Jara, Jāra, Jarā, Jará: 34 definitions

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstra

Jarā (जरा) is a Sanskrit technical term that refers to the “ageing process”, as per rasaśāstra literature (Medicinal Alchemy)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Jara (जर) refers to “fever” and is a symptom of a (venemous) bite caused by the Siṃha rats, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—[Cf. siṃhāsyasyārucirjaraḥ]

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: PMC: Ayurvedic management of postlumbar myelomeningocele surgery

Ācaryas of Ayurveda opine that Jarā (senility) is a natural disease (Svābhāvika vyādhi). Premature senility can be well-prevented by regular intake of Rasāyana or Vayassthāpana (longevity promoter) drugs. It is suggested to introduce Rasāyana drugs during young and middle phases of life. Ayurvedic classics document the decade wise decline in individuals and emphasized further that the decline of intelligence and memory starts at the end of 40th year of the life.

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Jarā (जरा):—A stage indicating the age

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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.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Jara (जर).—A forester. It was this forester who shot an arrow at Śrī Kṛṣṇa and killed him mistaking him for an animal. (See under Śrī Kṛṣṇa).

2) Jarā (जरा).—A harpy (Rākṣasī). Though she was a harpy she loved human beings. It is believed that if the picture of Jarā and her children is placed in the house and venerated, there will be no haunting of any other kinds of demons.

2) The figure of Jarā was sculptured on the wall of the Palace of Bṛhadratha, the King of Magadha, and was being worshipped. Because the King worshipped her, she had been looking forward to an opportunity to reward the King. Bṛhadratha had married two daughters of the King of Kāśī. They were twin sisters. For a long time they remained childless. The King was very sorry, and went to the forest with his wives. He saw the hermit Kakṣīvān or Caṇḍakauśika, the son of Gautama and requested that a son should be born to him. The hermit was sitting in meditation under a mango tree and a mango fell on his lap. The hermit took it and by prayer and meditation he invoked divine power into it and gave it to the King. The King divided it into two and gave it to his wives. The queens became pregnant and the three returned joyously.

2) In due course both delivered. But each of them gave birth to only half of a child. The horrified queens took the uncouth figures outside the palace and left them there. Jarā was watching this. She ran to the spot and placed the two portions together. Instantly it became a child of proper form. Hearing the cry of the child the mothers came out. Jarā appeared there and placed the child before the King Bṛhadratha. As desired by Jarā the child was named Jarāsandha because he was joined together by Jarā. This child grew up and became the notorious King Jarāsandha of Magadha. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, 3 Chapters from 17).

2) It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Droṇa Parva, Chapter 182, Stanza 12 that when Arjuna fought with Jarāsandha this harpy had been staying in the weapon of Jarāsandha and was killed in that fight.

Source: archive.org: Yoga Vasishtha Maharamayana

Jarā (जरा) refers to “old age”, as mentioned in the Yogavasistha 1.28 (“Mutability of the world”).—Accordingly, as Rāma narrated: “Boyhood lasts but a few days, and then it is succeeded by youth which is as quickly followed by old age [i.e., jarā]: thus there being no identity of the same person, how can one rely on the uniformity of external objects? The mind that gets delighted in a moment and becomes dejected in the next, and assumes likewise its equanimity at another, is indeed as changeful as an actor. [...]”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Jara (जर).—A Deva.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 13. 95.

1b) A son of Vasudeva.*

  • * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 187. Matsya-purāṇa 46. 22.

1c) A son of Mṛtyu.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 10. 41.

1d) A Gandharva in Kailāsa.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 41. 21.

1e) A hunter who aimed a shaft at Kṛṣṇa in ignorance. He was awarded heaven.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XI. 30. 33-38; Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 37. 68-73.

2) Jarā (जरा).—A Rākṣasi who picked up the two parts of Bṛhadratha's son and gave them life—the future Jarāsandha (s.v.).*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 22. 8; X. 50. 21; 71. 3; 72. 42.
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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.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Jarā (जरा) refers to “old age”, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.—Accordingly, [verse 7.210-211, while describing the meditation on the kālahaṃsa]—“Either by reciting or meditating on the kālahaṃsa, O Goddess, [the practitioner] becomes Śiva [who] has the form of kāla and acts freely (or as Svacchanda) like kāla. Death has been destroyed, [the Yogin] has abandoned old age (jarājarāṃ tyaktvā), is free from all danger [caused by] disease, [he] knows, learns, and day-dreams. [He] gains the all supreme siddhis, [which] arise constantly as a result of conquering kāla”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Jarā (जरा) refers to “fever”, according to the Amṛtasiddhi (verse 24.1-2).—Accordingly, [while describing kāyasiddhi in terms redolent of tapas (i.e., purification and bindu):] “When the accomplishment of [destroying] the [five] impurities [is achieved], as well as the union of the two Bindus, then one should know the body to be perfected and endowed with all good qualities. [Such a Siddha] is free from cold, heat, thirst, fear, desire and greed. He has crossed over the ocean of anxiety, disease, fever (jarā), suffering and grief”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Jāra (जार, ‘lover’) has no sinister sense in the early texts1 generally, where the word applies to any lover. But it seems must be regarded as an illegitimate lover; this sense also appears in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, and Indra is styled the lover of Ahalyā, wife of Gautama.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A hunter who killed Vasudeva. J.iv.88f.

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'old age, decay', is one of the 3 divine messengers (s. deva-dūta). For its conditioning by birth, s. paticcasamuppāda (11).

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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).

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

Jarā (जरा) is the name of a Ḍākinī who, together with the Vīra (hero) named Jaracinta forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Vākcakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the vākcakra refers to one of the three divisions of the nirmāṇa-puṭa (emanation layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs [viz., Jarā] and Vīras are reddish madder in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

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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.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Jarā (जरा, “old age”) refers to one of the thirteen “conditions” (saṃskāra) that are “unassociated with mind” (citta-viprayukta) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 30). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., jarā). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Jara (जर) refers to “old age”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “You must understand that the body is overcome by disease, youth is overcome by old age (jara-ākrānta), vitality is oppressed by decay and life is oppressed by death”.

Source: SOAS Research Online: Prekṣā meditation: History and Methods

Jara (जर) refers to “mutable”; as opposed to Ajara—“unmutable” which refers to one of the 46 qualities of the soul to be meditated on in the “Practice of Meditation on Liberated Souls (Siddhas)”, according to Jain texts like Ācārāṅga (5.6.123-140), Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (13.5.4.31) and Samayasāra (1.49).—The pure soul can be recognised by meditation on its true nature, represented by the liberated souls of the Siddhas. [...] The qualities of the soul to be meditated on as truly mine are: [e.g., My soul is immutable (a-jara)] [...] The meditation on such extended fourty-five qualities of the pure soul presents the niśacaya-naya, which is aligned with Kundakunda’s approach.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Jara in India is the name of a plant defined with Ricinus communis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Croton spinosus L. (among others).

2) Jara in Latin America is also identified with Arundo donax It has the synonym Aira bengalensis (Retz.) J.F. Gmel. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)
· Davidsonia (1981)
· Phytologia (1978)
· Neue Entdeckungen im ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde (1821)
· The Flora of British India (1896)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

jara : (m.) fever. (adj.), old; decayed; decrepit. || jarā (f.) decay; old age. jāra (m.) a paramour.

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

Jara, (adj.) (°-) (See jarati) old, decayed (in disparaging sense), wretched, miserable; —ûdapānaṃ a spoilt well J. IV, 387; —gava=°goṇa Pv. I, 81; —goṇa (cp. Sk. jaradgava) a decrepit, old bull J. II, 135; —sakka “the old S.J. IV, 389; —sālā a tumble-down shed PvA. 78. (Page 279)

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Jarā, (f.) & (older) jaras (nt.) (of the latter only the Instr. jarasā in use: Sn. 804, 1123 (=jarāya Nd2 249).—Sk. jarā & jaraḥ to *gerā: see jarati; cp. Gr. gh_ras, gέras, grau_s old age, etc. See also jīraṇa(tā)) decay, decrepitude, old age Vin. I, 10, 34; A. I, 51, 138 (as Death’s messenger); V, 144 sq. (bhabbo jaraṃ pahātuṃ); Sn. 311 (cp. D. III, 75); J. I, 59; Th. 2, 252 sq.; Vism. 502 (def. as twofold & discussed in its valuation as dukkha). Defined as “yā tesaṃ sattānaṃ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jarā jīraṇatā khaṇḍiccaṃ pāliccaṃ valittacatā āyuno saṃhāni indriyānaṃ paripāko” D. II, 305=M. I, 49= S. II, 2=Nd2 252=Dhs. 644, cp. Dhs. trsl. p. 195.—Frequently combined with maraṇa (maccu, etc.) “decay & death” (see under jāti as to formulas): °maraṇa, D. II, 31 sq.; M. I, 49; Sn. 575; °maccu Sn. 581, 1092, 1094. ajarāmara not subject to decay & death (cp. ajajjara) Th. II, 512; Pv. II, 611; Vv 6311; J. III, 515.

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Jāra, (Vedic jāra) a paramour, adulterer J. I, 293; II, 309. f. °t adulteress Vin. II, 259, 268; III, 83. (Page 283)

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jara (जर).—m (Corr. from jvara S) A fever.

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jara (जर).—m f ( P Gold.) Brocade.

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jara (जर).—conj If. It assumes frequently one or other of the following adjuncts, kā, kāṃ, karitāṃ, kāya; as jarakā tō ālā tara mī dēīna.

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jarā (जरा).—f (S) Old age, and the relaxation and debility concomitant.

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jarā (जरा).—ad ( A) Somewhat, rather, in a small degree. An adverb qualifying verbs and attributives. 2 A little; in a small quantity. Ex. jarā tūpa pī mhaṇajē ātāṃ supārī utarēla.

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jāra (जार).—m (S) A paramour, gallant, leman, amoroso.

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jāra (जार).—m n (jarāyu S) The secundines or afterbirth. 2 m f Blobber, the blubber-like substance thrown up by the sea. 3 The spume in the mouth of infants or animals at birth. See phrase under tōṇḍacā jāra vāḷaṇēṃ

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

jara (जर).—m A fever. m f Brocade. conj If. jara uṭhaṇēṃ To have one's fever pass off under eruptions (at the month &c.). jara bāndhaṇēṃ To stop a fever by incanta- tions, by tying amulets &c. jara bharaṇēṃ- hōṇēṃ Be incompetent, inadequate, un- able &c.

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jarā (जरा).—f Old age.

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jarā (जरा).—ad Some- what; a little.

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jāra (जार).—m A paramour. m f Blubber-like substance thrown up by the sea. The spume in the mouth of infants or animals at birth.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jara (जर).—a. [jṝ-ap]

1) Becoming old or worn out, old, aged.

2) Wearing out,

3) Causing old age, producing decay, consuming.

-raḥ 1 Wearing out, wasting.

2) Destruction.

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Jarā (जरा).—[jṝ-aṅ guṇaḥ] (The word jaras is optionally substituted for jarā before vowel terminations after acc. dual.)

1) Old age; कैकेयीशङ्कयेवाह पलितच्छद्मना जरा (kaikeyīśaṅkayevāha palitacchadmanā jarā) R.12. 2; तस्य धर्मरतेरासीद् वृद्धत्वं जरया (tasya dharmaraterāsīd vṛddhatvaṃ jarayā) (jarasā) विना (vinā) 1.23.

2) Decrepitude, infirmity, general debility consequent on old age.

3) Praise.

4) Digestion.

5) Name of a female demon; see जरासन्ध (jarāsandha) below.

6) Invoking, greeting.

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Jāra (जार).—[jīryatyanena jṝ karaṇe ghañ; jarayatīti jāraḥ Nir.]

1) A paramour, gallant, lover; रथकारः स्वकां भार्यां सजारां शिरसावहत् (rathakāraḥ svakāṃ bhāryāṃ sajārāṃ śirasāvahat) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.54.

2) A confidential friend.

-rī Name of Durgā.

Derivable forms: jāraḥ (जारः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Jara (जर).—[, m., old age, instead of jarā, f., according to text Lalitavistara 175.4 (verse) tatha ojaharo ahu vyādhi jaro; so all mss. according to Lefm.; but citation Śikṣāsamuccaya 206.2 has jage for jaro, and is supported by Tibetan ḥgro baḥi (in translation(s) of Lalitavistara); jage is surely right; jaro is carried over from 174.16—175.2 where jarā occurs repeatedly. Tibetan on Lalitavistara also supports Śikṣāsamuccaya ayu instead of Lalitavistara text ahu, reading ḥdi.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jarā (जरा).—f.

(-rā) 1. Decrepitude, the general relaxation and debility consequent upon old age, or old age itself. 2. A tree, (Mimusops kauki, Rox.) 3. A female demon or Rakshasi. E. jṝ to grow old, affixes aṅ and ṭāp.

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Jāra (जार).—m.

(-raḥ) A paramour, a gallant. f. (-rī) A drug, a medicament. E. jṝ to grow infirm, karaṇe ghañ affix of agency, fem. ṅīṣ; weakening the affection of wives to their husbands, or diminishing the force of disease. jīryati anena .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jāra (जार).—i. e. jṛ10 + a, m. 1. A lover, Chr. 295, 11 = [Rigveda.] i. 92, 11. 2. A paramour, an adulterer, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 301.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jara (जर).—[masculine] wearing out, wasting; [feminine] jarā the same; decay, old age.

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Jarā (जरा).—1. [feminine] v. jara.

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Jarā (जरा).—2. [feminine] crackling, roaring; calling, greeting.

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Jāra (जार).—1. [adjective] becoming old.

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Jāra (जार).—2. [masculine] paramour, lover, friend.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jara (जर):—mfn. (√1. jṝ), ‘becoming old’ See a-jara, ahar-jaram

2) cf. go-jara

3) m. the act of wearing out, wasting, [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 11; 11, 34, 10]

4) Jarā (जरा):—[from jara] a f. ([Pāṇini iii,3, 104]) the act of becoming old, old age, [Ṛg-veda i, 140, 8; v, 41, 17; Atharva-veda] etc. (personified as a daughter of Death, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa i, 7, 31])

5) [v.s. ...] digestion, [Caraka iii, l and 3; vi; Suśruta vi, 46, 10]

6) [v.s. ...] decrepitude, [Horace H. Wilson]

7) [v.s. ...] a kind of date-tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] Name of a Rākṣasī (cf. rā-saṃdha), [Mahābhārata ii, vii; Harivaṃśa 1810; Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 22, 8]

9) [v.s. ...] cf. vi-jara.

10) [from jara] 1. jarā f. old age See s.v. jara.

11) [from jaraṇi-prā] 2. jarā f. invocation, praise (stuti, [Nirukta, by Yāska x, 8]), [Ṛg-veda i, 38, 13; x, 32, 5.]

12) Jāra (जार):—1. jāra mfn. (√jṝ) becoming old, [Ṛg-veda x, 106, 7]

13) m. (= jarayitṛ, ‘a consumer’ [Nirukta, by Yāska v, x; Pāṇini 3-3, 20], [vArttika] 4) a paramour, lover, [Ṛg-veda] (Agni is called ‘paramour of the dawn’; also ‘of the waters’, [i, 46, 4]; ‘of his parents’, [x, 11, 6]; etc.), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa i; Lāṭyāyana i, 4, 4]

14) a confidential friend, [Ṛg-veda x, 7, 5, and 42, 2]

15) a paramour of a married woman, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv; Lāṭyāyana i; Yājñavalkya] etc. (ifc. f(ā). , [Rājataraṅgiṇī vi, 321; Hitopadeśa])

16) 2. jāra m. ([from] jara) [patronymic] of Vṛśa, [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Jarā (जरा):—(rā) 1. f. Decrepitude; a female demon; a kind of tree.

2) Jāra (जार):—(raḥ) 1. m. A paramour. f. () A drug, a medicament.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Jara (जर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jara, Jarā, Jāra.

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Jara in German

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Jara (जर):—(nm) wealth, riches, gold; ~[kharīda] purchased, bought; ~[kheja] fertile; ~[khejī] fertility; ~[doja] embroidered (with gold); ~[dojī] (golden) embroidery.

2) Jarā (जरा):—(nf) old age, senility; ~[grasta] aged, decrepit; ~[jīrṇa] ageworn, decrepit.

3) (a) a little, a bit, slight; (adv) for a while; slightly; just (as —[ṭhaharo] just wait); please, kindly (as —[mere sātha calo]); -[jarā] in bits; petty, trivial; -[jarā-sī bāta para tunaka uṭhane vālā] like a hen with one chicken, absurdly fussy; -[] some; small, a small quantity.

4) Jāra (जार) [Also spelled jaar]:—(nm) an adulterer, a paramour; —[karma] adultery, adulterous activity; ~[ja saṃtāna] a bastard, adulterine, illegitimate; born on the wrong side of the blanket; ~[jatā] illegitimacy; [jāriṇī] an adulteress.

5) Jāra (जार) [Also spelled jaar]:—(a); -[jāra ronā] to weep bitterly.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Jara (जर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Jvara.

2) Jara (जर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jara.

3) Jara (जर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jarat.

4) Jarā (जरा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jarā.

5) Jarā (जरा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jarā.

6) Jāra (जार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Jāra.

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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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jara (ಜರ):—

1) [noun] a rise of body temperature above the normal; fever.

2) [noun] any of various diseases of which fever is a prominent symptom.

3) [noun] a state of heightened or intense emotion or activity.

4) [noun] a contagious usu. transient enthusiasm.

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Jara (ಜರ):—[noun] the last period of normal human life, esp. when physical abilities are failing or have failed and body is becoming or has become infirm.

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Jara (ಜರ):—

1) [noun] gold, a malleable ductile yellow metallic element, used especially in coins, jewellery, etc.

2) [noun] a thin wire of gold extruded, to be used in textiles; a gold lace.

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Jāra (ಜಾರ):—[noun] a man who has, habitually tends to have, sexual relations with a woman or women other than his wife; a lecher; a debauchee.

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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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