Janu, Jānu, Janū, Jāṇu: 31 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJanu (जनु):—und janū (von jan) ff. = janus Geburt [Uṇādikoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. sajanu .
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Jānu (जानु):—
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJanu (जनु):—f. —
1) Geburt. Auch janū. —
2) Seele [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Jānu (जानु):——
1) m. (ausnahmsweise) und n. Knie (auch bei Thieren). jānu dā Jmd (Gen.) das Knie auf den Leib setzen. jānubhyāmavanīṃ gam sich auf die Knie werfen. —
2) als Längenmaass. = 32 Aṅgula [Śulbasūtra 1,13.]
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 (+45): Jainumde, Janu gaddi, Janu polari, Janu-polari, Janua, January, Janucalana, Janudadhna, Janudaghna, Janudaghnambhas, Janudaghne, Janugaddi, Janugata, Januhpaddhati, Januja, Janujangha, Janujanghapotari, Januka, Janukanduya, Janukapalika.
Ends with (+54): Adhijanu, Adhojanu, Ajanu, Amtarbijanu, Antarjanu, Arjanu, Asamabijanu, Asitajanu, Bahirjanu, Bali-janu, Bhagnajanu, Bhimajanu, Bijanu, Bondajanu, Dakshinajanu, Dhumrajanu, Dighajanu, Dulki-janu, Gaddi janu, Gaddi-janu.
Full-text (+130): Janus, Angajanus, Jnu, Pragatajanu, Janumandala, Januphalaka, Antarjanu, Januvijanu, Janusandhi, Bhagnajanu, Adhojanu, Jano, Prajnu, Januhpaddhati, Januprahritika, Janushiras, Janujangha, Adhijanu, Samjnu, Upajanu.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.217 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 4.76 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 1.7.24-26 < [Chapter 7 - Description of the Conquest of All Directions]
Verse 2.22.37 < [Chapter 22 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 1.13.21 < [Chapter 13 - The Liberation of Pūtanā]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.8.175 < [Chapter 8 - The Manifestation of Opulences]
Verse 1.4.65 < [Chapter 4 - Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord]
Verse 1.2.214 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Appearance]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Thou Money! Janus-Faced Goddess < [January – March, 2007]
The Indian Scene < [January 1952]
Reviews < [July – September, 1987]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)