aYjana · neuter · añjana 1
Añjana (neuter) [from añjati 2 ] ointment, especially a collyrium for the eyes, made of antimony, adjective anointed, smeary; glossy, black (cf. kaṇha II and kāla 1 note). 1. Vin I 203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ°, ras°, sot°, geruka, kapalla); D I 7, 12; Sv I 98 (khār°); 284; Dhp-a III 354 (akkhi° eye-salve). 2. glossy, jet-black Ja I 194; II 369; V 416. The reading añjana at A IV 468 is wrong, it should be corrected into thanamajjanamattaṃ. See also pacc°. In meaning collyrium box at Thig 413 (= añjana-nāḷi Thig-a 267); Dhp-a II 25. -akkhiha with anointed eyes Thag 960; -upapisana perfume to mix with ointment Vin I 203; II 112; -cuṇṇa aromatic powder As 13; -nāḷi an ointment tube, collyrium box Thig-a 267; -rukkha Name {12} of a tree ("black" tree) Ja I 331; -vaṇṇa of the colour of collyrium, i.e. shiny, glossy, dark, black D II 18 (lomāni); Ja I 138 (kesā), 194; II 369; Pv-a 258 (vana).
( 2 añjana : mṛgo … raktehi khurehi añjanehi akṣīhi prabhāsvarehi darśanīyehi Mv i.363.18 . No v.l. ; but there is no authority for añjana as adj. [ PTSD quotes 3 Jāt. passages for this, all erroneous.] Senart suggests sāñjanehi or equivalent. But perhaps render: with red hoofs and eyes bright and beautiful (as if?) with collyrium .)
smearing, anointing (?); ointment, especially a collyrium for the eyes, used for decoration or as a medication; a pigment
【中】洗眼液。~nāḷi,【陰】洗眼液的管，化妝箱。~vaṇṇa,【形】洗眼液的顔色 （即是黑色）。
(nt, nt, from añjati) collyrium; black pigment; pitch-black colour collyrium (for the eyes) [lit.] smearing Construction: √añj + ana
(nt, nt, from añjati) eye ointment collyrium (for the eyes) [lit.] smearing Construction: √añj + ana