Shirna, Śīrṇa: 13 definitions

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Shirna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

The Sanskrit term Śīrṇa can be transliterated into English as Sirna or Shirna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shirn.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण):—Decayed, Putrification

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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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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

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

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण) refers to “slender (bones)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Where is the body, which is filled with blood, flesh and fat, has a skeleton of slender bones (śīrṇa-kīkasa-pañjara), is bound with tendons and is of bad odour, praised? Continually pouring forth putrid smells through [its] nine orifices, the human body is ever perishable [and] dependent on other [things]”.

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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)

Sirna in India is the name of a plant defined with Hippophae rhamnoides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A. Nelson (among others).

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

· Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains (1833)
· Species Plantarum
· Flore des Pyrenées (Bubani) (1897)
· Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon (1880)
· Étude Fl., ed. 8 (1889)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śīrṇa (शीर्ण).—p S That has lost the cohesion or connection of its parts; that has fallen or is falling into pieces; rotten, corrupt, slackened, shattered, broken up.

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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

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण).—[śṛ-kta] p. p.

1) Withered, decayed, rotten; शीर्णं च पतितं भूमौ पर्णं समुपयुक्तवान् (śīrṇaṃ ca patitaṃ bhūmau parṇaṃ samupayuktavān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.38.23.

2) Dry, sere.

3) Shattered, torn; shivered; क्रमशीर्णाकुलमूलसंततिः (kramaśīrṇākulamūlasaṃtatiḥ) Kirātārjunīya 2.5.

4) Thin, emaciated; (see śṝ).

5) Small, slender.

6) Fallen, dropped; स्वयंशीर्ण (svayaṃśīrṇa) Manusmṛti 6.21.

-rṇam A kind of perfume.

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

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण).—mfn.

(-rṇaḥ-rṇā-rṇaṃ) 1. Thin, small, slender. 2. Wasted, withered, decayed. E. śṝ to injure, aff. kta, form irr.

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

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण).—[adjective] crushed, broken, torn, withered, faded, shriveled, decayed, rotten; [abstract] tva† [neuter]

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

1) Śīrṇa (शीर्ण):—a mfn. ([from] √śṝ) broken or rent asunder, shivered, crushed, shattered, injured, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.

2) fallen away or out, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

3) broken away, burst or overflowed (as river-water that has burst its banks), [Nirukta, by Yāska]

4) withered, faded, shrivelled, shrunk, decayed, rotten, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

5) thin, small, slender, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) n. a sort of perfume (= sthauṇeyaka), [Bhāvaprakāśa]

7) [from śṝ] b See sub voce

8) Sīrṇa (सीर्ण):—[from sṝ] mfn. = śīrṇa, hurt, injured, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण):—[(rṇaḥ-rṇā-rṇaṃ) a.] Thin, wasted away.

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

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sinna.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shirna in German

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Śīrṇa (शीर्ण) [Also spelled shirn]:—(a) broken; worn out; crushed, shattered; decayed; ~[] broken or shattered condition, decay; wearing out.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śīrṇa (ಶೀರ್ಣ):—

1) [adjective] dried; turned pale; withered.

2) [adjective] not new; old.

3) [adjective] worn; damaged by use or wear.

4) [adjective] split; cleaved.

5) [adjective] lean; emaciated.

6) [adjective] fit for cutting; sharp; keen.

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Sīrṇa (ಸೀರ್ಣ):—

1) [adjective] dried; turned pale; withered.

2) [adjective] not new; old.

3) [adjective] worn; damaged by use or wear.

4) [adjective] split; cleaved.

5) [adjective] lean; emaciated.

6) [adjective] fit for cutting; sharp; keen.

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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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