jarā जरा – ageing; age; old age

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jarā́1 ·f. -> jára.

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jarā́2 ·f. crackling, roaring; calling, greeting.

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1. jarā, f. old age &c. See under jara, col. 2.

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2. jarā, f., Ved. crackling, roaring; invoking, greeting; praise; [cf. 1. jarā above.]

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1. jarā́ (von 1. jar) f. s. u. jara.

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2. jarā́ (von 3. jar) f. das Rauschen u. s. w.; Ruf, Gruss, = stuti NIR. 10,8. (agniḥ) tāsā̀ṃ ja̱rāṃ pràmu̱ñcannèti̱ nānàda̱dasu̱ṃ paràṃ ja̱nayàṃ jī̱vamastṛ̀tam ṚV. 1,140,8. acchā̀ vadā̱ tanā̀ gi̱rā ja̱rāyai̱ brahmàṇa̱spatìm ṚV. 1,38,13. ja̱rā vā̱ yeṣva̱mṛtèṣu dā̱vanè ṚV. 10,32,5.

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1. jarā́ f. s. jara 3〉.

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2. jarā́ f. das Rauschen u. s. w. Ruf, Gruss.

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jarā [jṝ-aṅ guṇaḥ] (The word jaras is optionally substituted for jarā before vowel terminations after acc. dual) 1 Old age; kaikeyīśaṃkayevāha palitacchadmanā jarā R. 12. 2; tasya dharmaraterāsīd vṛddhatvaṃ jarayā (jarasā) vinā R. 1. 23. 2 Decrepitude, infirmity, general debility consequent on old age. 3 Praise. 4 Digestion. 5 N. of a female demon; see jarāsaṃdha below. 6 Invoking, greeting. Comp. — avasthā decrepitude. — ātura a. 1 infirm. 2 old. — jīrṇa a. old through age, debilitated, infirm; Bh. 3. 17. — puṣṭa = jarāsaṃdha. — bhīruḥ the god of love, Cupid. — saṃdhaḥ N. of a celebrated king and warrior, son of Bṛhadratha. [According to a legend, he was born divided in two halves which were put together by a Rākṣasī called Jarā, whence the boy was called Jarāsandha. He became king of Magadha and Cedi after his father's death. When he heard that Kṛṣṇa had slain his son-inlaw Kaṃsa, he gathered a large army and besieged Mathurā eighteen times, but was as often repulsed. When Yudhiṣṭhira performed the great Rājasūya sacrifice, Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna and Bhīma went to the capital of Jarāsaṃdha disguised as Brāhmaṇas, chiefly with the object of slaying their enemy and liberating the kings imprisoned by him. He, however, refused to release the kings, whereupon Bhīma challenged him to a single combat. The challenge was accepted; a hard fight ensued, but Jarāsandha was at last overpowered and slain by Bhīma].

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1. jarā́ f. s. jára

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2. jarā́ f. das Rauschen, Raufen.

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jarā jarā f. (jṝ; sfx. a) vieillesse; infirmité, décrépitude. Rākṣasī. Mimusops kauki, bot. M§ 108. jarātura a. (ātura) affaibli par la vieillesse. jarābhīru m. (bhī) Kāma, dieu de l'Amour. jarāmaraṇa n. (mṛ) la décrépitude et la mort, Bd. jarāyaṇi m. mms. que jarasandha.