Jahnu: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJahnu (जह्नु):—m. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 3, 36.]
1) Nomen proprium eines alten Königs, der die Gaṅgā als Tochter annahm; ein Sohn Ajamīḍha’s, Suhotra's, Kuru's und auch Hotraka's; Stammherr der Kuśika. [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 7.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3722. fgg. 12, 1717. 13, 202. 7680.] [Harivaṃśa 1756. fgg. 1416. fgg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 44, 35. fgg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 398. 455.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 22, 4. 15, 3.] pl. seine Nachkommen: jahnūnāṃ cādhipatye daive vede ca gāthinām [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 18.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 12, 14.] —
2) Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 216.] [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. jāhnava .
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Jahnu (जह्नु):—
1) pl. [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 21, 12, 2.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJahnu (जह्नु):—m. —
1) Nomen proprium — a) verschiedener Männer ([Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa]), unter andern eines Fürsten , der die Gaṅgā als Tochter annahm. Pl. sein Geschlecht. — b) einer Höhle im Himālaya , aus der die Gaṅgā hervorbricht. [Kād. (1872) 46,23.] [Harṣacarita 75,13.] —
2) *Beiname Viṣṇu's.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Jahnudvipa, Jahnukanya, Jahnupraja, Jahnusaptami, Jahnusuta, Jahnutanaya, Jahnuvamsha.
Ends with: Avantikajahnu, Lohitajahnu.
Full-text (+41): Jahnavi, Jahnutanaya, Jahnusuta, Jahnukanya, Balakashva, Jahnava, Sauhotri, Janyu, Sunaha, Sujantu, Vrajana, Sindhudvipa, Jahnupraja, Balaka, Puru, Jahnusaptami, Suratha, Kavera, Janhu, Keshiki.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.24.56 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
Verse 2.20.6 < [Chapter 20 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 3.2.7 < [Chapter 2 - The Great Festival of Śrī Girirāja]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 9: Diversion of the Gaṅga into the moat < [Chapter V - Life and death of the sons of Sagara]
Part 8: Digging of a moat around Aṣṭāpada < [Chapter V - Life and death of the sons of Sagara]
Part 3: The sons of Sagara < [Chapter V - Life and death of the sons of Sagara]
The Brihaddharma Purana (abridged) (by Syama Charan Banerji)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.1.184 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]