Jalini, Jālinī: 12 definitions
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Jalini means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraJālinī (जालिनी):—One of the sixty-eight Rasauṣadhi, very powerful drugs known to be useful in alchemical processes related to mercury (rasa), according to Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara (chapter 9).
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuJālinī (जालिनी) is another name for Kośātakī, a medicinal plant identified with Luffa acutangula (angled luffa or ribbed sponge gourd) from the Cucurbitaceae or “gourd family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.48-49 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Jālinī and Kośātakī, there are a total of eight Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Jalini - One of the five queens of the third Okkaka king. DA.i.258; MT.131; SNA.i.352.
2. Jalini - A goddess of Tavatimsa, a former wife of Anuruddha. Once seeing him old and feeble, she appeared before him in Kosala and bade him aspire to rebirth among the gods. Anuruddha told her there would be no rebirth for him. S.i.200; Thag.vs.908; ThagA.ii.73; SA.i.226.
3. Jalini - See Saddasaratthajalini.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismJālinī (जालिनी) refers to one of the five wives of Okkāka: an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa), according to the Mahābuddhavaṃsa or Maha Buddhavamsa (the great chronicle of Buddhas) Anudīpanī chapter 1, compiled by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw. The wives of King Okkāka, the last of the 252,556 kings, were five: Hatthā, Cittā, Jantu, Jālinī, and Visākhā. Each of them had five hundred ladies-in-waiting.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsJalini [जालिनी] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. from the Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin) family having the following synonyms: Luffa acutangula var. amara, Luffa amara. For the possible medicinal usage of jalini, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryjālinī : (f.) lust; desire; craving.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJālinī (जालिनी).—
1) A room ornamented with pictures.
2) A kind of melon (koṣātakī).
3) Certain boils or pustules which appear in the disease called प्रमेह (prameha).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryJālinī (जालिनी).—(f. to jālin, q.v., but in sense of ensnaring or the like: = Pali id., epithet of taṇhā, with or without that word; the comms. have various explanations, three being offered on Dhammapada (Pali) 180 alone), perhaps ensnaring, or subst. enchantress, as epithet of tṛṣnā, thirst, longing: tasiṇāṃ ca jālinīṃ Mahāvastu i.166.20 (verse); jālinīṃ tṛṣṇāṃ ii.307.12; tṛṣṇāṃ chittvāna jālinīṃ 357.15; jālinī…tṛṣṇā iii.92.1 = Pali Dhammapada (Pali) 180 jālinī…taṇhā; without the word tṛṣṇā, Dharma- samuccaya (unpublished [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] work) 8.44, 47, according to Renou, JA Jul.—Sept. 1939 p. 336 note 1; in a personal letter of May 16, 1945, Renou kindly informs me that here jālinī ‘a ni plus ni moins le sens de ṭṛṣṇā, hors de toute ambiance métaphorique; de même pour viśālā’ (q.v.). We should, then, doubtless recognize the same [Page242-b+ 71] meaning in: sarvakileśabandhanalatāṃ…jālinīṃ (Tibetan dra ba, net) Lalitavistara 276.12 (verse), and: iha jālinī…ṣaṭtriṃśati- cāriṇī Lalitavistara 373.7 (verse), thirst which acts in 32 ways (as does taṇhā in Pali, [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] s.v.); Foucaux le filet d'illusion. Most mss. and Calcutta (see LV.) read indrajālinī for iha j° (hence Foucaux's rendering); but this is metrical(ly) impossible, and the epithet proves that tṛṣṇā is referred to.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jālinī (जालिनी):—[from jālin > jāla] f. ([scilicet] piḍakā) Name of certain boils appearing in the Prameha disease, [Caraka i, 17, 80 and 83; Suśruta ii, 6, 8 and 10]
2) [v.s. ...] a species of melon (having a reticulated rind), [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] a painted room or one ornamented with pictures, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJālini (ಜಾಲಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] the vine Luffa acutangula (= Cucumis acutangula) of Cucurbitaceae family.
2) [noun] its gourd used as a vegetable.
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Jāḷini (ಜಾಳಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] the vine Luffa acutangula (= Cucumis acutangula) of Cucurbitaceae family.
2) [noun] its gourd used as a vegetable.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Jalinimukha, Jaliniprabha, Jaliniprabhalokeshvara.
Ends with: Mahajalini, Saddasaratthajalini.
Full-text (+3): Jangula, Jatilini, Mahajalini, Jaliniprabha, Jalinimukha, Tasina, Samuhata, Vishaktika, Jvalin, Calini, Vishala, Vishakha, Citta, Jalin, Rasaushadhi, Angulimala, Hattha, Koshataki, Okkaka, Anuruddha Sutta.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - The temptation of Anuruddha (visit of the Manāpakāyikā-devatās) < [Chapter XVII - The Virtue of Generosity]
Appendix 3 - The story of Aṅgulimāla < [Chapter XXXIX - The Ten Powers of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 179-180 - The Story of the Three Daughters of Māra < [Chapter 14 - Buddha Vagga (The Buddha)]
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 17 - The diseases of the head (shiroroga) and of the heart (hridroga) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 2: Nidanasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 5: Kalpasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Classification of diseases in the Caraka-Saṃhitā < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]