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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Jāghanī (जाघनी):—(von jaghana) f. Schwanz: jāghanīṃ patnībhyo haranti tāṃ brāhmaṇāya dadyuḥ [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 1.] jaghanārdho vai jāghanī jaghanārdhādvai yoṣāyai prajāḥ prajāyante tatpraivaitajjanayati yajjāghanyā patnīḥ saṃyājayati [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 8, 5, 6. 4, 6, 8, 19. 12, 3, 5, 1.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 6, 7, 10.] jāghanīguda [8, 14. 9, 14. 20. 8, 8, 4.] kṣudhārtaścāttumabhyagādviśvāmitraḥ śvajāghanām [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 108.] [Mahābhārata 12, 5359. 5368. fgg.] śṛgālādadhamaṃ śvānaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ . tasyāpyadhama uddeśaḥ śarīrasya śvajāghanī [5375. 5402.] Schenkel [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 25.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Jāghanī (जाघनी):—f. Schwanz. jāghanīguda n. Sg. Schwanz und After. Vgl. pṛthujāghana.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Jaghaniguda, Jaghanin, Jaghanisthalaghataka.

Ends with: Shvajaghani.

Full-text: Janghani, Shvajaghani, Jaghaniguda, Sauna, Jaghanardha.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Jaghani, Jāghanī; (plurals include: Jaghanis, Jāghanīs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)

Part 4.11: Animal sacrifice in honour of Agni and Soma < [Chapter 4 - The Agniṣṭoma Ritual]

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