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Apte Dictionary

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

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. झषjhaṣa[ghashá] m. kind of large fish; fish: -ketana, m. (fish-bannered), Kâma, love; sea.

    [ghashá] masculine kind of large fish; fish: -ketana, masculine (fish-bannered), Kâma, love; sea.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. झषjhaṣam. a large fish S3Br. i, 8, 14
    1. masculine gender a large fish S3Br. i, 8, 14
    2. masculine gender a fish MBh. R. VarBr2S. BhP.
    3. masculine gender the sign Pisces VarBr2S. VarBr2.
    4. masculine gender a forest, forest overgrown with grass Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender sun-heat Lexicographers
    6. neuter gender a desert Lexicographers
  2. अब्धिझषabdhijhaṣam. a sea-fish.

    masculine gender a sea-fish.

  3. झषकेतनjhaṣaketanam. = -ध्वज Bhartr2. Ratna7v,
    1. masculine gender Equivalent to -ध्वज Bhartr2. Ratna7v,
    2. masculine gender "the god of love" and "the sea" Kuval. 33.
  4. झषध्वजjhaṣadhvajam. "fish-symboled", the god of love, love, Bhat2t2. viii, 48.

    masculine gender "fish-symboled", the god of love, love, Bhat2t2. viii, 48.

  5. झषपित्तjhaṣapittan. fish-bile VarBr2S. l, 24.

    neuter gender fish-bile VarBr2S. l, 24.

  6. झषराजjhaṣarājam. a large fish BhP. viii, 18, 2.

    masculine gender a large fish BhP. viii, 18, 2.

  7. झषश्रेष्ठjhaṣaśreṣṭham. "most excellent fish", the fish Rohita Bhpr.

    masculine gender "most excellent fish", the fish Rohita Bhpr.

  8. झषाjhaṣāf. Uraria lagopodioides L.

    feminine Uraria lagopodioides Lexicographers