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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  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.)

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. जङ्घाjaṅghā[gáṅ-ghâ] f. [goer: √hâ] leg (esp. from ankle to knee).

    [gáṅ-ghâ] feminine; also equal for [goer: √hâ] leg (especially from ankle to knee).

  2. जङ्घाकरिकjaṅghākarika[gaṅghâ-karika] m. nimble with the legs; m. runner; -gaghanya, a. lowest if performed by the legs (actions)…

    [gaṅghâ-karika] masculine nimble with the legs; masculine runner; -gaghanya, adjective lowest if performed by the legs (actions); -bala, neuter strength of leg=flight (Prâkrit (Sanskrit equivalent of Prâkrit word), Prâkritic).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. जङ्घाjaṅghāf. (√जंह्) the shank (from the ankle to the knee) RV. i, 116, 15 and 118, 8 AV. VS. &c. (ifc. Pa1n2. 6-2, 144…
    1. feminine (√जंह्) the shank (from the ankle to the knee) fg-veda i, 116, 15 and 118, 8 AV. VS. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Pa1n2. 6-2, 144; f(आ)., S3rut.; also f(ई). Pa1n2. 4-1, 55)
    2. feminine a part of a bedstead VarBr2S. lxxix, 30
    3. feminine of a carriage see रथ- .
    4. feminine see sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order that the rest of a word is to be suppliedघ .
    5. (also) the leg
  2. अग्रजङ्घाagrajaṅghāf. the fore part of the leg, the shin-bone L.

    feminine the fore part of the leg, the shin-bone Lexicographers

  3. काकजङ्घाkākajaṅghāf. the plant Leea Hirta Sus3r.
    1. feminine the plant Leea Hirta Sus3r.
    2. feminine Abrus precatorius Lexicographers
  4. खरजङ्घाkharajaṅghāf. N. of one of the mothers in Skanda स्कन्द 's retinue MBh. ix, 2640.

    feminine Name of one of the mothers in Skanda स्कन्द 's retinue MBh. ix, 2640.

  5. जङ्घाकरjaṅghākaramfn. "active with the shanks", running quickly
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "active with the shanks", running quickly
    2. masculine gender a runner, courier Pa1n2. 3-2, 21.
  6. जङ्घाकरिकjaṅghākarikamfn. id. Das3. vi, 49.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective the same Das3. vi, 49.

  7. जङ्घाकारिकjaṅghākārikamfn. m. id. W.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective masculine gender the same W.