aMjanaH 1 A kind of lizard. 2 N. of a tree or mountain. 3 N. of the guardian elephant (of the west or s. w.) — naM [ ajyate anena; aMj lyuw ] 1 Anointing, smearing with; daMtaDAvanamaMjanaM pUrvAhRa eva kurvIta Ms. 4. 152 ; mixing; unfolding, manifesting. 2 Collyrium or black pigment used to paint the eyelashes; vilocanaM dakziRamaMjanena saMBAvya R. 7. 8 salve; amfta° U. 4. 19 ambrosial salve; kurvan °mecakA iva diSo meGaH samuttizWate Mk. 5. 8 , 1. 34 ; ( fig. also) ajYAnAMDasya lokasya jYAnAMjanaSalAkayA . cakzurunmIlitaM yena tasmE pARinaye namaH Śik. 45 ; pawutaravivekAMjanajuzAM Bh. 3. 84 ; cf. also dAridryaM ( pb ) paramAMjanaM ; ( fig. ) impurity, as in niraMjana , q. v. 3 Paint, a cosmetic ointment. 4 Magic ointment. 5 A special kind of material of the black pigment, such as antimony (used as collyrium, lamp-black &c.) ( sOvIra ) 6 Ink. 7 Fire. 8 Night. 9 ( naM nA ) ( Rhet. ) A suggested meaning; also the process by which such meaning is suggested. It is the power of suggestion (founded on aBiDA or lakzaRA denotation or indication), by which something else is understood from a word which, though having more meanings than one, has been restricted to a single meaning by relations of conjunction, disjunction &c. ( saMyoga, viprayoga, sAhacarya , viroDitA &c.), or, briefly, the use of a word of several meanings in a special sense determined by the context; e. g. saSaMKacakro hariH the adjective restricts Hari to mean ‘Viṣṇu’ alone, and not ‘a lion’ or ‘monkey’; so rAmalakzmaRO dASaraTI, rAmArjunO BArgavakArtavIryO &c.; cf. anekArTasya Sabdasya vAcakatve niyaMtrite . saMyogAdyEravAcyArTaDIkfdvyApftiraMjanaM .. K. P. 2. , S. D. 23-6 ; See vyaMjanA also. Comp. — aDikA [ aMjanAdaDikA kfzRatvAt ] a kind of lizard. — adriH-giriH ( karma .) [ aMjanamiva kfzRaH giriH ] N. of a mountain, See nIlagiri . — aMBas n. eye-water. — keSI [ aMjanamiva keSo yasyAH ] N. of a vegetable perfume ( hawwavilAsinInAmakaM gaMDadravyaM yatsaMyogAtkeSasyAtIva kfzRatvaM ) ( Mar. naKalA ). — nAmakA [ za . ta .] a swelling of the eye-lid, stye. — SalAkA a stick or pencil for the application of collyrium.