मज्जन्

{ majjan }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मज्जन्  m.  m. ( lit, ‘ sunk or seated within’) the marrow of bones ( also applied to the pith of plants), [RV.] &c. &c. ( according to, [ŚBr.] &c. one of the 5 elements or essential ingredients of the body ; in the later medical system that element which is produced from the bones and itself produces semen, [Suśr.]); scurf, [Kull.] on [Mn. v, 135.]
मज्जन्   [ cf. Zd. mazga; Slav. mozgū; Germ. marg, marag, mark; Angl.Sax. mearg; Eng. marrow.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मज्जन् [majjan]  m. m. [मस्ज्-कनिन् [Uṇ.1.156] ]
   The marrow of the bones and flesh; अस्थि यत् स्वाग्निना पक्वं तस्य सारं द्रवो घनः । यः स्वेदवत् पृथग्भूतः स मज्जेत्यभिधीयते [Bhāva. P.]
   The pith of plants. -Comp.
-कृत्  n. n. a bone.
-समुद्भवः    semen virile.

Shabda-Sagara

मज्जन्  m.  ( -ज्जा)
   1. The marrow of the bone and flesh.
   2. The pith or sap of trees, &c.
    E. सस्ज् to be immersed, (in the centre of the bones, &c.) and कनिन् Unādi aff.

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सस्ज् कनिन्