Urdhvajanu, Ūrdhvajānu, Urdhva-janu: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŪrdhvajānu (ऊर्ध्वजानु):—(ū + jā) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 130.]
1) die Knie in die Höhe haltend (auf ebenem Boden sitzend): upaviśyordhvajānuḥ [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 5, 8.] —
2) hohe Knie —, lange Unterschenkel habend [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 47.] Auch ūrdhvajānuka [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 455.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungŪrdhvajānu (ऊर्ध्वजानु):—und ka Adj. die Kniee in die Höhe richtend.
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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Partial matches: Urdhva, Janu.
Starts with: Urdhvajanuka.
Full-text: Urdhvajnu, Urdhvajna, Urdhajanu, Parshvaccheda, Dandapaksha, Alataka, Alata, Carin.
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