Sanskrit Dictionary

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Grammar Search

"jihva" has 1 results

jihva: masculine vocative singular stem: jihvā

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

sarpaḥ	1.8.6-8	Masculine	Singular	dvirasanaḥ, kumbhīnasaḥ, bhogadharaḥ, bhujaṅgaḥ, āśīviṣaḥ, vyālaḥ, gūḍhapāt, phaṇī, dandaśūkaḥ, pannagaḥ, pavanāśanaḥ, gokarṇaḥ, phaṇadharaḥ, pṛdākuḥ, ahiḥ, viṣadharaḥ, sarīsṛpaḥ, cakṣuḥśravā, darvīkaraḥ, bileśayaḥ, bhogī, lelihānaḥ, kañcukī, hariḥ, bhujagaḥ, bhujaṅgamaḥ, cakrī, kuṇḍalī, kākodaraḥ, dīrghapṛṣṭhaḥ, uragaḥ, jihvagaḥ	a snake or serpent

Monier-Williams Search

8 results for jihva"

jihva

mfn. (said of agni-)

(for yahv/a-of

and

)

m. the tongue

m. the tongue or tongues of agni- id est various forms of flame (3 are named

;generally 7

[ kālī-, karālī-, mano-javā-, su-lohitā-, su-dhūmra-varṇā-, sphuliṅginī-, viśvarūpī-]

; see sapt/a-jihva-;also identified with the 7 winds pra--, ā--, ud--, saṃ--, vi--, pari--,and ni-vaha-)

m. the tongue of a balance

m. speech (

)

m. the root of Tabernaemontana coronaria

m. see dv/i--, m/adhu--, su--

m. agni-jihv/a- etc.; ([ confer, compare Latin lingua; Gothic tuggo1.])

DCS with thanks

2 results


jihva	adjective (said of Agni) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of Śiva Frequency rank 52968/72933

jihva	noun (masculine) the tongue (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 28106/72933

Ayurvedic MedicalDictionary Dr. Potturu with thanks


jihva	tongue; jihvakanṭaka glossitis (inflammation or infection of the tongue); jihvasthambha paralysis of the tongue.