Jri, Jṛ, Jṝ: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Jṛ and Jṝ can be transliterated into English as Jr or Jri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Jṛ (जृ).—1 P. (jarati)
1) To make low or humiliate.
2) To excel.
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Jṝ (जॄ).—I. 1, 4, 9 P., 1 U. (jarati, jīryati, jṛṇāti, jārayatite, jajāra, jārayāmāsa, ajarat, ajārīt, ajījarat, jari-rī-tum, jīrṇa or jārita)
1) To grow old, wear out, wither away, decay; जीर्यन्ते जीर्यतः केशा दन्ता जीर्यन्ति जीर्यतः । जीर्यतश्चक्षुषी श्रोत्रे तृष्णैका तरुणायते (jīryante jīryataḥ keśā dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ | jīryataścakṣuṣī śrotre tṛṣṇaikā taruṇāyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.16; Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.41.
2) To perish, be consumed (fig. also); अजारीदिव च प्रज्ञा बलं शोकात्तथाऽ- जरत् (ajārīdiva ca prajñā balaṃ śokāttathā'- jarat) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.3; जेरुराशा दशास्यस्य (jerurāśā daśāsyasya) 14.112.
3) To be dissolved or digested; जीर्णमन्नं प्रशंसीयात् (jīrṇamannaṃ praśaṃsīyāt) Chāṇ.79; उदरे चाजरन्नन्ये (udare cājarannanye) Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.15.
4) To break up or fall to pieces. -Caus. (ja-jā-rayati)
1) To make old, wear out, consume.
2) To cause to be digested; to digest. -II.
1) Ā. (jarate) Ved.
1) To move, approach, come near.
3) To crackle (as fire).
3) To roar.
4) To call out to, invoke, praise.
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Jri (ज्रि).—I. 1 P. (jrayati)
1) To overpower, conquer.
2) To go. -II. 9, 1 P. (jriṇāti, jrāyayati) To grow old.
Jṛ (जृ).—r. 1st cl. (jarati) To make short or low. E. bhvā-pa-saka-aniṭ .
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Jṝ (जॄ).—r. 1st cl. (jarati) 4th cl. (jīryati) 9th cl. (jṛṇāti) and 10th cl. (jarayatite) 1. To grow old, to be or become old or decayed. 2. To be consumed, to perish. 3. To be digested. E. bhvā-aka-seṭ . divā-pa-aka-seṭ idit . kyrādi-pvādi-aka-seṭ . pakṣe curā-ubha0 .
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Jri (ज्रि).—r. 1st cl. (jrayati) 1. To conquer, to reduce. 2. To be conquered or reduced. E. bhvā-pa-saka-aniṭ .
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Jrī (ज्री).—r. 1st cl. (jriṇāti) r. 1st and 10th cls. (jrayati-jrāyayati-te) To grow old, to be or become old or decayed. E. kryā-pvā-pa-aka-aniṭ . bhvā-vācurā-ubha .
Jṛ (जृ).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To subdue(?).
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Jṝ (जॄ).—JṚ10, i. 1, [Parasmaipada.], i. 4, [Parasmaipada.] (also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 13, 367). † ii. 9, jṛṇā, ṇī, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To grow old, Mahābhārata 3, 13860. 2. To be digested, [Suśruta] 1, 70, 18.
— Ptcple. of the pres. jarant, f. ratī, Old, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 6, 172. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. jīrṇa, 1. Old, decayed, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 13, 22; [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 11, 9. 2. Tumbled down, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 46. 3. Rotten, Mahābhārata 3, 678. 4. Faded, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 170. 5. Destroyed, Mahābhārata 3, 1939. n. Old age, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 3, 316. Comp. A-, n. indigestion, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 121. [Causal.] and i. 10, I. jaraya, To cause to wax old,
— With the prep. nis nis, To grind, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 12, 29.
— With pari pari, 1. To wear out, Mahābhārata 4, 332. 2. To fade, [Suśruta] 1, 224, 20. 3. To wax old, Mahābhārata 1, 5139. 4. To be digested, [Suśruta] 2, 178, 14.
— With pra pra, To be digested, [Suśruta] 1, 239, 1.
— Cf. (= jarant) [Latin] granum; [Gothic.] kaurn, ga-krôtôn; [Old High German.] korn, kern; [Gothic.] qvairnu; [Anglo-Saxon.] cweorn, cwyrn.
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Jri (ज्रि).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. † To conquer. 2. To go (ved.).
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Jri (ज्रि).—and jrī JrĪ, i. 1, ii. 9, jriṇā, ṇī, and i. 10, jrāyaya, [Parasmaipada.] To grow old, v. r.
— Cf. jṛ10.
Jṛ (जृ).—1. jarati [participle] jīrṇa (q.v.) make or grow old; jīryati (te) grow old, age, decay, wither, waste away; be dissolved or digested. [Causative] jarayati (te) make old, wear out, digest.
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Jṛ (जृ).—2. jarate crackle, roar (fire); sound, call, invoke.
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Jri (ज्रि).—jrayati [with] upa stretch out to ([accusative]).
1) Jṛ (जृ):—1. jṛ [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] See √1. jṝ.
2) 2. jṛ [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] (2. [dual number] jarethe and [imperative] thām jarante, rasva p. jaramāṇa) to come near, approach, [Ṛg-veda i-iv, viif.;x, 40, 3.]
3) Jṝ (जॄ):—1. jṝ (cf. √jur) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] (3. [plural] jaranti; [imperative] 2. [dual number] jaratam; p. jarat See sub voce)
—to make old or decrepit, [Ṛg-veda vi, 24, 7];
—to cause to grow old, [vii, 67, 10];
— (√1. jṛ) to humiliate, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] : [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] jīryati ([Atharva-veda] etc.; also [Ātmanepada] te; p. jīryat, rarely yamāṇa; once [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [subjunctive] 3. [plural] jaranta, [Ṛg-veda x, 31, 7]; [class] 9. jṛṇāti, [Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 24]; [class] 10. jārayati, [xxxiv, 9]; [perfect tense] jajāra, [Atharva-veda, x, 8, 26 etc.]; once jāgāra, [v, 19, 10]; 3. [plural] jajarur and jerur, [Pāṇini 6-4, 124]; [Aorist] ajarat and ajārīt, [iii, 1, 38]; [subjunctive] 3. [plural] jāriṣur, [Ṛg-veda]; [future] 1st jaritā and rītā, [Vopadeva xi, 2]; [indeclinable participle] ritvā and rītvā, [Pāṇini 7-2, 55])
—to grow old, become decrepit, decay, wear out, wither, be consumed, break up, perish, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] etc.;
—to be dissolved or digested, [Yājñavalkya ii, 111; Mahābhārata i, 1331; Suśruta; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];—:—[Causal] jarayati ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada] te; p. rayat, [Ṛg-veda] [once, jar, [i, 124, 10]] etc.)
—to make old, wear out, consume, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā iv; Kaṭha-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to digest, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Caraka i, 21];
—to cause to be digested, [Mahābhārata xii; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) 2. jṝ (= √gṝ) [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] jarate (p. jaramāṇa) to crackle (as fire), [Ṛg-veda];
— ([Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska iii, 14]) to call out to, address, invoke, praise, [Ṛg-veda];—cf. γῆρυς.
5) Jri (ज्रि):—1. jri [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] jrayati, to go, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 14];
—to overpower, [Dhātupāṭha xxii, 49];—cf. upa-.
6) [from jrayasāna] 2. jri See uruand pari-jri.
7) 3. jri or jrī (= √jṝ) [class] 1. 10. 9. jrayati, jriṇāti, jrāyayati, to grow old, [Dhātupāṭha] ([varia lectio])
8) Jrī (ज्री):—or jri (= √jṝ) [class] 1. 10. 9. jrayati, jriṇāti, jrāyayati, to grow old, [Dhātupāṭha] ([varia lectio])
1) Jṛ (जृ):—jarati 1. a. To make short or low.
2) Jṝ (जॄ):—jarati 1. a. (ya) jīryyati 4. a. (ga) jṛṇāti 9. a. (ka) jārayati 10. a. To grow old, become decayed, or obsolete.
3) Jri (ज्रि):—jriyati 1. a. To conquer.
4) Jrī (ज्री):—(ga, ki) jrīṇāti 9. a. jrayati, jrāyati 1. 10. a. To grow old.
Jri (ज्रि):—1. , jrayati = gatikarman [das 2, 14.] überwältigen [DHĀTUP. 22, 49.] — upa sich ausbreiten zu(?): jigā.upa jrayati.gorapī.yaṃ pa.aṃ yadasya ma.uthā.ajījanan [Ṛgveda 9, 71, 5.] — pari s. parijri .
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Jri (ज्रि):—2. adj. = 1. jri; s. uru .
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Jri (ज्रि):—3. und jrī, jrayati, jrāyayati und jriṇāti altern [DHĀTUP. 34, 9, v. l. 31, 24, v. l.] — Vgl. 1. jar .
Jri (ज्रि):—1. , jrayati —
1) gatikarman. —
2) abhibhave. — Mit upa hingehen zu (Acc.). — Mit pari in parijri.
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Jri (ज्रि):—2. Adj. in urujri.
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Jri (ज्रि):—3. und jrī , jrayati , jriṇāti und jrāyayati ( vayohānau).
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