Pāli Dictionary

añjana

añjrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

añj8distinguish

general

  • collyrium; eye ointment (a medicinal or cosmetic salve for the eyes)

  • MN 75

    tassa so bhisakko sallakatto bhesajjaṃ kareyya, uddhaṃvirecanaṃ adhovirecanaṃ añjanaṃ paccañjanaṃ natthukammaṃ. so taṃ bhesajjaṃ āgamma cakkhūni uppādeyya, cakkhūni visodheyya.

  • black pigment; pitch-black colour

  • Thag 16.4

    aṭṭhapadakatā kesā, nettā añjanamakkhitā, alaṃ bālassa mohāya, no ca pāragavesino.

  • AN 9.37

    ekam'id'āhaṃ, āvuso, samayaṃ sākete viharāmi añjanavane migadāye. atha kho, āvuso, jaṭilavāsikā bhikkhunī yen'āhaṃ ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.

Encyclopedia

Añjana
Person

  • A Sakyan noble, son of Devadaha, father of Mahāmāyā and Mahāpajāpatī who both married Suddhodana, and, according to some sources, also father of Daṇḍapāṇi and Suppabuddha.

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