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kharājinaṁ

kharājina

accusative singular masculine of kharājina (adjective or noun)

1. made of rough/coarse hide
2. wearing a rough garment

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• kharā — root · rough, harsh
  The adjective kharā means rough or harsh to the touch; used of rough material and rough behavior.
• ajina — stem · hide, skin
  The stem ajina denotes animal hide or skin; cognate with Sanskrit ajina. Ascetics wore kharājina (rough hides) as garments of self-mortification.
• m — ending · accusative singular masculine
  The accusative ending marks this as object of a verb or preposition in singular masculine form.

Etymology. kharā (rough, harsh) + ajina (hide, skin); ajina is cognate with Sanskrit ajina and Indo-European *ag- (wool, fleece); the coarse hide worn by ascetics as a practice of austerity.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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