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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for जङ्घा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.)

    Source: Apte

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
    Source: Monier-Williams

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).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · जङ्घा

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