[tṛh-nak halopaśca Uṇ. 5. 8] 1 Grass in general; kiṃ jīrṇaṃ tṛṇamatti mānamahatāmagresaraḥ kesarī Bh. 2. 29.

2 A blade of grass, reed, straw.

3 Any- thing made of straw (as a mat for sit- ting); often used as a symbol of worth- lessness or uselessness; tṛṇamivalaghulakṣmī- naiva tānsaṃruṇāddhi Bh. 2. 17; see tṛṇīkṛ also. Comp. agniḥ 1. a fire of chaff or straw; Ms. 3. 168.

2. fire quickly extinguished....