Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

jihvā जिह्वा – tongue

substantive feminine

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

jihvā 1 The tongue. 2 The tongue of fire, i. e. a flame. 3 A sentence. Comp. — āsvādaḥ licking, lapping. — ullekhanī, -ullekhanikā, — nirlekhanaṃ a tongue-scraper. — paḥ 1 a dog. 2 a cat. 3 a tiger. 4 a leopard. 5 a bear. — malaṃ the fur of the tongue. — mūlaṃ the root of the tongue. — mūlīya a. a term particularly applied to the Visarga before k and kh and also to ṛ, ḷ and the guttural class of consonants (in gram.). — radaḥ a bird. — lih m. a dog. — laulyaṃ greediness. — śalyaḥ the Khadira tree.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

jihvā jihvā f. et jihva m. langue. Zd. hizwa. jihvāpa m. [pā boire] m à m. la bête qui boit avec sa langue, c-à-d. le chien, le chat, le tigre, le léopard, l'ours, etc. jihvāprathana n. expansion vicieuse de la langue dans la prononciation. jihvāmūla n. la racine de la langue, c-à-d. le gros bout, le point d'attache. jihvāmūlīya a. [visarga des gutturales] prononcé avec le gros bout de la langue, tg. jihvārada m. (rada) oiseau en gén. [dont le bout de la langue ressemble à une dent]. jihvālih m. le lécheur, c-à-d. le chien. jihvāsvāda a. (ā; svad) qui goûte avec la langue, qui lèche, qui lappe. — S. m. action de lécher, de laper.

Occurrences in source texts (18)

DYS 3 occurrences
DYS 34–38: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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DYS 94–97: Pratyāhāra 1 occurrence

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DYS 137: Khecarī 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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HP 9 occurrences
HP 1.44-1.49: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.57-2.59: Śītalī 1 occurrence

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HP 3.19-3.25: Mahābandha 1 occurrence

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HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 6 occurrences

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HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.9*2–11*1: Sītkā / Sītkārī and Śītalī 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 3.88-3.91: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 75–85: Thresholds and Sky 1 occurrence

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