jānu जानु – knee

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jā́nu ·n. (m.) knee.

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jānu jānu, us, u, m. n. (fr. rt. jan ?), the knee; jānubhyām avanīṃ gam, to fall to the ground on one's knees; [cf. Lat. genu; Gr. γόνυ; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Hib. glun (?); Slav. koljeno; Lith. kiélis.]

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jā́nu Uṇ. 1,3. n. (jānum MBH. 4,1115. RĀJA-TAR. 3,345) SIDDH. K. 248,b,5 v. u. Knie AK. 2,6,2,23. H. 614 (m.). ācyā̱ jānù dakṣiṇa̱to ni̱ṣadyà ṚV. 10,15,6. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,1. ŚAT. BR. 12,5,1,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 21,4,16. SUŚR. 1,125,17. SUŚR. 1,339,7. jaṅghorvoḥ saṃdhāne jānu nāma SUŚR. 348,16. tasya jānu dadau er setzte ihm das Knie auf den Leib DRAUP. 9,5. MBH. 4,1115. du. VS. 20,8. AV. 10,2,2. AV. 10,2,3. AV. 9,8,21. ŚAT. BR. 14,3,1,22. BHĀG. P. 2,1,27. jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā sich auf die Knie werfen MBH. 13,935. HARIV. 7061. PAÑCAT. 236,9. kṣitinyastajānu RĀJA-TAR. 5,50. tasmin (putre) jānucalanayogye saṃjāte PAÑCAT. 252,20. ājānubāhu R. 1,1,12. nirmāṃsajānurmriyate pravāse VARĀH. BṚH. S. 67,6. ūrdhvajānu ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 1,5,8. adhojānú ŚAT. BR. 13,8,3,12. jānvākna upaviśati ŚAT. BR. 3,2,1,5. jānudaghná H. 601. TS. 5,6,8,3. ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,11. ŚAT. BR. 12,2,1,3. BRAHMA-P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 17,b,4 v. u. jānumātrá ŚAT. BR. 12,8,3,20. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,8. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,4. bei Pferden: atha paryapatanbhūmau jānubhiste hayottamāḥ N. 19,19. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 65,2. — Vgl. jña, jñu.

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jā́nu — 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 ŚULBAS. 1,13.

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jānu n. [jan-ñuṇ] The knee; jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā kneeling (or falling on one's knees) on the ground. Comp. — daghna a. reaching to, as high as, the knees, knee-deep. — phalakaṃ, — maṃḍalaṃ the knee-pan. — vijānu n. a peculiar position in fighting (contracting and extending the knees). — saṃdhiḥ the knee-joint.

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jā́nu n. (m.) Knie.

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jānu jānu m. n. genou; action de mettre le genou sur le ventre de qqn. Gr. γόνυ; lat. genu; germ. knie.