जम्भः [जभ्-अच्-नुम्] 1 The jaws (usally in pl.). -2 A tooth. -3 Eating. -4 Biting asunder. -5 A part, portion. -6 A quiver. -7 The chin. -8 Yawning, gaping. -9 N. of a demon killed by Indra. -1 One who devours a demon. -11 Explanation, interpretation. -12 The citron tree. -13 The bellows; L. D. B. -Comp. -अरातिः, -द्विष्, -भेदिन्, -रिपुः epithets of Indra. -अरिः 1 fire. -2 Indra's thunderbolt. -3 Indra. -साधक a. possessing knowledge of medicine; इति ते कथयन्ति स्म ब्राह्मणा जम्भसाधकाः Mb.5.64.2.
जम्भलः = जम्भरः, -ला A female Rākṣasī (by meditating on whom women are said to become pregnant). -Comp. -दत्तः N. of the author of Vetālapañchaviṁ śati.
Occurs twice in the Atharvaveda as the name of a disease or a demon of disease. In one passage it is said to be cured by the Jañgida plant; in the other it is described as samhanuh, ‘ bringing the jaws together.’ Weber argued from the Kauśika Sūtra that it was a child’s ailment, especially ‘teething.’ Bloomfield considers it to mean ‘convulsions,’ while Caland thinks it denotes ‘ tetanus.’ Whitney decides for ‘ lockjaw ’ or ‘ convulsions.’
noun (masculine) a tooth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eye-tooth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
jaws (du.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mouth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Daitya
name of several demons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
set of teeth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swallowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tusk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of plant (jambhīra??) Frequency rank 4853/72933
noun (masculine) a charm (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a demon or name of a demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a demon (conquered by Kṛṣṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a verse addressed to certain evil spirits (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Gaṇeśa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several evil spirits supposed to reside in various magical weapons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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