Añjana (nt.) [from añjati2] ointment, esp. a collyrium for the eyes, made of antimony, adj. anointed, smeary; glossy, black (cp. kaṇha ii. and kāla1 note). -- 1. Vin i.203 (five kinds viz. kāḷ˚, ras˚, sot˚, geruka, kapalla); D i.7, 12; DA i.98 (khār˚); 284; DhA iii.354 (akkhi˚ eye -- salve). -- 2. glossy, jet -- black J i.194; ii.369; v.416. The reading añjana at A iv.468 is wrong, it should be corrected into thanamajjanamattaŋ. See also pacc˚. In meaning collyrium box at Th 2, 413 (= añjana -- nāḷi ThA 267); DhA ii.25.

-- akkhiha with anointed eyes Th 1, 960. -- upapisana perfume to mix with ointment Vin i.203; ii.112. -- cuṇṇa aromatic powder DhsA 13. -- nāḷi an ointment tube, collyrium box ThA 267. -- rukkha N. of a tree ("black" tree) J i.331. -- vaṇṇa of the colour of collyrium, i. e. shiny, glossy, dark, black D ii.18 (lomāni); J i.138 (kesā), 194; ii.369; PvA 258 (vana).