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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry जङ्घा

  1. जङ्घाjaṅghāLeg from the ankle to the knee, the shank.

    [जङ्घन्यते कुटिलं गच्छति हन् यङ् - लुकि अच् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; Compare Uṇ.5.31]

    1. Leg from the ankle to the knee, the shank.
    2. The upper part of the leg, the part about the loins.
    3. A part of a bed-stead.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -करः करिकः, -कारः, -कारिकः a runner, courier, an express. Kau. Atmanepada 2.1.

    • -त्राणम् an armour for the legs.

    • -पथः A foot-path. गङ्घापथश्चतुष्पादस्त्रिपादं च गृहान्तरम् Brahmāṇḍa Parasmaipada, part 1, second अनुषङ्गपाद. Ch.7.5.115.

    • -बलम् 'Strength of the shanks', running away किमन्यत् । जङ्घाबलमेव M.3 (between 19th and 2th verses.)

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Headwords under ज

Part 1 of 5 ज – जम्वAll parts
  1. ज – जम्व
  2. जय – जानान
  3. जानि – जीवित
  4. जीवितव्य – ज्यैष्ठ
  5. ज्यैष्ठिनेय – ज्वालिन्