añjanaṁ

neuter 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) DN.i.7, DN.i.12; DN-a.i.98 (khār˚); DN-a.i.284; Dhp-a.iii.354 (akkhi eye-salve).
2. glossy, jet-black Ja.i.194; Ja.ii.369; Ja.v.416. The reading añjana at AN.iv.468 is wrong, it should be corrected into thanamajjanamattaṃ. See also pacc˚. In meaning collyrium box at Thig.413 (= añjana-nāḷi Thag-a.267); Dhp-a.ii.25.

• -akkhiha with anointed eyes Thag.960.
• -upapisana perfume to mix with ointment Vin.i.203; Vin.ii.112.
• -cuṇṇa aromatic powder Dhs-a.13.
• -nāḷi an ointment tube, collyrium box Thag-a.267.
• -rukkha Name of a tree (“black tree) Ja.i.331.
• -vaṇṇa of the colour of collyrium, i.e. shiny, glossy, dark, black DN.ii.18 (lomāni); Ja.i.138 (kesā) Ja.i.194; Ja.ii.369; Pv-a.258 (vana).

from añjati²