# निर्जरा (nirjarā)

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निर्जरा (nirjarā) is a Sanskrit word meaning not becoming old, young, or fresh, imperishable, a god, cocculus cordifolius or Anethum graveolens, ambrosia or nectar. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Quality of Agelessness/Immortality, Substances of Immortality/Rejuvenation, A God / Deity.

- **SLP1:** `nirjarA`  **IAST:** nirjarā  **Devanagari:** निर्जरा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirjara
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nirjara/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** निर्जर (nirjara)

## Meanings by context

### Quality of Agelessness/Immortality (2 definitions)
- not becoming old, young, or fresh  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 541,1] 1. निर् (nir) — जर (—jara) mfn. (in some cases ° रस् (°ras), Pāṇini (Author) vii, 2, 101 ) not becoming old, young, fresh, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=106985 ]
- imperishable  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > imperishable, immortal, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=106986 ]

### Substances of Immortality/Rejuvenation (2 definitions)
- Cocculus cordifolius or Anethum graveolens  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 541,1] निर् (nir) — जरा (—jarā) f. Cocculus Cordifolius or Anethum Graveolens, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=106988 ]
- ambrosia or nectar  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > निर् (nir) — जर (—jara) n. ambrosia or nectar, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=106989 ]

### A God / Deity (1 definition)
- a god  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > निर् (nir) — जर (—jara) m. a god, Rājataraṃgiṇī (Title) [ ID=106987 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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