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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. जघनम्jaghanamThe hip and the lions, the buttocks; घटय जघने काञ्चीमञ्च स्रजा कबरीभरम् Gīt.12.

    [वक्रं हन्ति हन् यङ् अच् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; Uṇ.5.32]

    1. The hip and the lions, the buttocks; घटय जघने काञ्चीमञ्च स्रजा कबरीभरम् Gīt.12.
    2. The pudenda.
    3. Rear-guard, the reserve of an army.
    4. A fault. जघनं स्यात् कटेः पूर्वे श्रोणिभागापराधयोः Nm.
    5. Compound अर्धः the hinder part.
    6. rear-guard.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कूपकौ (dual) the hollows of the lions of a handsome woman.

    • -गौरवम् weight of the hips; Ś.8.8.

    • -चपला

      1. an unchaste or libidinous woman; पत्यौ विदेशयाते परमसुखं जघनचपलायाः Pt.1.173; प्रिया यथा स्याज्जघनचपला Bṛi. S.14.3.
      2. a woman active in dancing.

    • -विपुला

      1. a woman having stout hips.
      2. Name of a metre.
    Source: ApteApte entry