Jahu: 8 definitions
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Jahu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaJahu (啶溹す啷�):鈥擲on of Pu峁av膩n (son of Satyahita). (see Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 9.22.7)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexJahu (啶溹す啷�).鈥擜 son of Pu峁avat.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 22. 7.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Jahu in India is the name of a plant defined with Tamarix ericoides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryJahu (啶溹す啷�).鈥擜 young animal; 啶膏す 啶啶椸啶灌啶ㄠぞ 啶膏啶ㄠ啶灌ぞ啶ㄠ啶う啷嵿ぇ啶灌啶︵く 啶嗋じ啷�啶む (saha m峁沢ajahun膩 sneh膩nubaddhah峁沝aya 膩s墨t) 叠腻丑驳.5.8.11.
Derivable forms: 箩补丑耻岣� (啶溹す啷佮).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryJahu (啶溹す啷�).鈥擺masculine] a young animal.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Jahu (啶溹す啷�):鈥�m. (= yahu) ifc. a young animal, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 v, 8, 8]
2) Name of a son of Pu峁avat, ix, 22, 7.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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: Jahimsu, Jahusha, Jahutta.
Full-text: Pushpavan, Mrigajahu, Jahimsu, Apagama, Gavampati, Prajapatya, Ha.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 166 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada D膩sa)
Text 5.6 < [Chapter 5 - Second-rate Poetry]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.18.41 < [Chapter 18 - In the Course of Describing the Glories of Siddh膩艣rama, a Description of the R膩sa-dance Festival]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - The Royal Dynasties of P膩帽c膩la, Magadha and Kuru < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]