जहका (jahakA)

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Capeller Eng

English

 ज॑हका f.
  hedge-hog. 

Spoken Sanskrit

English

जहका 	-	 jahakA 	-	 f.
  	-	  hedgehog

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 ज॑हका f.
  (=  जाहक) a hedgehog,  VS.
  xxiv
 TS.
 

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Macdonell

English

 जहका jáhakā,  f.
  hedgehog.

Vedic Reference

English

 Jahakā,  the ‘polecat, ’ is mentioned as a victim at the
Aśvamedha,  or horse sacrifice,  in the Yajurveda.^1 Sāyaṇa^2
thinks it means a jackal living in holes (vila-vāsī kroṣṭā).
1) Taittirīya Saṃhitā,  v. 5,  18,  1
Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā,  iii. 14,  17
 Vāja-
saneyi Saṃhitā,  xxiv. 36. Cf. Zimmer, 
Altindisches Leben,  86.
2) On Taittirīya Saṃhitā,  loc. cit.

Capeller

German

 ज॑हका f.
  Igel.

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