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Entry झष

  1. झषjhaṣa1 A fish in general; झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि Bg.1.31; cf. words like झषकेतन below.
    1. 1 A fish in general; झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि Bg.1.31; Compare words like झषकेतन below.
    2. A large fish.
    3. The sign Pisces of the zodiac.
    4. Heat, warmth.
    5. The sign Capricornus of the zodiac.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -षम्

      1. A forest, wood.
      2. A desert, dreary forest.

    • -अङ्कः, -केतनः, -केतुः, -ध्वजः Name of the god of love; स्त्रीमुद्रां झषकेतनस्य Pt.4.34; स्वं कर्म कारयन्नास्ते निश्चिन्तो या झषध्वजः Bk.8.48.

    • -अशनः a porpoise.

    • -उदरी an epithet of Satyavatī, mother of Vyāsa.

    • -राजः Adjective crocodile, ... झषराजकुण्डलत्विषो- ल्लसच्छ्रीवदनाम्बुजः ... Bhāg.8.18.2.

    In the Gita10·31

    झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी ॥

    jhaṣāṇāṁ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī. — I am the wind among purifiers; I am Rama among warriors; and I am the alligator among fishes; among the rivers Ganges am I. 10·31
    • झषाणाम्jhaṣāṇāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun jhaṣa (fish).
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