Ajagara, Ājagara, Ajāgara, Aja-gara: 25 definitions
Introduction:
Ajagara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Ajagar.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaĀjagara (आजगर).—An ascetic. Śānti Parva of Mahābhārata in its 179th Chapter states that Prahlāda conversed with this sage.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Ājagara (आजगर).—A vrata followed by Ṛṣabha when he became a mendicant.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 5. 32.
1b) A sage. Praḥlāda saw him one day lying on the bare ground on a cliff of the Sahya hills, and bowed to him. Praḥlāda asked the sage how he who had no comforts was able to maintain a sound body. The sage replied that he had renounced all desires, learning renunciation from the bee and contentment from the serpent, while his mind was ever absorbed in Hari.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VII. 13. 11-18, 20-45.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Prācyā: Animals and animal products as reflected in Smṛti textsAjagara (अजगर) refers to a “python”.—The Parāśarasmṛti [VI.9] states that one who kills a python (Ajagara) and water snake that is non-venomous [ḍuṇḍubha] should feed a Brahmin with kṛsara (rice boiled with sesame) and donate him an iron rod.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaAjagara (अजगर) refers to a “python”, the skin of which is used in various bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Mimusops elengi trees blossom forth producing lots of Michelia champaca flowers if continuously fed with flesh water after filling the bottom with plenty of mud mixed with rotten lotus seeds and the skin of a python (ajagara-carman) or snake. [Some words are unintelligible]”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsAjagara (अजगर):—[ajagaraḥ] Snakes of boaede family.
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 NamesA peta who lived in Gijjhakuta. He was seen there by Mogallana, but not by Moggallanas companion Lakkhana Thera. Later, in answer to a question by Lakkhana Thera, the Buddha revealed the petas past. He had been a bandit in Kassapa Buddhas time, and having been unintentionally offended by the treasurer Sumangala, who had built a Gandhakuti for Kassapa, he sought to take revenge on him and to make him angry by committing various heinous crimes against him. But the latter showed no wrath, and once, after having given aims to the Buddha, he gave over the merit, so gained, to the bandit. He thereupon repented, but his evil kamma was too great for him to be able to win any special attainment. DhA.iii.60ff.
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).
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan BuddhismAjagara (अजगर) refers to one of the male Vidyā-beings mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Ajagara).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsAjagara [ಅಜಗರ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. from the Asteraceae (Sunflower) family having the following synonyms: Eclipta erecta, Eclipta alba, Eclipta punctata. For the possible medicinal usage of ajagara, 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.
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Ajagara in India is the name of a plant defined with Eclipta alba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Verbesina prostrata L. (among others).
2) Ajagara is also identified with Eclipta prostrata It has the synonym Aspilia mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· New Flora and Botany of North America (1836)
· Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard.
· Revista Brasileira de Genética (1986)
· Botanical Miscellany (1831)
· FBI (1881)
· Glimpses in Plant Research (1992)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ajagara, for example pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.
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 Dictionaryajagara : (m.) boa constrictor.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAjagara, (aja + gara = gala fr. *gel to devour, thus “goateater”) a large snake (rock-snake?), Boa Constrictor J.VI, 507; Miln.23, 303, 364, 406; DhA.III, 60. Also as ajakara at J.III, 484 (cp. Trenckner, Notes p. 64). (Page 10)
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryajagara (अजगर).—m (S) A large serpent, a species of boa. 2 fig. A devotee dead to the pursuits, pleasures, and pains of humanity. 3 Applied to a dull, drowsy, sluggish fellow. Some compounds are a0 svabhāva-prakṛti-cāla-sampradāya.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishajagara (अजगर).—m A large serpent, a species of boa. A dull fellow. ajagarāsārakhā paḍaṇēṃ Lie lazily stretched along.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAjagara (अजगर).—See under अज (aja).
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Ajāgara (अजागर).—a. [na. ba.] Not wakeful, not requiring keeping up.
-raḥ [jāgarayatīti jāgaraḥ na jāgaro yasmāt] A plant, Verbesina Prostrata (bhṛṅgarājavṛkṣa) (sevanena nidrārāhityakārakaḥ, yadapekṣayā anyasmin jāgaraṇakartṛtvaṃ nāsti.) (Mar. mākā).
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Ājagara (आजगर).—a. (-rī f.) [अजगर-अण् (ajagara-aṇ)] Relating to ajagara or the boa; a chapter in the Mahābhārata.
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Ajagara (अजगर).—[ajaṃ chāgaṃ girati bhakṣayati; gṝ-ac] a huge serpent (boa-constrictor) who is said to swallow goats.
-rī Name of a plant.
Derivable forms: ajagaraḥ (अजगरः).
Ajagara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aja and gara (गर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (अजगर).—m. (raḥ) The Bor, or Boa, a large serpent. (Boa constrictor. E. aja a goat, and gara who swallows. from gṛ with ac aff.
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Ajāgara (अजागर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Not wakeful, not awake. m.
(-raḥ) A plant, (Eclipta, or verbesina prostrata.) E. a neg. and jāgara wakeful.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (अजगर).—i. e. aja-gṛ10 + a, m. A large serpent, Boa constrictor.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (अजगर).—[masculine] large serpent, boa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ajagara (अजगर):—[=aja-gara] [from aja > aj] m. (‘goat-swallower’), a huge serpent, boa constrictor, [Atharva-veda etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of an Asura
3) Ajāgara (अजागर):—[=a-jāgara] mfn. not awake, not wakeful, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] m. the plant Eclipta or Verbesina Prostrata.
5) Ājagara (आजगर):—[from āja] mf(ī)n. ([from] aja-gara), treating of the boa or large serpent (as a chapter of the [Mahābhārata])
6) [v.s. ...] belonging to a boa, [Mahābhārata xii, 12533; Kathāsaritsāgara]
7) [v.s. ...] proper to a boa, [Mahābhārata xii, 6677 seqq.]
8) [v.s. ...] acting like a boa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjagara (अजगर):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m.
(-raḥ) The Boa, a large serpent. (Boa constrictor.) Ii. f.
(-rī) The name of a plant. E. aja and gara (who swallows).
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Ajāgara (अजागर):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.
(-raḥ-rā-ram) Not wakeful, not awake. Ii. m.
(-raḥ) A small plant (Eclipta, or Verbesina prostrata). See bhṛṅgarāja. E. a neg. and jāgara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ajagara (अजगर):—[aja-gara] (raḥ) 1. m. A large serpent (Boa constrictor).
2) Ajāgara (अजागर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A plant (Eclipta prostrata).
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ajagara (अजगर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ayagara.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAjagara (अजगर) [Also spelled ajagar]:—(nm) a python, a huge snake; ~[rī] phythonic, pertaining to the python; •[vṛtti] leisurely attitude, a sense of inertia.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAjagara (ಅಜಗರ):—
1) [noun] a genus of large snakes, akin to python, that kills its preys by crushing; boa-constrictor.
2) [noun] a slow-moving man or the one disinclined to exertion.
3) [noun] the plant Ecliptta prostrata ( = E.alba) of Asteraceae family.
4) [noun] Hydra, a large southern constellation.
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Ajāgara (ಅಜಾಗರ):—[adjective] not being attentive or careful; inadvertent;; careless.
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Ajāgara (ಅಜಾಗರ):—[noun] a common weed Eclipta alba ( = E. prostrata) of Asteraceae family.
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)
Partial matches: Gara, A, Jagara, Aja.
Starts with: Ajagaracarman, Ajagaraka-data-rama, Ajagaraparva, Ajagarasarakha Pasaranem-Padanem-Nijanem, Ajagaravrata, Ajagaravritti.
Ends with: Alkajagara, Bheshajagara, Kajagara, Karajagara, Mantrajagara, Prajagara, Rajagara, Sajagara, Viduraprajagara, Yajnajagara.
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