Ajina

Ajina

Grammar: neuter noun.

Meaning: deer skin.

In the scriptures: When the girdle, the ajina, the daṇḍa, the sacred thread or the kamaṇḍalu is worn out, the vipra who knows the mantras casts it into water, takes a new one and, wearing the thread as an upavītī, does ācamana every day (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 3).

Related terms: Daṇḍa · Kamaṇḍalu · Upavītī · Ācamana

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 3