Jajjara: 6 definitions

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Jajjara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Jajjara in Pali glossary

jajjara : (adj.) feeble with age; old; vithered.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Jajjara, (From intensive of jarati) withered, feeble with age Th. 2, 270; J. I, 5, 59 (jarā°); ThA. 212; PvA. 63 (°bhāva, state of being old) — not fading (cp. amata & ajarāmara), of Nibbāna S. IV, 369. (Page 277)

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) jajjara (ဇဇ္ဇရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
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2) jajjara (ဇဇ္ဇရ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[jara+jara.jara vayohāniyaṃ,ajarīti jajjaro,jiṇṇe.ṇvādi.152.(jajara-saṃ)]
[ဇရ+ဇရ။ ဇရ ဝယောဟာနိယံ၊ အဇရီတိ ဇဇ္ဇရော၊ ဇိဏ္ဏေ။ ဏွာဒိ။၁၅၂။ (ဇဇရ-သံ)]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) jajjara—

(Burmese text): (၁) ဆွေးမြေ့-ယိုယွင်း-ခြင်း။ (က) အိုမင်း-ဟောင်းနွမ်း-ခြင်း။ ဇဇ္ဇရီဘူတ-ကြည့်။ (ခ) ကွဲအက်ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၂) ဆွေးမြေ့-ယိုယွင်း-သော။ (က) အိုမင်း-ဟောင်းနွမ်း-သော။ (ခ) ကွဲအက်သော။ ဇဇ္ဇရိတ-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Confusion - Disorganization. (a) Old - Old-fashioned. Refer to the Jajjaribuka. (b) Fragmentation. (2) Confusion - Disorganized state. (a) Old - Outdated. (b) Fragmented. Refer to the Jajjarita.

2) jajjara—

(Burmese text): [¿]
ဇဇ္ဇရမည်သော မြစ်။ ဇဇ္ဇရနဒီသန္တိက-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): [¿] A river that is flowing. Look at the flowing essence of life.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

1) Jajjara (जज्जर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Jarjara.

2) Jajjara (जज्जर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jarjara.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary
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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Jajjara (ಜಜ್ಜರ):—

1) [adjective] reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear or neglect; infirm; worn out; shattered.

2) [adjective] weakened by mental distress, agony, etc.

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Jajjara (ಜಜ್ಜರ):—

1) [noun] a broken, uneven or interrupted tone or voice.

2) [noun] a low voice.

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Jajjāra (ಜಜ್ಜಾರ):—[adjective] occurring or existing in a high degree; very strong; violent, extreme, sharp.

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Jajjāra (ಜಜ್ಜಾರ):—

1) [noun] a courageous, undaunted man.

2) [noun] the quality of being brave, courageous; courage; bravery.

3) [noun] open armed conflict between two hostile armies.

4) [noun] an army of courageous soldiers.

5) [noun] (fig.) a cruel or inhuman action.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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