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जङ्घ (jaGgha)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
जङ्घ
m.
N.
of a Rakṣas,
R.
vi, 69, 12
Monier Williams 1872
English
जङ्घ जङ्घ, अस्, m. (said to be fr. rt. जन्,
or corrupted from जङ्गा fr. rt. गा, to go, or fr. rt.
जंह्
cf. जघन), N. of a Rakṣas
(आ), f. the
shank or lower part of the leg from the ankle to the
knee
(in the earlier language also) the upper part
of the leg
a part of a bedstead
[cf. Old Germ.
scinkel
Germ. Schenkel.]
—जङ्घा-कर, अस्, ई,
अम्, or जङ्घा-करिक, अस्, आ, अम्, active with the
legs, running quickly, a runner.
—जङ्घा-कारिक,
अस्, m. a runner, a courier, an express.
—जङ्घा-
त्राण, अम्, n. armour or protection for the legs,
cuisses or greaves.
—जङ्घा-बन्धु, उस्, m., N. of
a man.
—जङ्घा-रथ, अस्, m., N. of a man
(आस्),
m. pl. his descendants.
—जङ्घारि (°घा-अरि), इस्,
m., N. of a man.
Stchoupak
French
जङ्घ-
m.
n.
d'un Rākṣasa.