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Results for जाह्नवी

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Apte Dictionary

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

जाह्नवीjāhnavīAn epithet of the river Ganges.
[जह्नोः अपत्यं स्त्री अण् ङीप्]

An epithet of the river Ganges.
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
- जाह्नवीjāhnavīnominative singular of the feminine noun jāhnavī (Ganga, the daughter of Jahnu).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

जाह्नवीjāhnavīf. " daughter of Jahnu जह्नु (q.v.)", the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा MBh. iii, v, xiii (metrically ˚वि, 7680) Bhag. Hariv.…

feminine " daughter of Jahnu जह्नु (quod vide)", the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा MBh. iii, v, xiii (metrically that the rest of a word is to be suppliedवि, 7680) Bhag. Hariv. etc.

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अर्धजाह्नवीardhajāhnavīf. = गङ्गा

feminine Equivalent to गङ्गा

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जाह्नवीयjāhnavīyamfn. belonging or relating to the Ganges MBh. xiii, 1857 Ragh. x, 27.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging or relating to the Ganges MBh. xiii, 1857 Ragh. x, 27.

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सिद्धान्तजाह्नवीsiddhāntajāhnavīf. N. of wk.

feminine Name of work

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