . 1) Genealogy From Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Marīci, Kaśyapa, Vaivasvata, Uttānapāda, Dhruva, Śṛṣṭi, Ripu, Cākṣuṣa, Manu, Uru, Aṃga, Vena, Pṛthu, Antardhāna, Havirdhāna and Ajina. 2) Birth. Pṛthu had two sons, Antardhāna and Vādi. Antardhāna had a son, Havirdhāna, by Śikhaṇḍinī. Dhiṣaṇā, who was born in the Agnikula became Havir- dhāna's wife. Six sons were born to them, Prācīna- barhis, Śukra, Gaya, Kṛṣṇa, Vraja and Ajina. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I, Chapter 14).