Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

jara जर – becoming old or worn out, old

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

jára ·m. wearing out, wasting; f. jarā́ the same; decay, old age.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · adjective

jara jara, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 1. jṝ), becoming old or worn out, old; wearing out; causing old age, producing decay, consuming; (as), m. wearing out, wasting; (ā), f. the becoming old, old age; old age personified as a daughter of Death; decrepitude, the general debility consequent upon old age; digestion; a kind of date tree, = kṣīrikā; N. of a Rākṣasī worshipped for having united the two halves into which Jarā-sandha (q. v.) was divided at his birth; [cf. vi-jara.]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Jara, jaratha, jaraṇa, jaras, &c. See p. 340.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

jara (von 1. jar) 1〉 adj. a〉 alternd, alt P. 6,2,116. Sch. zu AV. PRĀT._in_Ind. St. 4,295 (?); vgl. ajara, gojara. — b〉 aufreibend, abnutzend, verzehrend; vgl. aharjara. — 2〉 jára (wohl m.) Abnutzung, Aufreibung: dvādàśāraṃ nahi tajjarā̀ya̱ varvàrtti ca̱kram ṚV. 1,164,11. jarā̀ya jara̱tām ṚV. 2,34,10. — 3〉 f. jarā́ P. 3,3,104. VOP. 26,191. a〉 das Altwerden, Alter AK. 2,6,1,41. H. 340. ja̱rāṃ cìnme̱ nirṛ̀tirjagrasīta ṚV. 5,41,17. AV. 3,11,7. AV. 8,2,11. AV. 11,8,19. AV. 18,4,50. AV. 19,24,5. VS. 18,3. tasya jaraiva mṛtyurbhavati er stirbt nur am Alter ŚAT. BR. 5,4,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 11,8,3,6. etadvai jarāmaryaṃ sattraṃ yadagnihotraṃ jarayā vā hyevāsmānmucyate mṛtyunā kā ŚAT. BR. 12,4,1,1. ŚAT. BR. 14,6,4,1. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,41. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 3,8. bibhràtī ja̱rāmàjara uṣa̱ ārgāḥ TS. 4,3,11,5. jarayā cābhibhavanam M. 6,62. jarāṃ caivāpratīkārām M. 12,80. jarāśokasamāviṣṭa M. 6,77. jarātura altersschwach ŚABDAM._im_ŚKDR. jarayāviṣṭaḥ R. 3,1,9. jarābhibhūta, jarāmārchan MBH. 1,3161. jarāṃ prāpya MBH. 1,3466. jarāṃ gataḥ MBH. 13,333. jarāṃ na yāsyati HARIV. 6978. jarāṃ samupayāti VARĀH. LAGHUJ. 11,4. jarānvita BṚH. S. 75,3. jarājīrṇa R. 3,11,9. BHARTṚ. 1,89. BHĀG. P. 1,13,23. jarayā grastaḥ BHĀG. P. 20. SUŚR. 1,3,20. SUŚR. 1,4,11. jarāparipakvaśarīra SUŚR. 44,20. SUŚR. 129,19. RAGH. 12,2. HIT. I, 103. kālenātha pravṛddhaṃ māmagrahīccivuke jarā KATHĀS. 22,159. jarāsu BHARTṚ. 1,28. jarāntarjaritaiḥ pattraiḥ R. 3,22,25. personif. als eine Tochter des Todes VP. 56. — b〉 das Sichaufzehren, Verdautwerden: (madyam) jarāṃ yāvanna yāti SUŚR. 2,475,14. — c〉 eine Art Dattelbaum (kṣīrikā) ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — d〉 N. pr. einer göttlich verehrten Rākṣasī, welche den in zwei Hälften geborenen Jarāsaṃdha zu einem Ganzen vereinigte, MBH. 2,715. fgg. MBH. 2,729. fgg. MBH. 7,8224. HARIV. 1810. VP. 456. BHĀG. P. 9,22,8. — Vgl. vijara.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jara 2〉 Z. 2 lies jarā̀ya jura̱tām. — 3〉a〉 adhvā jarā dehavatāṃ parvatānāṃ jalaṃ jarā . asaṃbhogo jarā strīṇāṃ vākśalyaṃ manaso jarā .. so v. a. Menschen altern durch vieles Wandern, Berge durch Wasser u. s. w. Spr. 3443 in ähnlicher Verbindung jvara Spr. 913.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

jara 2〉 Z. 2 lies jura̱tām st. jara̱tām.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

jara — 1〉 Adj. alternd in a˚. jaraṃ ca (jarañca) Comm. zu AV. PRĀT. 4,53 fehlerhaft für jaracca. — 2〉 jára m. Abnutzung, Aufreibung. — 3〉 f. jarā́ — a〉 dass. Spr. 236. fg. das Altwerden, Alter. Pl. Spr. 1103, v. l. wohl fehlerhaft. Personificirt als Tochter des Todes. — b〉 das Verdautwerden CARAKA. 3,1. 3. 6,26. — c〉 *eine Art Dattelbaum. — d〉 N. pr. einer Rākṣasī.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

jara 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.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

jára m. Abnutzung; f. carā́ dass., Hinfälligkeit, Alter.

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 139–145: Fruit of the Ways 1 occurrence

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