अजिन

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ajina (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀚𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• অজিন (Bengali script)
• අජින (Sinhalese script)
• အဇိန or ဢၹိၼ (Burmese script)
• อชิน or อะชินะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨩᩥᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຊິນ or ອະຊິນະ (Lao script)
• អជិន (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄎𑄨𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

अजिन n

1. Devanagari script form of ajina (“antelope skin”)

Declension

Declension table of "अजिन" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अजिनं (ajinaṃ)	अजिनानि (ajināni)
Accusative (second)	अजिनं (ajinaṃ)	अजिनानि (ajināni)
Instrumental (third)	अजिनेन (ajinena)	अजिनेहि (ajinehi) or अजिनेभि (ajinebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अजिनस्स (ajinassa) or अजिनाय (ajināya) or अजिनत्थं (ajinatthaṃ)	अजिनानं (ajinānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अजिनस्मा (ajinasmā) or अजिनम्हा (ajinamhā) or अजिना (ajinā)	अजिनेहि (ajinehi) or अजिनेभि (ajinebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अजिनस्स (ajinassa)	अजिनानं (ajinānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अजिनस्मिं (ajinasmiṃ) or अजिनम्हि (ajinamhi) or अजिने (ajine)	अजिनेसु (ajinesu)
Vocative (calling)	अजिन (ajina)	अजिनानि (ajināni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অজিন (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬚᬶᬦ (Balinese script)
• অজিন (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰕𑰰𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀚𑀺𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• အဇိန (Burmese script)
• અજિન (Gujarati script)
• ਅਜਿਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌜𑌿𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦗꦶꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂔𑂱𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಜಿನ (Kannada script)
• អជិន (Khmer script)
• ອຊິນ (Lao script)
• അജിന (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡯᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘕𑘱𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠽᠢᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦵𑧒𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐖𑐶𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଅଜିନ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢙꢶꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆘𑆴𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖕𑖰𑖡 (Siddham script)
• අජින (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩣𑩑𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚑𑚮𑚝 (Takri script)
• அஜிந (Tamil script)
• అజిన (Telugu script)
• อชิน (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཛི་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒖𑒱𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨥𑨁𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haȷ́ínam ~ *Hiȷ́áynam (“leather, animal skin, hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(y)ǵ-í-no-m (“goat skin”), from *h₂e(y)ǵ- (“goat”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (azinauuaṇt, “wearing a skin”), 𐬍𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (īzaēna, “leathern”), Khotanese [script needed] (häysä, “skin”), [script needed] (ījīnai), Yidgha [script needed] (ize, “skin bag”), Baluchi [script needed] (hiz, “leather churn”), Ossetian хызын／хизин (xyzyn, “bag”), Lithuanian oženà (“goat skin”), Proto-Slavic *azьno (“goat skin”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d͡ʑí.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈd͡ʑi.n̪ɐ/

Noun

अजिन • (ajína) stem, n

1. the hairy hide of an antelope; deerskin
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.7.6:

     पवस्तैस् त्वा पर्य् अक्रीणन् दूर्शेभिर् अजिनैर् उत ।
     प्रक्रीर् असि त्वम् ओषधे ऽभ्रिखाते न रूरुपः ॥

     pavastais tvā pary akrīṇan dūrśebhir ajinair uta.
     prakrīr asi tvam oṣadhe ʼbhrikhāte na rūrupaḥ.

     Men have bartered thee for garments, for deer skins and for woven cloths.
     Thou art a thing of sale, O Plant. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou!

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) V.4.4.4:

     ...मृत्युर्वा एष यदग्निः । ब्रह्मण एतद्रूपं यत्कृष्णाजिनम् । कार्ष्णी उपानहावुप मुञ्चते ब्रह्मणैव मृत्योरन्तर्धत्ते...

     ...mṛtyurvā eṣa yadagniḥ. brahmaṇa etadrūpaṃ yatkṛṣṇājinam. kārṣṇī upānahāvupa muñcate brahmaṇaiva mṛtyorantardhatte...

     ...the fire [represents] death; the black antelope skin [represents] holy power; he puts on a pair of sandals made of black antelope skin; verily by the holy power he shuts himself away from death...

   • Ādi Śaṅkara, Mohamudgara 19:

     सुरमन्दिरतरुमूलनिवासः शय्या भूतलम् अजिनं वासः ।
     सर्वपरिग्रहभोगत्यागः कस्य सुखं न करोति विरागः ॥

     suramandiratarumūlanivāsaḥ śayyā bhūtalam ajinaṃ vāsaḥ.
     sarvaparigrahabhogatyāgaḥ kasya sukhaṃ na karoti virāgaḥ.

     Whose residence is in a temple or at the foot of a tree, whose bed is the earth's surface, whose clothes are deerskin, who has given up all possessions and enjoyments; how may detachment fail to make him content.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अजिन (ajína)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अजिनम् ajínam	अजिने ajíne	अजिनानि / अजिना¹ ajínāni / ajínā¹
Vocative	अजिन ájina	अजिने ájine	अजिनानि / अजिना¹ ájināni / ájinā¹
Accusative	अजिनम् ajínam	अजिने ajíne	अजिनानि / अजिना¹ ajínāni / ajínā¹
Instrumental	अजिनेन ajínena	अजिनाभ्याम् ajínābhyām	अजिनैः / अजिनेभिः¹ ajínaiḥ / ajínebhiḥ¹
Dative	अजिनाय ajínāya	अजिनाभ्याम् ajínābhyām	अजिनेभ्यः ajínebhyaḥ
Ablative	अजिनात् ajínāt	अजिनाभ्याम् ajínābhyām	अजिनेभ्यः ajínebhyaḥ
Genitive	अजिनस्य ajínasya	अजिनयोः ajínayoḥ	अजिनानाम् ajínānām
Locative	अजिने ajíne	अजिनयोः ajínayoḥ	अजिनेषु ajíneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: ajina
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑀺𑀡 (ajiṇa), 𑀅𑀇𑀡 (aïṇa)
  • Jaunsari: एण (eṇ), ऐण (aiṇ)
  • Kotgarhi: एण (eṇ, “flying fox”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अजिन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 10.